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

FINANCIALS: 50% increase in profit for Staffline

Staffing services, outsourcing, training and employability organisation Staffline has this morning [28 January] announced a 50.8% increase in group operating profit to £19.4m for the year ended 31 December 2014.
Your recruitment business 28 January 2015

eResponse Recruitment signs deal with timber manufacturer

The Kidderminster division of multi-sector recruiter eResponse Recruitment will supply up to 200 workers for a local timber-manufacturing firm Forest Garden.
Your recruitment business 28 January 2015

JPS Supply Chain launches

JPS Supply Chain Recruitment has opened a new office in the Cotton Exchange in Liverpool.
Your recruitment business 26 January 2015

FAST 50 2015: Industrial recruiters under pressure as FAST 50 representation drops

Industrial sector recruiters have seen their representation in Recruiter’s FAST 50 2015 list of the UK’s fastest-growing private staffing companies, compiled by Boxington Corporate Finance, fall from seven in 2014 to five this year.
Your recruitment business, FAST50 23 January 2015

Transline threatens legal action after ‘incorrect’ portrayal

Transline Group, which was used as an example of a recruiter with questionable pay practices on Channel 4’s Dispatches programme on Monday night [19 January], says it denies claims made by the programme and is taking legal action.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 21 January 2015

Recruiters, umbrellas under fire on Dispatches

A TV programme highlighting questionable pay practices by recruitment agencies and umbrella companies has highlighted the lack of industry regulations and what one umbrella industry leader characterised as “the proliferation of such poor practice”.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 20 January 2015

Bridgewater Human Capital buys System Training

Bridgewater Human Capital has acquired System Training for an undisclosed sum.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 20 January 2015

Milton Keynes ranks top of UK jobs growth cities

Low business start-up costs, a booming property market and good transport links has sent Milton Keynes to the top of the list of UK cities with the highest jobs growth over the past decade, recruiters say.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 19 January 2015

Stafforce Recruitment opens four new offices

Industrial staffing specialist Stafforce Recruitment is expanding its national branch network with four new offices.
Your recruitment business 19 January 2015

FAST 50 2015: International instability hits engineering recruiters in this year’s list

International headwinds have significantly reduced the number of engineering recruiters in the Recruiter FAST 50 2015 compared to previous years, says Tim Evans, managing director of Boxington Corporate Finance, compilers of the FAST 50, which lists the fastest-growing private staffing companies in the UK.
Your recruitment business, FAST50 16 January 2015

Randox mentors first-year university students to fill 540 roles

Randox has introduced a mentoring programme for first year university students to help fill 540 new roles over the next four years.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 15 January 2015

RATE recruitment launches

RATE recruitment opened its doors early last week.
Your recruitment business 12 January 2015

Encore Personnel buys Response Recruitment Solutions

Specialist blue-collar worker supplier Encore Personnel has bought food and horticulture specialist Response Recruitment Solutions for an undisclosed sum.
Your recruitment business 12 January 2015

Jaguar Land Rover expects ex-military engineer intake to help fill 1,300 roles

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) expects to tap into a talent pool of former military engineers to help fill 1,300 new jobs, according to a spokesperson for the motoring giant.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 12 January 2015

Hanson uses word of mouth to recruit returning workers

Hanson Building Products has used “word of mouth” to fill 30 roles at its recently reopened factory, according to a spokesperson for the construction firm.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 9 January 2015

Heidrick & Struggles promotes 22, hires chief HR officer

US-listed executive search company Heidrick & Struggles has promoted eight consultants to partner and 14 to principal consultants.
Your recruitment business 9 January 2015
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