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

Southern European brains drain over Alps

Germany is actively recruiting engineers, nurses and carers from Southern Europe, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 15 April 2013

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.
Your recruitment business 15 April 2013

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.
Your recruitment business 12 April 2013

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.
Your recruitment business, Companies 11 April 2013

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.
Your recruitment business, Analysis 11 April 2013

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.
Your recruitment business 9 April 2013

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.
Your recruitment business 9 April 2013

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.
Your recruitment business 8 April 2013

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.
Your recruitment business 4 April 2013

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.
Your recruitment business 3 April 2013

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.
Your recruitment business 3 April 2013

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.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 28 March 2013

Transline takes sales manager from Blue Arrow

Industrial and driving recruiter Transline Resource Group has taken on Dan Carlin as group sales manager.
Your recruitment business 28 March 2013

ASOS buys into Birmingham’s emerging tech talent pool

Birmingham is “making a real name for itself as a home for digital businesses”, according to Marek Dobrowolski, investment manager at development agency Business Birmingham.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 27 March 2013

Jobs Watch: Cambridge Consultants, Seda UK

One firm in South Wales and another in the East of England are to create new jobs.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 26 March 2013

Further leaps for Spring in Asian recruitment

Spring Professional, the professional recruitment arm of Adecco Group, has launched into the Asia region with new offices in Hong Kong, and the respective capitals of Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand, and an expansion of its existing Singapore base.
Your recruitment business, Companies 25 March 2013
Top