Engineering

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

Morson advances with technical specialist buy in the US

Morson Group has strengthened its position as a global talent solutions leader with the acquisition of US-based technical recruiter PTS Advance.

Your recruitment business 15 May 2025

Granger Reis appoints natural resources expert Phendler

Global executive search firm Granger Reis has announced the appointment of Rowan Phendler (right) as partner.

Your recruitment business 15 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 12-16 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Eames Consulting, Eightfold AI, SF Recruitment

Your business, Your recruitment business 14 May 2025

Cross-continent MoU could boost environmental health profession amid recruitment struggles

An agreement has been signed, which could help boost recruitment of environmental health officers (EHOs) globally.

Your business, Your recruitment business 8 May 2025

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

REC engineering and tech group gets chair

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has appointed Simon Conington as the chairman of its engineering and technical sector group.
Your recruitment business 8 February 2013

MBN takes on trainee pair

Technical recruiter MBN Recruitment Solutions has taken on two trainee consultants.
Your recruitment business 8 February 2013

Impellam Technical Solutions get internal recruiter Parish

Recruitment group Impellam has appointed Alayna Parish as talent acquisition manager for its Impellam Technical Solutions brands.
Your recruitment business 8 February 2013

Fircroft gets NED Gore-Randall

Technical recruiter Fircroft Engineering Services has appointed Philip Gore-Randall as a non-executive director.
Your recruitment business 8 February 2013

FINANCIALS: Matchtech NFI up 8%

Specialist engineering and professional services recruiter Matchtech increased its net fee income (NFI) by 8% to £18.5m in the six months ending 31 January 2013 compared with same period in the previous year, according to a company trading update.
Your recruitment business 7 February 2013

Jobs Watch: NEC project brings 3,000 jobs, O2 hiring, 1,000 oil jobs at EnQuest

A major construction project in Birmingham is due to create 2,850 full-time equivalent roles, while telecommunications firm O2 is looking for 100 interns in paid roles and 60 graduates, and oil producer EnQuest should create around 1,000 new jobs across the industry supply chain.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 5 February 2013

Healthcare & social assistance leads Aussie jobs market

The healthcare and social assistance industry was the top performer in terms of employment growth over the past five years, and should maintain that position in coming years, according to a new publication from the Australian government.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 5 February 2013

Non-EU hiring: could be better, could be worse

After the employment chief of manufacturing industry body EEF described the process of hiring non-EU technical workers like “pulling teeth” last week, the UK resourcing manager of one oil & gas services firm tells Recruiter that the situation is not that desperate.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 4 February 2013

Jobs Watch US: al-Jazeera, Michelin, Huf

Three firms are to open up 100 new jobs apiece across the US.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 4 February 2013

Human Rights Watch’s labour concerns ahead of Qatar 2022

The Qatari government has failed to address “shortcomings in the legal and regulatory framework” relating to labour conditions in the country as it embarks on many large-scale projects ahead of hosting the 2022 Football World Cup.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 1 February 2013

Jobs Watch: Microsoft taking apprentices, Airbus recruits

Aerospace firm Airbus is to create 200 new jobs after the firm received £1.4m in government funding, while software giant Microsoft has committed to taking on 2,016 apprentices in Scotland by 2016.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 1 February 2013

Employer confidence rises slightly at end of 2012, JobsOutlook report says

UK employers’ confidence in job prospects rose slightly in the final month of 2012, according to the JobsOutlook report from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 30 January 2013

Cable direct: why no women execs?

Business secretary Vince Cable has written to seven leading UK companies with all-male boards in a direct plea for them to take action to get women into their boardrooms.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 30 January 2013

KDR works with Catlin, Dyson, Virgin

Information management recruiter KDR Recruitment has signed terms with three major UK employers.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 30 January 2013

Brazil opens $20bn contracts to UK firms

A trade delegation from the government of Brazil’s largest city Sao Paulo is in London today [29 January] to present eight infrastructure projects with a combined value of $20bn (£12.7bn) to British potential contractors.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 29 January 2013

FINANCIALS: SThree growth but profit drops

Specialist staffing firm SThree has seen revenue and gross profit grow by 6.5% and 5% respectively year-on-year in the 12 months to 25 November 2012, although profit before taxation dropped by 16.6%.
Your recruitment business, Companies 28 January 2013
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