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

Apprenticeships Watch: KFC, May Gurney and Santander to recruit

As National Apprenticeship Week kicks off, with Prime Minster David Cameron set today to call for apprenticeships to become the “new norm” for those choosing not to go to university after leaving school, three major UK companies are set to hire in apprentice positions.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 11 March 2013

Jobs Watch: 3sun and BT set to recruit, London law firms hire in Wales

Oil & gas solutions provider 3sun, telecoms giant BT and two London-based law firms have announced intentions to get recruiting.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 8 March 2013

TXM Recruit gets oil & gas lead

Global engineering recruitment firm TXM Recruit has appointed Ian Thomson to head its new Glasgow operation, specialising in oil & gas recruitment as the firm’s global director for oil & gas.
Your recruitment business 8 March 2013

FINANCIALS: SThree diversifies, Reed grows - but GP drops at both

International specialist staffing firm SThree’s gross profit (GP) has fallen 3% year-on-year to £45.5m in the three months to 24 February, driven by challenging conditions in the permanent hire market, while Reed Specialist Recruitment has seen turnover rise slightly in the UK, but GP drop.
Your recruitment business, Companies 8 March 2013

Kelly recruits to UK management team

Recruitment group Kelly Services has taken on new national sales director Laura Van Zyl, sales and business development manager Ian Hetherington and national key account manager Simon Atherton.
Your recruitment business 8 March 2013

Recruiters assess post-Chavez opportunities in Venezuela

The death of Venezuela’s socialist president of 14 years Hugo Chavez has led to the possibility of the market opening up – and recruiters with interests in the region and its significant oil industry are showing cautious optimism for long-term opportunities.
Your recruitment business, Companies 7 March 2013

More technical and powerful – where next for resourcing leaders?

In-house recruitment is becoming an ever-more technical discipline, and one likely to take an increasingly major role in the HR family in the future.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 6 March 2013

Jaguar Land Rover to hire for 1,400 ‘skilled jobs’

Automotive manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced plan to create a new £500m Engine Manufacturing Centre in the UK, creating almost 1,400 new “highly skilled engineering and manufacturing jobs”, according to the company.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 5 March 2013

Skills shortage ‘biggest challenge’ for oil & gas jobs boom

A new report from Lloyds Banking Group suggests that up to 34,000 new jobs could be created in oil & gas firms in the UK in the next two years, but skills shortages will make expansion difficult.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 4 March 2013

FINANCIALS: Revenue slips 11% in USG transition

Dutch-based staffing firm USG People saw revenues for 2012 total €2.88bn (£2.5bn), dropping 11% compared to the previous year.
Your recruitment business 1 March 2013

Outsource UK makes senior hire up North

IT and technical recruitment firm Outsource UK has appointed two new senior managers, Stuart Rutter and Doug Jameson.
Your recruitment business 1 March 2013

Jobs Watch: Guidewire Software, Rosti McKechnie

Insurance industry software firm Guidewide Software is expanding in Dublin, while a new order sees Yorkshire firm Rosti McKechnie ready to hire 200 people.
Your recruitment business 28 February 2013

Project Resource to open fifth UK office

Construction and engineering recruiter Project Resource is to open its fifth UK office in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk on 25 March.
Your recruitment business 27 February 2013

FINANCIALS: CDI, Heidrick, Robert Walters

Technical recruiter CDI Corp and professional staffing firm Robert Walters both saw their businesses grow, while net revenues at executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles took a major hit.
Your recruitment business 27 February 2013

Manpower acquires Norwegian construction recruiter Workshop

International recruiter ManpowerGroup is to acquire Workshop Holding, the parent company of Norwegian construction industry recruitment specialist Workshop Bemanning og Kompetanse.
Your recruitment business 27 February 2013

The FIRM launches resourcing education programme with Henley Business School

The Forum for In-House Recruitment Managers (The FIRM) has partnered with Henley Business School in the development of a nine-month modular strategic resourcing programme (SRP).
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 27 February 2013
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