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

Jobs Watch: Farmers and grocers

The final Jobs Watch of the week sees employment growth in a new horticulture and agriculture industry programme at HOPS, and at online groceries supplier Ocado.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 8 February 2013

Transline gives role to former work experience student

Supply chain staffing firm Transline Resource Group has taken on Dean Lewis in a role as systems analyst – several years after initially taking him into the business for two weeks’ work experience as a 14-year-old schoolboy.
Your recruitment business 8 February 2013

REC engineering and tech group gets chair

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has appointed Simon Conington as the chairman of its engineering and technical sector group.
Your recruitment business 8 February 2013

MBN takes on trainee pair

Technical recruiter MBN Recruitment Solutions has taken on two trainee consultants.
Your recruitment business 8 February 2013

Impellam Technical Solutions get internal recruiter Parish

Recruitment group Impellam has appointed Alayna Parish as talent acquisition manager for its Impellam Technical Solutions brands.
Your recruitment business 8 February 2013

BIS opens applications for £240m skills fund

A total of £240m funding has been made available for businesses of all sectors and sizes to create business-tailored training programmes to address their skills needs by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS).
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 7 February 2013

Jobs Watch: 950 jobs in total from TGI Fridays, Vantec and Sky

US restaurant chain TGI Friday’s, Japanese logistics provider Vantec Europe and UK broadcaster Sky are due to commence hiring drives which will see 953 new job opportunities.
Your recruitment business 6 February 2013

RSA implements FileFinder

Executive search software provider Dillistone Systems has implemented its solution FileFinder 10 for use by global life sciences search and interim management firm RSA.
Your recruitment business 6 February 2013

ICON pays $56m for Cross Country business

Pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device developer ICON has acquired the clinical trial services business of US healthcare recruiter Cross Country Healthcare for $55.75m (£35.64m).
Your recruitment business 6 February 2013

Recession risk ‘reduced’, suggest reports

The risk of the UK falling into a triple-dip recession is “greatly reduced”, according to research firm Markit’s analysis of its latest Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) – while another research body suggests the UK economy will grow this year.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 5 February 2013

Healthcare & social assistance leads Aussie jobs market

The healthcare and social assistance industry was the top performer in terms of employment growth over the past five years, and should maintain that position in coming years, according to a new publication from the Australian government.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 5 February 2013

Non-EU hiring: could be better, could be worse

After the employment chief of manufacturing industry body EEF described the process of hiring non-EU technical workers like “pulling teeth” last week, the UK resourcing manager of one oil & gas services firm tells Recruiter that the situation is not that desperate.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 4 February 2013

Jobs Watch US: al-Jazeera, Michelin, Huf

Three firms are to open up 100 new jobs apiece across the US.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 4 February 2013

Jobs Watch: Microsoft taking apprentices, Airbus recruits

Aerospace firm Airbus is to create 200 new jobs after the firm received £1.4m in government funding, while software giant Microsoft has committed to taking on 2,016 apprentices in Scotland by 2016.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 1 February 2013

Phaidon goes Stateside

Recruitment group Phaidon International has opened a Park Avenue, New York office.
Your recruitment business 31 January 2013

Dutch mushroom farm director held over alleged labour exploitation

The director of a mushroom farm in Limburg, The Netherlands, has been held over suspected labour exploitation and forgery by the inspectorate of the Ministry for Social Affairs and Employment (Inspectie SZW).
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 30 January 2013
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