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

Gradual slowdown continuing warns Randstad

International staffing firm Randstad says its revenues are continuing to decline, with revenue per working day decreasing by 6% in October.
Your recruitment business, Companies 22 November 2012

US: L’Oréal creates 200 jobs

L’Oréal is to create 211 new jobs in Florence, Kentucky as part of a $42m (£26m) expansion.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 19 November 2012

Talent Retention Solution expands to include students and graduates

The Talent Retention Solution (TRS), a national web-based system, which helps match skilled employees facing redundancy to growing UK companies in advanced manufacturing and engineering, is to be expanded to include graduates and students.
Your recruitment business 19 November 2012

US: Chrysler hires 1,250 in Michigan, Sitel adds 100 in Las Vegas

Chrysler and Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne today confirmed Chrysler’s plans to hire 1,250 workers and invest $240m (£151m) at three Michigan plants so it can ramp up production of its engines and pickups.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 16 November 2012

Skills shortages drive unprecedented demand for contract staff, says Matchtech chairman

In a trading update at Matchtech Group’s annual general meeting held in London today, Matchtech chairman George Materna said: “Skill shortages are driving unprecedented demand for contract staff in our markets.”
Your recruitment business 16 November 2012

New thinking needed

The government should scrap all its training schemes and give the money directly to companies, believes business magnate Lord Alan Sugar.
Your recruitment business 15 November 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: MBN Recruitment Solutions strengthens team

Technical recruiter MBN Recruitment Solutions has hired Brenda Thompson as a senior consultant to work in its Glasgow office.
Your recruitment business 15 November 2012

CDI AndersElite moves

Technical recruitment agency CDI AndersElite has relocated their London branch to a new office at 100 Cannon Street.
Your recruitment business 14 November 2012

Jobs watch: LogMeIn and Nextag create 175 IT jobs in Ireland

More than 50 jobs are expected to be created by computer services company LogMeIn in Dublin.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 13 November 2012

Manufacturers report skill shortages despite investment in training

Despite manufacturers investing more in training in response to greater demand for more highly skilled employees, many firms are still reporting skills shortages.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 12 November 2012

Derby to receive £40m in jobs boost

On a visit to Derby yesterday, business secretary Vince Cable confirmed that Derby City Council will receive £40m for its programme bid under Round 2 of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF), supporting growth and sustainable employment in the area.
Your recruitment business 9 November 2012

VIDEO: Creativity and more to be celebrated at tonight’s YFJ People Awards

As Jamie White, creative director at advertising agency Blackbridge Communications, and Paul Maxin, global resourcing director at FMCG group Unilever, say in the below video, tonight’s inaugural YourFoodJobs.com People Awards, in association with Recruiter, are a celebration of industry creativity.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 6 November 2012

Marine skills gap to hurt industry now and in future, finds Matchtech

The vast majority (92%) of marine industry organisations are experiencing some difficulties in the recruitment of engineers, and this skills shortage is not just an immediate concern, but in the future “will also seriously impact the industry’s ability to provide the government-backed predicted growth”.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 5 November 2012

Employers must pay living wage home and away, urges campaign

British firms must commit to paying a living wage throughout their overseas supply chain, not just in the UK, according to anti-poverty charity War on Want and two partner organisations.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 5 November 2012

Europe: Online jobs indicator shows decline at fastest rate in two and a half years

Despite strong results in some industries – including those closely tied to the public sector – online jobs index the Monster Employment Index (MEI) Europe saw a 3% decline year-on-year in October, the fastest rate of decline since April 2010.
Your recruitment business 2 November 2012

Elevation Recruitment opens engineering & manufacturing division

South Yorkshire-based recruitment agency, Elevation Recruitment, has added a specialist engineering & manufacturing division following positive signs of economic growth within the sector and the region’s increased demand for operational and technical staff.
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