Industrial/Manufacturing

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

Tennis coach Johnson builds ‘character-first’ Think Recruitment team

Birmingham recruiter Think Recruitment is proving that investing in people is the smartest business strategy.

Your recruitment business 13 March 2025

First People Recruitment joins The Kingdom Group following acquisition

The Kingdom Group has completed the acquisition of First People Recruitment (FPR).

Your recruitment business 6 March 2025

Talent agency for dogs founded by entrepreneur

A talent management agency has been founded to cater for dogs made famous by the internet.
11 April 2016

‘Person-centred’ prisoner employment scheme achieves 100% success

A new ‘person-centred’ scheme aimed at getting prisoners into work has had a 100% success rate.
6 April 2016

Tata steel workers have transferable skills, says recruiter

A recruiter that attended a recent careers day at Tata Steel Europe’s Rotherham plant is confident that manufacturing workers facing redundancy there can find new roles.
4 April 2016

Stafforce partners with DWP to offer work experience to jobseekers

A new employability initiative sees multi-sector recruiter Stafforce partnering with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to help job-seekers successfully and sustainably return to the workplace.
4 April 2016

Thousands queue at Aston Martin recruitment event

Aston Martin says it was surprised after nearly 3,000 jobseekers interested in a job at the luxury car maker turned up at a recruitment open day in Cardiff.
31 March 2016

Union seeking urgent talks with Tempay and M&S

The GMB trade union said it is seeking urgent talks with industrial recruiters Tempay and 24-7 Recruitment and is also demanding that Marks and Spencer investigates how “unethical practices have been tolerated for so long in its supply chain”.
23 March 2016

Randstad and SThree react to Brussels attacks

Recruiters have come forward to help Brussels-based consultants following Tuesday’s terror attacks in the Belgium capital which left 34 people dead and around 250 wounded.
23 March 2016

Encore takes aim at battling slavery and trafficking

Multi-sector recruiter Encore Personnel Solutions is taking steps to support its clients and staff in the “moral issue” of recognising and preventing slavery and human trafficking, the company has announced.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 15 March 2016

Job ad: Desperately seeking factory manager – and wife for my son

A job ad placed by the owner of a rubber factory in China for the dual role of manager and wife for the factory owner’s son has received several applications.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 15 March 2016

Directors banned for employing illegal workers

Directors of a Manchester-based fast-food takeaway and a Birmingham-based cooked foods wholesaler have been banned for hiring illegal workers, following investigations by the Insolvency Service working with the Home Office.
In-house recruitment, Legislation/Regulation 14 March 2016

Search Consultancy brings Mitchell on board

Scotland-headquartered recruiter Search Consultancy has appointed Scott Mitchell as a divisional manager within its white collar recruitment team.
Your recruitment business 11 March 2016

Noven Pharmaceuticals hires Calicchio

US specialist pharmaceutical company Noven Pharmaceuticals has appointed Dolores Calicchio as vice president of HR.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 11 March 2016

Perpetual Partnerships appoints Spencer

Specialist technical recruiter Perpetual Partnerships has appointed Gavin Spencer as development director, with a brief to grow the company.
Your recruitment business 10 March 2016

Santanol targets Aboriginal workers in Australia

Indian sandalwood oil producer Santanol has held recruitment days specifically targeting Aboriginal people in the far North of Western Australia.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 10 March 2016

New-look GLA remit expected early next year

The Gangmasters Licensing Authority expects to find out which new sectors could come under its remit as early as next spring.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 10 March 2016

Mitsubishi to set up HR hub for recruitment in Singapore

Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Group is to set up an HR hub in Singapore that will support recruitment and training activities of its subsidiaries.
In-house recruitment, Your recruitment business 9 March 2016
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