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

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

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

New Leeds office as Encore Personnel turns 18

Blue collar personnel supplier Encore Personnel has opened an office in Leeds, which is what the company calls its 18th “profit centre”.
Your recruitment business 2 September 2013

Manufacturers expect increased production and hiring to come

Britain’s manufacturers are experiencing a three-year peak in activity as the recovery takes hold, and are due to increase hiring levels, according to a survey from manufacturers trade body EEF, and accountancy and business advisory firm BDO.
Your recruitment business 2 September 2013

London office for Oxfordshire-based agency Millar Cameron

Specialist recruiter Millar Cameron has opened a London office, supplementing its existing bases in Oxfordshire, Johannesburg and Bogota, Colombia.
Your recruitment business 29 August 2013

Unlicensed Preston labour provider fined £3.5k by GLA

A labour provider based in Preston has been handed a fine of £3.5k by the Gangmaster Licensing Authority after ignoring repeated warnings that it was trading illegally, the organisation says.
Your recruitment business 28 August 2013

Milestone gets contracts to supply DHL staff for Jaguar Land Rover

Transport, distribution and utilities recruiter Milestone Operations has been awarded three ongoing contracts by supply chain firm DHL Automotive to supply 140 drivers, across DHL operations at auto firm Jaguar Land Rover’s Ellesmere Port and Halewood depots and at construction machinery maker JCB’s Fradley depot.
Your recruitment business 28 August 2013

UK jobs vacancies stay level through summer, finds Adzuna

The number of vacancies in the UK in July totalled 524,656, a marginal (0.1%) drop since June, and the fourth consecutive month of virtually the same level of advertisements after 2.3% growth was seen between January and April.
Your recruitment business 27 August 2013

Nissan’s toddler-turned-technician fronts recruitment campaign

A technician at car maker Nissan’s Sunderland plant is reprising the starring role in a recruitment campaign for the firm that he first held 26 years ago as a toddler.
Your recruitment business 23 August 2013

Hovis workers strike over use of Staffline temps

More than 200 workers at the Wigan factory of baker Hovis are to strike during the coming weeks over the company’s use of agency labour from recruitment and outsourcing group Staffline and of zero-hours contracts at the site.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 23 August 2013

IT, engineering & manufacturing lead online freelance demand, finds Elance

IT & programming work continues to see the largest demand on online freelance marketplace Elance, while engineering & manufacturing was the job category showing the largest growth, the firm’s Q2 Global Online Employment Report shows.
Your recruitment business 22 August 2013

Middle East tops Anglosphere for UK construction workers looking to build career

The UAE and Qatar are seen as top locations to advance a career in construction, according to the 91% of built environment professionals who tells a survey from specialist job site CareerStructure.com that they would be interested in moving abroad to work.
Your recruitment business 21 August 2013

Recruit Solutions (UK) loses GLA licence over unfit director

The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has revoked the licence of Lincolnshire recruitment agency Recruit Solutions (UK), after the director of the company launched and then withdrew an appeal of the decision.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 20 August 2013

Purchasing talent: Jaguar Land Rover’s ‘fastest-growing’ function keeps hiring

Auto maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has launched a recruitment campaign to attract experienced professionals to its purchasing team, and is casting its net beyond the automotives industry.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 20 August 2013

Harlow site as recruiter 2B Interface expands

Trades and professional recruitment agency 2B Interface has opened its fourth UK office in Harlow, Essex.
Your recruitment business 19 August 2013

US temp safety inspections ramped up by federal watchdog

US Department of Labor agency the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has increased the frequency of inspections of temporary staffing agencies, after a memorandum sent earlier this year, according to news agency Bloomberg.
Your recruitment business 16 August 2013

Lochhead leads resourcing at Unilever

Global FMCG giant Unilever has promoted Stephen Lochhead to the role of vice president for global talent and resourcing.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 15 August 2013

Transline suspends employee over benefit stop tweets

A recruiter at industrial and driving agency Transline has been suspended pending a full investigation into tweets the employee sent in which she talked about enjoying her apparent ability to “stop” jobseeker’s benefits.
Your recruitment business 15 August 2013
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