Industrial/Manufacturing

STEM recruiter acquires construction training firm 3B Training

Morson Group has acquired Wigan-based 3B Training to expand its construction skills offering.

Your business, Your recruitment business 12 June 2025

£1.5bn defence spending will create highly-skilled jobs in the UK

The UK government is to create more than 1,000 new jobs as a result of a £1.5bn defence investment.

Legislation/Regulation, Your business 2 June 2025

Government’s apprenticeship budget refocuses to ‘rebuild Britain’

The government has made radical changes to skills and training, including a refocus away from higher-level apprenticeship funding.

Your business, Your recruitment business 27 May 2025

REC urges government to build on success of Restart Scheme

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is urging the government to build on the success of the Restart Scheme.

Your business, Your recruitment business 27 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Aston University, Four Squared Recruitment, Gi Group UK, itris X, ManpowerGroup

Supplier, Your business 27 May 2025

International manufacturer invests £170m in North Wales facility

Around 140 jobs will be created in North Wales after Knauf Insulation unveiled plans to invest £170m in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

Your recruitment business 20 May 2025

Staffline secures large contract win with logistics provider

Recruitment group Staffline has secured a significant strategic partnership with one of the UK’s leading food and drink supply chain management and logistics providers.

Temporary workforce, Your business 19 May 2025

Morson advances with technical specialist buy in the US

Morson Group has strengthened its position as a global talent solutions leader with the acquisition of US-based technical recruiter PTS Advance.

Your recruitment business 15 May 2025

Is immigration white paper the end of an era for low-skilled migration?

The white paper published yesterday [12 May 2025] represents the end of an era for low-skilled migration and an ambitious shift toward productivity-first immigration.

Advice, Temporary workforce 13 May 2025

RPOs integral to half of multi-service HR outsourcing contracts

Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) was integral to 50% of multi-service HR outsourcing contracts in 2014, according to business process outsourcing provider arvato’s UK outsourcing index.
Your recruitment business, FAST50 11 February 2015

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind to use recruitment mix to fill 200 manufacturing jobs

Wind energy company MHI Vestas Offshore Wind is looking to fill 200 manufacturing jobs on the Isle of Wight.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 9 February 2015

Willowbrook Fine Foods creates 55 Northern Ireland jobs

Food manufacturer Willowbrook Fine Foods has created 55 new jobs in Killinchy, County Down, in Northern Ireland.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 6 February 2015

Revenues up at US TrueBlue

US industrial manufacturing and engineering staffing specialist TrueBlue has seen fourth quarter revenues climb to US$691m (£450m), up 54% on Q4 2013, according to its full-year and Q4 2014 results.
Your recruitment business 6 February 2015

Pod Talent hires Crotty as head of search

Caroline Crotty joins supply chain, procurement, logistics and manufacturing recruiter Pod Talent as head of search.
Your recruitment business 6 February 2015

Cordant’s Grays Executive appoints Machell

Phillip Machell has joined Grays Executive Search to lead its new executive interim search division.
Your recruitment business 6 February 2015

Derby UTC joins Royal Navy scheme to boost engineering skills

Derby’s University Technical College (UTC) is the latest UTC to join a Royal Navy scheme to develop engineering and technical skills in its students.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 4 February 2015

GLA strips licence from underpaying recruiter

The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has revoked the licence of a Dudley gangmaster found to be paying less than minimum wage and lacking “competencies required to run the business compliantly”.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 4 February 2015

Services sector employment growth reaches second highest level since 1995

The rate of employment growth in the UK’s services sector has reached its second highest level in 20 years, according to January’s Markit/CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply) UK services purchasing managers’ index.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 4 February 2015

Skilled job creation to slow in Singapore

Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) predicts fewer skilled jobs will be created in the sovereign city-state this year in light of increased uncertainty in the global economy.
Your recruitment business 3 February 2015

US government invests $500m in getting people back to work

The US government is to invest $500m (£333m) to fund training to help the unemployed back into work and alleviate anticipated skills shortages.
Your recruitment business, Emerging talent 3 February 2015

Encore Personnel expects increased turnover and headcount in 2015

Blue-collar staffing specialist Encore Personnel anticipates a 30% increase in turnover to £60m, and has budgeted an 18% increase in headcount in 2015.
Your recruitment business 2 February 2015

Filipino recruiter’s licence suspended

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has suspended a recruitment firm’s licence for lying on visa applications for household services workers being sent to Dubai.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 30 January 2015

Regional Recruitment Services hires two

Taher Rahman and Michael Townsend join East Midlands-based, multi-sector recruiter Regional Recruitment Services as technical and engineering specialists.
Your recruitment business 30 January 2015

Smith’s Engineering Works, Kestrel Foods create jobs in Northern Ireland

Advanced engineering company Smith’s Engineering Works (NI) is to create 12 new engineering jobs in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 28 January 2015

Fresh Logistics to use word of mouth to fill 100 new posts

Courier and storage company Fresh Logistics will use word of mouth and local advertising to fill 100 roles.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 28 January 2015
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