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

INTERNATIONAL US: Don’t take tech sector job strength for granted, says industry chief

Despite a job report showing consistent albeit modest job growth across the US tech sector, the industry “can’t take its strength for granted”, according to the president of industry advocacy group TechAmerica Foundation.
Your recruitment business 26 October 2012

Extension of oil field project supports 2,000 UK jobs

Over 2,000 UK jobs in fabrication, construction, installation, subsea engineering and drilling will be created or sustained by a new £1.6bn project to extend the life of the North Sea oil fields announced yesterday [24 October].

INTERNATIONAL Brazil: Significant hiring when BMW opens Brazil plant

Auto maker BMW Group is to open a plant in Brazil in 2014, which will create more than 1,000 direct jobs and provide a major boost to supply chain employers.

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Lucas Group promotes 14 across the company

North American executive search firm Lucas Group has promoted 14 associates throughout multiple practice groups within the company.
Your recruitment business 23 October 2012

Contracts/Deals: Telegraph Media Group sponsors YourFoodJob.com

Your FoodJob.com is pleased to announce that the Telegraph Media Group is to sponsor its People Awards.
Your recruitment business 23 October 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: NES gets Hays director for UK sales

Global technical recruiter NES Global Talent has appointed Rebecca Ridley as associate director, UK sales.

Senior executives more willing to relocate internationally

Senior management executives are more willing to relocate internationally for new jobs than their colleagues at lower levels of responsibility, according to findings of the 2012 Financial Times global impact study of recruitment trends.

UK & IRELAND Appointments: NES takes on Wigley as consultant

Global technical recruiter NES Global Talent has appointed Liz Wigley as a consultant in its permanent division.
Your recruitment business 16 October 2012

Irish government support brings over 100 new jobs in five growing firms

Five fast-growing companies have committed to investments and expansion creating over 100 jobs between them across Ireland, following support from government investment agency IDA Ireland.

Food producer Kerry to recruit for 900 in Co. Kildare development

Ingredients and foods maker Kerry Group is to take on 900 new staff, following an announcement that it is to establish a global technology & innovation centre in Ireland to serve its EMEA region customers.

Irish professional jobs up nearly a fifth in September

The Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor has recorded 18% more professional jobs available in September (a total of 8,851) compared to the same month in the previous year, when there were 7,500.
Your recruitment business 10 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL US: GM to take on up to 2,000 high-tech IT roles

Auto giant General Motors (GM) expects to hire up to 2,000 high-tech employees over the next few years to support a new approach for its IT services, according to a company press release.

FINANCIALS: Extrastaff profits up as company benefits from improved market conditions

Driving and industrial recruiter Extrastaff increased its after-tax profits by 68% as it benefited from improved market conditions during 2011, according to accounts filed at Companies House.
Your recruitment business 8 October 2012

100 new jobs as Network Rail creates logistics centre in West Midlands

Network Rail is to create around 100 new jobs when a new £25m road haulage distribution centre opens at a former Peugeot plant at Ryton in the West Midlands.

Contracts/Deals: NES Global Talent sold for £234m

Private equity firm Graphite Capital has sold international technical recruiter NES Global Talent to private investment vehicle AEA Investors for £234m.
Your recruitment business 5 October 2012

INTERNATIONAL Canada: The jobs are back, now who to fill them?

Labour market concerns are shifting from a concern over the supply of ‘good’ jobs over the last five years, to a likely difficult finding enough ‘good’ workers for new jobs in the next five years, according to the deputy governor of the Bank of Canada.
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