Industrial/Manufacturing

£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

NEW TO THE MARKET: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Aston University, Four Squared Recruitment, Gi Group UK, itris X, ManpowerGroup

Supplier, Your 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

Staffline secures large contract win with logistics provider

Recruitment group Staffline has secured a significant strategic partnership with one of the UK’s leading food and drink supply chain management and logistics providers.

Temporary workforce, Your business 19 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

Is immigration white paper the end of an era for low-skilled migration?

The white paper published yesterday [12 May 2025] represents the end of an era for low-skilled migration and an ambitious shift toward productivity-first immigration.

Advice, Temporary workforce 13 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

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
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 17 January 2014

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.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 16 January 2014

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).
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 14 January 2014

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.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 13 January 2014

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

FAST 50 2014: top performing industrial, logistics and construction recruiters revealed

Recruiters in the industrial, logistics and construction sectors are strongly represented in this year’s FAST 50, the 50 fastest-growing private recruitment companies, prepared by Boxington Corporate Finance and sponsored by ICS, making up 14% of the FAST 50 2014 list
Your recruitment business, FAST50 10 January 2014

Recruitment agencies lose GLA licence after migrant worker exploitation probe

The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has revoked the licences of agricultural recruiters Slender Contracting and MAS Recruitment after an investigation into the exploitation of migrant workers in Cambridgeshire.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 9 January 2014

More details revealed on RS Components global outsourcing deal with AMS

The former head of global resourcing at RS Components explains to Recruiter the thinking behind a global outsourcing deal between Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) and his former employer RS Components, which left his role redundant.
In-house recruitment 8 January 2014

Car manufacturers deliver on job creation promises

Job creation announcements don’t always pan out as planned, but as car sales in the UK hit their highest level since the heady days of 2007, recruitment plans announced last year by two of the UK’s motor manufacturers are already coming to fruition.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 7 January 2014

Recruitment bodies hit back at Miliband’s comments on the Swedish Derogation

Bodies representing the recruitment industry have defended the use of the Swedish Derogation model after Labour leader Ed Miliband said he would abolish the ‘loophole’ should Labour be elected at the 2015 General Election.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 6 January 2014

UK’s manufacturing sector set to achieve fastest growth in Europe

The UK’s manufacturing sector is set to grow by 2.7% in 2014, outperforming its European counterparts, according to manufacturing trade body EEF and think-tank Oxford Economics.
Your recruitment business 6 January 2014

Staffline earnings in line with expectations

Recruitment and outsourcing organisation Staffline has given a trading update for its financial year ended 31 December 2013 ahead of its preliminary results, which are expected on Wednesday, 29 January.
Your recruitment business 6 January 2014

Futurestep looks to China with NZ dairy Fonterra

Recruitment solutions firm Futurestep, part of Korn/Ferry, has been appointed to “drive ambitious business growth in Greater China” for exporter and milk processor Fonterra, New Zealand’s largest employer.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 3 January 2014
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