Engineering

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

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Jobmatch Sweden, Matchtech, Meet Life Sciences, Right Management, Synergy

Your business, Your recruitment business 28 April 2025

Cobalt Recruitment appoints new UK managing director

Cobalt Recruitment has announced the appointment of Maria Sinclair as the new managing director of its UK operations.

Your recruitment business 25 April 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s new launches include: Busy Bee Recruitment, Deel

Supplier, Your business 14 April 2025

Cheshire-headquartered Gap Personnel acquired by Rcapital

Cheshire-headquartered recruitment agency Gap Personnel has been acquired by Rcapital in a corporate carve-out.

Your recruitment business 14 April 2025

FINANCIALS: Gattaca bucks trend in first half of 2025

Engineering and infrastructure recruiter Gattaca has reported a “robust” financial performance for the first half of 2025.

Financials, Your recruitment business 7 April 2025

Associated British Ports names Parr new group HRD

Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest port operator, has appointed Rachael Parr (pictured) as its new group HR director.

Your recruitment business 3 April 2025

Airswift expands board with two industry non-exec directors

Airswift, a global workforce solutions provider, has appointed Melody Meyer and Don Sloan as independent non-executive board members.

Your recruitment business 1 April 2025

Pertemps makes a splash recruiting for Northumbrian Water

UK-wide recruitment agency Pertemps has been awarded the managed service contract for Northumbrian Water.

Your business, Your recruitment business 28 March 2025

Matchtech appointed skills partner for HighwaysUK 2016

Engineering staffing specialist Matchtech is the official skills partner for HighwaysUK 2016 at the NEC in Birmingham on 16-17 November.
4 May 2016

Experis Ireland and Borderless Talent launch No Craic Like Home

Engineering, finance and IT recruiter Experis Ireland has teamed up with talent solutions firm Borderless Talent to launch the campaign “No Craic Like Home” targeting Irish expats.
3 May 2016

WRS moves into bigger Singapore premises

Global oil & gas, marine, construction, mining and power staffing company Worldwide Recruitment Solutions (WRS) has moved into larger premises in Singapore.
3 May 2016

Boom and bust: recruiting in the oil & gas industry

The price of oil has plummeted in the last two years and recruiters in the oil & gas industry have been hit hard with thousands of job losses across the sector. Colin Cottell reports
Analysis, Your recruitment business 27 April 2016

Four recruiters honoured with Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Four recruiters have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.
25 April 2016

Morson boss Ged Mason collects OBE

Ged Mason, the chief executive of engineering and design recruiter Morson, picked up his Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) award at Buckingham Palace last week.
25 April 2016

Passionate About People reports revenue growth

Global specialist resource solutions group Passionate About People has seen year-on-year revenues increase from £39.2m to £63.7m, according to results for the year ended 30 June 2015.
21 April 2016

Assystem agrees training deal with Jaguar Land Rover

Technical recruiter Assystem has agreed a deal to provide training for car maker Jaguar Land Rover.
20 April 2016

Linsco directors complete MBO

Matt McGregor and Chris Lee, managing directors of Nottingham-headquartered construction and engineering recruiter Linsco, have completed a management buyout of the business.
20 April 2016

Most limited company contractors to end up within IR35

Barring exceptional cases, contractors working for the public sector through their own limited companies are now likely to be subject to a long-standing but controversial tax regime aimed at tackling tax avoidance, say employment tax experts.
14 April 2016

Major car firms collaborate with government on apprenticeship scheme

Car manufacturers Bentley, BMW, Ford, GKN, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, Toyota and Vauxhall have launched an automotive apprenticeship matching service in collaboration with the Department of Business Innovation and Skills.
13 April 2016

Vivid Resourcing opens Victoria office

Specialist international recruiter Vivid Resourcing has opened a new office in London Victoria.
11 April 2016

Clean-air zones will create engineering shortages

Commercial vehicle manufacturers and operators need to align their hiring strategies with the new recruitment reality created by recently announced clean-air zones, according to recruiter Jonathan Lee Recruitment.
6 April 2016

40,000 related jobs at risk if Tata Steel closes, says IPPR

An estimated 40,000 jobs directly and indirectly linked to UK steel industry communities are under threat if a buyer cannot be found for Tata Steel’s UK business.
30 March 2016

Fircroft appoints Preston as finance director

Technical and engineering recruiter Fircroft has appointed Simon Preston as director of finance.
Your recruitment business 30 March 2016

Smaller firms delay permanent hiring

The number of employers planning to hire more permanent staff in the next quarter is holding up but not among the UK’s smallest firms, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).
23 March 2016
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