Engineering

Recruitment industry voices say little detail on workforce from the Chancellor

Recruitment industry observers have criticised Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s failure to move the UK ahead in specific commitments to workforce issues.

Legislation/Regulation, Temporary workforce 12 June 2025

STEM recruiter acquires construction training firm 3B Training

Morson Group has acquired Wigan-based 3B Training to expand its construction skills offering.

Your business, Your recruitment business 12 June 2025

Green energy firm aims to bring skilled jobs to Kent

A green energy company is set to create more than 100 jobs by 2027 with the proposed opening of a £120m plant in Kent.

Your business, Your recruitment business 4 June 2025

Hays appoints new CEO UK and Ireland

Recruitment and workforce solutions specialist Hays has appointed Thomas Way (pictured) as CEO of Hays UK and Ireland.

Your recruitment business 2 June 2025

£1.5bn defence spending will create highly-skilled jobs in the UK

The UK government is to create more than 1,000 new jobs as a result of a £1.5bn defence investment.

Legislation/Regulation, Your business 2 June 2025

Government’s apprenticeship budget refocuses to ‘rebuild Britain’

The government has made radical changes to skills and training, including a refocus away from higher-level apprenticeship funding.

Your business, Your recruitment business 27 May 2025

REC urges government to build on success of Restart Scheme

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is urging the government to build on the success of the Restart Scheme.

Your business, Your recruitment business 27 May 2025

Energy recruitment firm launches in Aberdeen

Specialist recruitment firm Agilient Talent Partners has launched in Aberdeen, focusing on permanent hiring within the energy sector.

Your recruitment business 27 May 2025

International manufacturer invests £170m in North Wales facility

Around 140 jobs will be created in North Wales after Knauf Insulation unveiled plans to invest £170m in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

Your recruitment business 20 May 2025

Fircroft gets Shantilal for Asia-Pacific growth

Technical and engineering recruiter Fircroft Engineering Services has appointed Dhirendra Shantilal to lead its Asia-Pacific division as it seeks growth and expansion in the region.
Your recruitment business, HOT 100 24 May 2013

Cautious optimism as King bows out - City Comment

Sir Mervyn King, the outgoing Bank of England governor, chose his final inflation report to provide his most optimistic speech for several years.
Your recruitment business 23 May 2013

Cook commits to serving up new Apple jobs in US

The boss of tech giant Apple has said the company will create jobs in Texas and Illinois with the investment of $100m (£66m) in the production of new Mac computers.
Your recruitment business 22 May 2013

Templine Employment signs a deal for A&A

Logistics recruiter Templine Employment Agency has bought Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire-based A&A Recruitment.
Your recruitment business, FAST50 15 May 2013

Jobs Watch: New roles making boats, in the air and processing meat

New jobs are being created across England, and in Wales and Northern Ireland at an airline, a shipbuilder, and a meat factory.
Your recruitment business 14 May 2013

Social impact careers: A niche with little hiring infrastructure

LAUNCH, the inaugural social impact careers day being held this Friday (17 May) in Oxford, will explore a specialism little touched by recruitment.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 14 May 2013

BBC to ‘break cycle of closed graduate recruitment’ with tech apprenticeships

The BBC says it is looking to “break the cycle of closed graduate recruitment and ad-hoc entry level training” with the launch of its new BBC Technology Apprenticeship.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 10 May 2013

Report on Jobs: Permanent roles on up as temp demand weakens

The Midlands is the place to be for recruitment – with a rise in hiring in both permanent and temporary roles bucking a national trend, finds the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs.
Your recruitment business 9 May 2013

Tougher rules on migrants announced in Queen’s Speech

Tougher rules aimed at curbing immigration are at the centre of the Queen’s Speech marking the State Opening of the UK parliament.
Your recruitment business 8 May 2013

Jobs Watch: Engineers needed at Nissan; jobs at Associated Seafoods and Galgorm Castle

New roles are being created in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland across three separate projects.
Your recruitment business 7 May 2013

Sky hiring drive in UK for broadband support

Home entertainment and communications company Sky is creating 550 new permanent jobs in its customer service and sales team, the company has announced.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 3 May 2013

Re-shoring of manufacturing jobs to bring 200,000 jobs to UK

A report out yesterday suggests that as many as 200,000 new jobs in the manufacturing industry could be created over the next decade as outsourcing declines significantly.
Your recruitment business 30 April 2013

Roc Search expands training division

IT and engineering recruiter Roc Search has taken on Ricky Burns in the role of sales trainer, based in their Central London office.
Your recruitment business 26 April 2013

Opus brings in Couceiro for oil & gas

Opus Recruitment Solutions, a Recruiter HOT 100-listed recruiter, has taken on Zeth Couceiro to form a new oil & gas division.
Your recruitment business, HOT 100 26 April 2013

NES Global adds trio Down Under

Technical manpower specialist NES Global Talent has taken on three new staff to its Perth, Melbourne and Darwin offices.
Your recruitment business 26 April 2013

M&A to top recruitment headlines

Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity will continue to be headline news for the recruitment industry, pumping energy and injecting impetus into the sector, as the need to meet client demands and the opportunity for financial gain go hand-in-hand.
Your recruitment business 26 April 2013
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