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

UK jobs boost from £1.4bn energy project

Up to 4,000 new UK jobs should be supported by a new project operated by GDF Suez extracting shallow water gas from a field under the Southern part of the North Sea.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 7 August 2012

APSCo survey: Temps up, perms down

UK employers are increasingly turning to temporary workers to fill vacancies rather than making permanent hires, concludes the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) in a new report.
Your recruitment business 6 August 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Escape gets Radnanski, Wright and Yaxley

Multi-sector Escape Recruitment has appointed Leah Radnanski, Louisa Wright and Craig Yaxley to the business.
Your recruitment business 3 August 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Asset Resourcing takes on three

Multi-sector recruitment agency Asset Resourcing has taken on Annie Dorrington, Supriya Mathur and Khalid Oukhellou as consultants in its Hertfordshire headquarters.
Your recruitment business 3 August 2012

INTERNATIONAL US: Jobs in weapons technology upgrade plan

A Department of Defense project to upgrade two 1950s-era weapon launch complexes at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to modern standard will create 100 new jobs and could secure a further 900 for decades to come.
Your recruitment business 3 August 2012

Contracts/Deals: JAM and EEF partner

Engineering and manufacturing recruiter JAM Recruitment has developed a national skills partnership with manufacturing organisation EEF.
Your recruitment business 2 August 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Michael Page promotes Humphreys

Michael Page has promoted Liam Humphreys to the role of regional director for its design & development division.
Your recruitment business 1 August 2012

INTERNATIONAL US: Maintenance firm at National Guard site to employ 350

Engineering, manufacturing and maintenance firm Tiburon Associates will create 350 jobs and open a new facility at the National Guard’s Camp Minden.
In-house recruitment 31 July 2012

INTERNATIONAL China: VW and SAIC plant in Yizheng to employ 3,700

A new auto plant operated by Volkswagen Group company Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) in partnership with Chinese carmaker SAIC Motor Corporation will eventually create 3,700 jobs.
Your recruitment business 31 July 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Michael Page ups Packham

Recruiter Michael Page has announced the promotion of Stuart Packham to regional director for its technology & consultancy and strategy & change brands in the home counties.
Your recruitment business 30 July 2012

Air Livery first firm at 1,000 job Norwich aviation business park

Aircraft painting firm Air Livery will provide 120 jobs when it becomes the first company to have new premises in an aviation business park at Norwich International Airport.
Your recruitment business 27 July 2012

FINANCIALS: Impellam’s restructuring on course

Impellam Group’s brand re-alignment is on course to be completed by the end of the financial year, according to chairman Cheryl Jones, as the international staffing company announced it interim results for the first half of 2012.
Your recruitment business 26 July 2012

FINANCIALS: CDI Corp sees growth in all three segments

Technical recruiter CDI Corp saw Q2 2012 revenues of $274.4m (£175.6m), up 4.4% on the same period in 2011.
Your recruitment business 26 July 2012

Contracts/Deals: Hays supplies permanent staff to Carlsberg UK

Carlsberg UK, brewer of several household name beers, has appointed recruiter Hays to supply permanent staff for roles in engineering, finance, HR, legal, office support, purchasing & logistics and sales & marketing roles.
Your recruitment business 24 July 2012

INTERNATIONAL US: Nippon Sharyo to add 150 to train body plant

Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing will add around 150 extra workers in their Rochelle, Illinois plant when its manufacturing of stainless steel railcar bodies reaches full operating levels.
Your recruitment business 20 July 2012

INTERNATIONAL Iran: First specialist locomotive factory to employ 1,000

Iran’s first factory specialising in the production of locomotives has been opened in the city of Karaj, where it will employ 300 people immediately and 750 when the second phase of the project begins.
Your recruitment business 20 July 2012
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