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Construction Equipment Association’s new staff

|Date: June 13, 2024

Construction Equipment Association’s new staff

The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has bid farewell to its chief exacutive, Suneeta Johal, and ...

The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has bid farewell to its chief exacutive, Suneeta Johal, and is looking for her replacement. In the interim it has appointed two more members of staff. Viki ...

June 13, 2024
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More than 150 new jobs created with £8m talent investment

|Date: September 13, 2022

More than 150 new jobs created with £8m talent investment

JCB has created more than 150 new jobs for apprentices and graduates with an £8 million investment in its ...

JCB has created more than 150 new jobs for apprentices and graduates with an £8 million investment in its industry-leading early careers programme. The new recruits started their jobs this week as JCB ...

September 13, 2022
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Number of UK construction workers jumps at fastest rate in 13 years

|Date: March 28, 2022

Number of UK construction workers jumps at fastest rate in 13 years

Dominick Sandford, Managing Director at IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect, said: “New data has revea ...

Dominick Sandford, Managing Director at IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect, said: “New data has revealed that the number of people employed in the UK construction industry jumped by 21,000 at the ...

March 28, 2022
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Final call to sign up for Finning apprenticeship scheme

|Date: February 17, 2022

Final call to sign up for Finning apprenticeship scheme

Finning UK & Ireland has launched a major recruitment drive to attract a more diverse selection of ca ...

Finning UK & Ireland has launched a major recruitment drive to attract a more diverse selection of candidates to its award-winning apprentice programme. The engineering specialist, which holds exc ...

February 17, 2022
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Upwardly mobile: becoming a crane operator has never been such a rewarding career option

|Date: December 07, 2021

Upwardly mobile: becoming a crane operator has never been such a rewarding career option

Whether it’s because of high wages, increased opportunities or the ability to handle loads easier than ev ...

Whether it’s because of high wages, increased opportunities or the ability to handle loads easier than ever before, there may never have been a better time to be — or become — a crane operator. Back i ...

December 07, 2021
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Extension of HSE guidance to gig economy marks “potential major expansion” for fleet responsibilities

|Date: September 20, 2021

Extension of HSE guidance to gig economy marks “potential major expansion” for fleet responsibilities

New Health and Safety Executive guidance covering gig economy and contractor drivers marks a “potential m ...

New Health and Safety Executive guidance covering gig economy and contractor drivers marks a “potential major expansion” for fleet responsibilities, says FleetCheck. The fleet software specialist poin ...

September 20, 2021
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Soaring demand creates 100 new welding jobs at JCB

|Date: September 10, 2021

Soaring demand creates 100 new welding jobs at JCB

JCB is recruiting 100 new welders for its Staffordshire factories as demand for its products continues to ...

JCB is recruiting 100 new welders for its Staffordshire factories as demand for its products continues to soar, the company announced. The recruitment drive has just got underway for the permanent job ...

September 10, 2021
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Can hiring equipment bridge a skills gap?

|Date: July 13, 2021

Can hiring equipment bridge a skills gap?

The UK skills shortage has been amplified as a result of COVID-19, after research has found that site man ...

The UK skills shortage has been amplified as a result of COVID-19, after research has found that site managers are not confident in the ability of their team to operate or fix a steam boiler. In the r ...

July 13, 2021
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Hundreds of new JCB jobs up for grabs

|Date: July 12, 2021

Hundreds of new JCB jobs up for grabs

JCB has started a fresh recruitment drive for 500 new shop floor employees as demand for its machinery co ...

JCB has started a fresh recruitment drive for 500 new shop floor employees as demand for its machinery continues to soar. The company is setting on the additional agency employees at its 11 plants in ...

July 12, 2021
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More new jobs on the way as 700 to get permanent JCB contracts

|Date: April 01, 2021

More new jobs on the way as 700 to get permanent JCB contracts

JCB launched a fresh recruitment drive for hundreds more shop floor employees and announced plans to give ...

JCB launched a fresh recruitment drive for hundreds more shop floor employees and announced plans to give hundreds more agency employees permanent contracts as demand for construction equipment contin ...

April 01, 2021
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