Engineering

APPOINTMENTS: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Eames Consulting, Faststream Recruitment Group, Gi Group, Heidrick & Struggles, Oyster, Starfish Search, Sellick Partnership

Supplier, Your business 28 April 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Jobmatch Sweden, Matchtech, Meet Life Sciences, Right Management, Synergy

Cobalt Recruitment appoints new UK managing director

Cobalt Recruitment has announced the appointment of Maria Sinclair as the new managing director of its UK operations.

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s new launches include: Busy Bee Recruitment, Deel

Supplier, Your business 14 April 2025

Cheshire-headquartered Gap Personnel acquired by Rcapital

Cheshire-headquartered recruitment agency Gap Personnel has been acquired by Rcapital in a corporate carve-out.

FINANCIALS: Gattaca bucks trend in first half of 2025

Engineering and infrastructure recruiter Gattaca has reported a “robust” financial performance for the first half of 2025.

Associated British Ports names Parr new group HRD

Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest port operator, has appointed Rachael Parr (pictured) as its new group HR director.

Airswift expands board with two industry non-exec directors

Airswift, a global workforce solutions provider, has appointed Melody Meyer and Don Sloan as independent non-executive board members.

Pertemps makes a splash recruiting for Northumbrian Water

UK-wide recruitment agency Pertemps has been awarded the managed service contract for Northumbrian Water.

Uniflex Staffing gets national deal with Metso

Swedish recruiter Uniflex Staffing has won a contract valid through to 2015 with engineering and technology corporation Metso.

NRL refinances with Barclays, looks to acquisitions

Recruitment and technical services business NRL Group has agreed a £16m refinance deal with Barclays.

HMRC tackles apprenticeship minimum wage violations

A quarter of the 1,693 minimum wage complaints investigated in FY2012/13 by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) involved apprentices, the organisation tells Recruiter.

Southern European brains drain over Alps

Germany is actively recruiting engineers, nurses and carers from Southern Europe, according to The Daily Telegraph.

Networkers up as telecoms hub slips

Telecoms and technical recruiter Networkers International has slightly exceeded its expectations for the calendar year 2012, although its telco mainstay declined slightly.

Orion gets Benson for Americas & West Africa

Energy and engineering recruiter Orion Group has taken on Gary Benson to be its chief operating officer for the Americas & West Africa.

Matchtech, Right4Staff up, Hays down as Asia Pacific falters

Net fee income (NFI) at Hays fell by 3% in the quarter ending 31 March compared to the same quarter last year.

Smaller agencies prosper as large caps falter - City Comment

Over the last month the UK’s three largest quoted staffing agencies (Hays, Michael Page International* and SThree) have retreated 8%. That is twice the fall in the market.

Jobs Watch Malaysia: Opportunities at new factory

As will be reported in next week’s April edition of Recruiter, Malaysia is a land of opportunity and challenge for recruiters.

Jobs Watch: Hiring in Devon, Dublin and East Kilbride

New jobs are coming to business analytics and software firm SAS, pharmaceutical giant Novartis and two Devon manufacturers.

Impellam ups Robertson to group-wide CEO

Recruitment and staffing company Impellam Group has a new group-wide chief executive officer with the promotion of Julia Robertson.

Stay in UK for defence jobs, PM urges Scots

Prime Minister David Cameron has stressed the importance of the defence industry as a provider of jobs in Scotland – jobs he suggests could be lost if the country gained independence.

Jobs Watch: VW to hire 50,000 by 2018, mostly beyond Europe

Car giant Volkswagen (VW) will employ an extra 50,000 people by 2018 and is hoping to become the biggest car company in the world.

Jobs Watch: CH2M Hill and KFC

Engineering firm CH2M Hill is to create 500 jobs in the UK over a range of disciplines following an acquisition, while restaurant chain KFC will add 1,600 jobs within the company.

Jobs Watch: Roles touch down with Bristow and Nypro

Medical devices firm Nypro is to create over 200 new jobs in Waterford, South-West Ireland, while US offshore services firm Bristow says it will bring 350 new jobs to the UK after winning a contract to operate search and rescue (SAR) helicopter services.

Transline takes sales manager from Blue Arrow

Industrial and driving recruiter Transline Resource Group has taken on Dan Carlin as group sales manager.
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