Industrial/Manufacturing

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

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

FINANCIALS: Staffline results exceed market expectations

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

Financials, Your recruitment business 8 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

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

Drug maker AstraZeneca makes £120m investment in factory and jobs

Pharma giant AstraZeneca is to invest £120m in a new facility at its global manufacturing site in Macclesfield, securing and creating jobs.
Your recruitment business 12 November 2013

Thousands of jobs in Portsmouth and Southampton after Clegg’s City Deal

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced a new ‘City Deal’ to secure £953m of investment and 17,000 jobs in Portsmouth and Southampton.
Your recruitment business 12 November 2013

CIPD survey suggests ‘measured approach’ to jobs as economy improves

Employers are in general unlikely to kick-start hiring bonanzas if the economic uptick continues, finds the latest CIPD/SuccessFactors Labour Market Outlook, available online, carried out by YouGov.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 11 November 2013

2013 HOT 100: HOT 10 technical recruiters revealed

Nineteen technical specialists are included in the 2013 HOT 100 compared with 14 last year, offering even stronger evidence of the resurgence in engineering, especially but far from exclusively servicing the oil & gas industry.
Your recruitment business, HOT 100 11 November 2013

Tech recruiter Morson acquires Vital Services Group from administration

Technical recruiter Morson Group has acquired various business units of engineering services firm Vital Services Group from its administrators Deloitte.
Your recruitment business 5 November 2013

Action needed to address UK skills shortages, Cox tells CBI conference

As the UK recovery begins to build, emerging skills shortages need to be addressed by the government, says Alistair Cox, chief executive officer at international professional and white-collar recruiter Hays.
Your recruitment business 5 November 2013

Apple supplier creates jobs and renewable energy at new Arizona factory

Tech giant Apple and its supplier GT Advanced Technologies are creating 700 new jobs at a factory in Arizona.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 5 November 2013

Steria approved for Cabinet Office joint venture

IT and services group Steria has been confirmed as the Cabinet Office’s joint venture partner creating Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL), a provider of back office services to the public sector including HR and procurement.
Your recruitment business 4 November 2013

UK engineering firm Weir Group to add 600 to Malaysian workforce

Glasgow-headquartered international engineering firm Weir Group is to increase its Malaysia-based workforce from 400 to over 1,000 as part of an investment of more than £70m in the country over the next three years.
Your recruitment business 4 November 2013

Initiative aims to ‘explode myth that engineering is not for women’

The skills and enterprise minister Matthew Hancock praised a joint industry-government initiative to dispel myths about working in manufacturing, aimed at encouraging young people to consider a career in the sector.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 1 November 2013

Search Consultancy gets Leeds director Watson

Glasgow-headquartered recruiter Search Consultancy has appointed Jason Watson to associate director within its Leeds office.
Your recruitment business 1 November 2013

Holbrow appointment builds on Resourcing Solutions growth

Specialist recruiter for rail, power and built environment sectors Resourcing Solutions has hired Tom Holbrow as group business development director.
Your recruitment business 1 November 2013

Thailand tops HSBC’s Asia-dominated best expat experience list

Thailand is the destination with the best expatriate experience, followed by Bahrain and China, according to the sixth Expat Explorer survey from banking group HSBC.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 30 October 2013

PM announces greater ‘ease of use’ in improved apprenticeships

Prime Minister David Cameron says that reforms announced to the apprenticeship system “will put employers in the driving seat”.
Your recruitment business 29 October 2013

CSI and Carol Vorderman play part in STEM talent boost scheme

Is solving the UK’s technical talent shortfall rocket science? Maybe – the latest scheme to tackle this much-publicised problem includes a space scientist, media personality Carol Vorderman and learning activities modeled on television hit crime drama CSI.
Your recruitment business 29 October 2013

Caterpillar shifts 100 new jobs into Northern Ireland

Industrial vehicle maker Caterpillar is to create “100 high-quality manufacturing positions” at a new £7m manufacturing project in Northern Ireland.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 28 October 2013
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