Industrial/Manufacturing

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

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.

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 APRIL 2025

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

Supplier, Your business 14 April 2025

FINANCIALS: Staffline results exceed market expectations

Recruitment group Staffline has announced a strong performance for the year ended 31 December 2024.

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.

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.

Pertemps makes a splash recruiting for Northumbrian Water

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

APPOINTMENTS: 10-14 MARCH 2025

This week’s appointments include: Acorn by Synergie, Benenden Health, Clarkson Owens, Compass Group UK & Ireland, Finity, Mitie

DEI, Supplier 14 March 2025

Fracking could bring jobs back to the UK, says Cameron

Prime Minister David Cameron says that fracking could bring back jobs to the UK.

US accountancy and auditor recruiters have no future, research suggests

Staffing companies who supply telemarketers, accountants and auditors, and retail salespeople should get out of these sectors and move into supplying recreational therapist and athletics trainers, academic research suggests.
Your recruitment business 24 January 2014

gap personnel expands with Hipkiss appointment

Industrial recruitment specialist gap personnel has appointed Paul Hipkiss as regional director for the Midlands.
Your recruitment business 24 January 2014

Booming car manufacturing bring skills agenda to the fore

The news that car manufacturing in the UK has hit a six-year high of 1.5m vehicles, and that engineering firm Dyson plans to hire 3,000 engineers by 2015, has once again brought the issue of skill shortages in the UK’s manufacturing and engineering sectors to the force.

Aspen Pharma adds 42 to its Dublin-based Citywest operation

Dublin-based global pharmaceutical company Aspen Pharma has created 42 new jobs at its Citywest European Operations Centre in Ireland’s capital.

Hong Kong attracts companies but talent in short supply

Hong Kong continues to attract companies looking to gain a foothold in Asia, but talented professionals are in short supply, according to a Michael Page report.
Your recruitment business 23 January 2014

Resource Group integrates business units into one division

International aerospace and defence sector recruiter Resource Group has launched its Aviation & Aerospace Resource Solutions division.
Your recruitment business 21 January 2014

FINANCIALS: Hydrogen and RTC positive on trading

Two AIM-listed staffing companies have issued broadly positive trading updates for the 2012-13 financial year, ahead of the publication of their full-year results.
Your recruitment business 21 January 2014

CTPartners set to acquire Australian exec firm Johnson

CTPartners Executive Search has entered into a letter of intent to acquire Johnson, a Sydney Australia-based executive search and leadership consultancy.
Your recruitment business 20 January 2014

Global Spotlight on Switzerland

The country that is home to the headquarters of many multinationals can surprise recruiters with its high degree of regionalism

GLA calls on agencies to keep Cornish flower harvest free from exploitation

The GLA is calling on agencies that provide flower pickers in Cornwall to help stamp out worker exploitation through the coming season.

PC Recruit secures funding to aid expansion

Suffolk-based recruitment agency PC Recruit has secured £50k funding from invoice finance providers Positive Cashflow Finance.
Your recruitment business 15 January 2014

GLA to contact Channel 4 over worker exploitation shown in Benefits Street

Following questions by Recruiter, the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) plans to contact Channel 4 over exploitation of migrant agricultural workers shown in yesterday’s Benefit Street episode (pictured).

Alexander Daniels launches engineering division

Financial recruitment and corporate governance specialist Alexander Daniels has expanded into the engineering market.
Your recruitment business 14 January 2014

Graduate positions at seven-year high, but work experience counts

Employers are upping their graduate intake by 8.7% this year, the biggest recruitment rise in four years, according to High Fliers Research.

Candidate shortage in construction delays housebuilding

A shortage of construction workers is delaying housebuilding, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), with 36% of respondents having trouble finding staff.
Your recruitment business 10 January 2014
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