Industrial/Manufacturing

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Matchtech, Jobmatch Sweden

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

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

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

£20m funding from Close Brothers for gap personnel

Industrial recruitment agency gap personnel has secured a £20m funding facility with Close Brothers Invoice Finance to help its expansion.

First Hand Recruitment selects Microdec software

First Hand Recruitment, which specialises in the engineering, defence, technologies and security industries, has selected Microdec’s software Profile EPM to help enhance its growth.

Canadian labour programme hit with gender discrimination

Canadian unions have complained that Mexican immigrant worker programmes are rife with discrimination because employers can choose the sex of workers.

STR Group firm Excipion expands and opens new office

Specialist recruitment agency Excipion has expanded its services to encompass digital media, and has opened a new office.

Impellam profits up as business changes underway

The UK’s fifth largest recruitment company, Impellam, increased its gross profit in the UK… click here for more

Wild Recruitment wins contract to supply staff for Gestamp

Wild Recruitment in Portsmouth has won a contract to supply almost 70 new staff to car component manufacturer Gestamp in Fareham.

Educational approach to target human traffickers and forced labour

Trafficked workers and forced labour is on the rise in the UK but a new initiative in Derbyshire aims to tackle the problem by educating businesses.

Staffline gross profits increase by almost 24%

Industrial recruitment firm Staffline has reported that gross profits are up by 23.8% to £23.7m in its preliminary results.

Digital bank start-up Atom partners with recruiter NRG

Atom – the company creating a digital bank based in Durham – has selected recruiter NRG as its resourcing partner.

More professional job opportunities across United Arab Emirates

Professional job opportunities across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) increased by 21% between the first and second quarters of this year, according to a survey by global recruitment specialist Morgan McKinley.

HS2 construction HQ will create 1,500 jobs in Birmingham

The HS2 rail network’s engineering HQ will be based in Birmingham, creating 1,500 jobs in the city, the Department of Transport has revealed.

Talent search must begin early for UK’s plan to become space leader

The government’s plan to make the UK a world leader in the next stages of space flight development has been greeted with raised eyebrows by some specialist recruiters.

Putting squaddies back in the driving seat

Sourcing the right people to meet the meticulous timings of an F1 team proved to be a matter of military precision for Mission Motorsport
In-house recruitment 17 July 2014

Sector Analysis Transport, supply chain and logistics

The transport, supply chain and logistics sector may have turned a corner but new methods are needed to find talent

Government unveils £154m aerospace funding to create jobs

The government will invest £154m in development of the next generation of quieter, faster and more environmentally friendly aircraft, announced Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at the Farnborough Air Show.

Doosan Babcock to create almost 400 jobs

Doosan Babcock, a UK provider of engineering, manufacturing, construction and asset management services, is creating almost 400 jobs as it invests £4.5m in the launch of a new process-engineering centre.
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