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

Bangladesh opening for executive recruiter Kilpatrick International

Executive search firm Kilpatrick International is to open an office in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, on Monday (8 July).

Safety clothing deal for industrial recruiter gap personnel

Industrial labour supplier gap personnel has taken on Midlands-based worker specialist MI Promotions to provide safety clothing, including high-vis jackets, protective gear, gloves and footwear to its temporary workers.

AB Werkt Zuid-Nederland launches after co-op recruiters merge

Two Dutch co-operative recruitment firms have voted unanimously to merge, forming new co-operative recruiter AB Werkt Zuid-Nederland.

China skills much in demand at London job fair

Chinese firms, as well as UK-based companies doing business with firms located in China, were seeking both British and Chinese expatriate talent at an event in London yesterday.

NOW: Pensions to provide gap personnel auto-enrolled pensions

Industrial labour provider gap personnel has appointed multi-employer pension trust NOW: Pensions to provide its workforce and temporary workers with an auto-enrolment pension plan from October 2013.

Jobs Watch: Tech staff at AOL and Connor, Perth’s road to jobs

AOL Ireland, a subsidiary of media giant AOL, and engineering and manufacturing service firm Connor Solutions are on the look out for technical talent, while the Scottish city of Perth is looking at new jobs and economic development thanks to a road-building plan.

IBM set to recruit in France and Netherlands

Computing giant IBM looks set to hire across the Channel with jobs coming in a new technology centre in Lille in North-West France and Groningen, the Netherland’s Northernmost city.

Birmingham masterplan to create jobs and growth

Engineering and planning consultancy Arup has developed an ambitious plan alongside local authorities in the Midlands to put the region at the centre of UK economic growth, creating 100,000 jobs and boosting GDP by as much as £19.5bn.

Seven Step to hire 250 and expand RPO out West

Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firm Seven Step RPO has opened a new office in Denver, Colorado, and plans to hire 250 new staff in the area.

More pharma expansion in Northern Ireland as Norbrook hires

Northern Ireland-based veterinary pharmaceuticals maker Norbrook Laboratories is to take on 400 new staff as it pushes to meet expectations of further demand from global markets.

Construction and professional services grow Singapore jobs

The construction and professional services sectors continued to be the fastest-growing employment sectors in Singapore in the first quarter of 2013.

Staffgroup grows as non-EU section gains prominence

Staffgroup, the parent company of specialist recruiters Earthstaff and Eurostaff Group, saw both turnover and profit grow by well over 50% in the calendar year 2012.

Qatar: no open goal for recruiters new to region

Recruiters hoping to take advantage of a possible bonanza in Qatar in the years leading up to the 2022 World Cup will face a tougher challenge than that faced by recruiters in the Gulf state up to now.

Ford drives Higher Apprenticeship programmes with degree

Auto maker Ford has added a four-year Higher Apprenticeship programme, which includes a degree level qualification, to its September 2013 apprenticeship recruitment.

US-built smartphone brings 2,000 Motorola jobs

Mobile phone maker Motorola is to design, engineer and assemble its new Moto X smartphone in the US, creating 2,000 jobs.

Look beyond bottom line on social media

Social media is widely used in recruitment, but how well has measuring its effectiveness kept pace?
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