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

Seddon partners with Bolton’s Powerwave

Bolton-based national construction firm Seddon Construction has partnered with the town’s Powerwaves Skills Centre to assist construction students in preparing for a career in the industry.
Your recruitment business 13 February 2013

Jobs Watch: BAE Systems takes apprentices, Hydro takes 100

Defence, security and aerospace firm BAE Systems says it is set to recruit its largest intake of apprentices in five years in 2013, while the Welsh government has welcomed a deal that should create 100 jobs at Carmarthenshire firm Hydro Industries
In-house recruitment, Your recruitment business 12 February 2013

Mars tempts graduate talent with ‘Tweets for Treats’

Food, pet care and chocolate maker Mars has unveiled a unique way of creating a buzz around its graduate scheme among potential applicants – asking students to tweet them to be given a free Mars product and details about the roles.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 11 February 2013

Jobs Watch: Food jobs at Moy Park, wind farm to create roles

Three major commercial projects are likely to generate jobs in Malvern, Lincolnshire and South Wales.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 11 February 2013

Transline gives role to former work experience student

Supply chain staffing firm Transline Resource Group has taken on Dean Lewis in a role as systems analyst – several years after initially taking him into the business for two weeks’ work experience as a 14-year-old schoolboy.
Your recruitment business 8 February 2013

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
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