Welcome to the July edition of the Encore Engage, which is dispatched to over 10,000 recruiters each month.
This months items include news that the manufacturing sector is likely to turn to temporary recruitment and the advantages of the UK's flexible workforce.
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Latest Industry News
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply's latest data shows UK industrial production has fallen by 1.5% in the last quarter
Read More Source: Danbro
Flexibility in the Modern Manufacturing Workplace
Global trends over the last two decades have created huge competitive pressures as well as major opportunities for UK manufacturers.
Read More Source: eef.org.uk
Are You Ready For Minimum Wage and Agency Worker Changes in October?
In October 2011 there will be 2 major changes to legislation coming into effect at the same time
Read MoreThe use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter by employees continues to create headaches for businesses.
Read More Source: Wedlake Bell
UK carmakers aim to woo engineers
The UK motor industry has thrown open the doors to 23 of its car and component factories.
Read More Source: The BBC
10 fake excuses for calling in sick
It's 6 a.m. and you are about to throw the alarm clock out the window.
Read More Source: Career Builder
Demand for Highly Skilled Professional Workers is Much Stronger than Rest of UK Labour Market
According to research the demand for highly skilled professional workers is significantly stronger than the demand for workers across the UK labour market.
Read More Source: Danbro
Three in four employers expect to increase headcount
Almost three in four employers expect in increase their workforce over the next three months,
Read More Source: The Recruiter
Skills matching service aims to retain UK's manufacturing talent
A new online service is set to link skilled manufacturing workers facing redundancy from the defence sector with recruiting employers in growth areas of manufacturing.
Read More Source: People Management
One in three workers 'admits to skiving', survey suggests
One in three UK workers admits having lied to take sick leave, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Read More Source: The BBC
UK manufacturing output rebounds in May
UK manufacturing output jumped by the largest amount in a year in May following a sharp drop in April.
Read More Source: The BBC
Manufacturing outstrips service sector in Midlands
In a report by the West Midlands Chambers of Commerce, evidence shows that growth of the service sector in the region is being outstripped by that of manufacturing.
Read More Source: The ManufacturerWelcome to the July edition of the Encore Engage. This magazine is read by 10,000+ recruiters every month! This Month's Business Round-Up
Wind Towers is to shed 29 of the 110 jobs at its wind turbine tower factory at Machrihanish.
Wind Towers, c/o SSE, 200 Dunkeld Rd, Perth, PH1 3AQ
Tel: 01738 456000
Tesco is to submit plans for a new food distribution depot at the former Courage brewery site in Reading, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
Tesco, New Tesco Hse, Delamare Rd, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN8 9SL
Tel: 0800 505555
www.tesco.com
Wilkin & Sons is looking to build a new £15m jam factory for its 300 staff at Tiptree in Essex, provided that permission is secured for new housing on another site.
Wilkin & Sons, Tiptree, Essex, CO5 0RF
Tel: 01621 815407
www.tiptree.com
DFS is planning to expand its chain of 80 furniture stores, having acquired eight more sites to open over the next two years.
Furniture, 1 Rockingham Way, Adwick-le-Street, Doncaster, DN6 7NA
www.dfs.co.uk
BJS Storage & Distribution is setting up a logistics facility in a 160,000 sq ft building at St Modwen's Parkside Industrial Estate in Doncaster.
BJS Storage & Distribution, Churchill Rd, Doncaster, DN1 2TH
Tel: 01302 366045
www.bjsstorageanddistribution.com
Peugeot UK is to relocate its Coventry-based car parts operation to a new warehouse in Browns Lane in October 2012.
Peugeot, Pinley House, 2 Sunbeam Way, Coventry, CV3 1ND
Tel: 0845 2001234
www.peugeot.co.uk
Jet Total Vehicle Solutions is to relocate its Warwickshire-based vehicle remarketing business to a larger 300,000 sq ft unit on Long Marston Business Park this summer, with the creation of up to 90 jobs.
Jet Total Vehicle Solutions, Long Marston, Stratford-on-Avon, CV37 8QR
Tel: 01789 720959
www.jtvs.co.uk
FW Thorpe has acquired Portland Lighting, the West Midlands-based supplier of sign lighting.
FW Thorpe, Merse Road, North Moons Moat, Redditch, B98 9HH
Tel: 01527 583200
www.fwthorpe.co.uk
NVC (Manufacturing) of China is to open a second lighting factory and warehouse unit at Hollymoor Point in Birmingham by the end of the year.
NVC Manufacturing, Hollymoor Way, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 5HE
www.nvc-lighting.com
Surface Generation is looking to create up to 120 jobs at its vehicle parts technology business in Rutland over the next five years.
Surface Generation, 7 Brackenbury Crt, Lyndon, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8TW
www.surface-generation.com
Amazon is planning to set up a 700,000 sq ft distribution centre in the Flair building at G-Park in Rugeley, Staffordshire.
Amazon, 5 Rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
www.amazon.co.uk
Caterpillar is looking to invest £90m a year in the expansion of its construction equipment and industrial engines business in the UK, which should benefit sites in Leicester, Peterborough, Peterlee and Northern Ireland.
Caterpillar UK, Peckleton Lane, Desford, Leicester, LE9 9JT
Tel: 01455 825800
www.cat.com
Mamas & Papas is planning to expand its Huddersfield-based chain of 60 maternity stores to 90 over the next five years.
Mamas & Papas, Colne Bridge Road, Huddersfield, HD5 0RH
Tel: 0845 2682000
www.mamasandpapas.co.uk
Schuh is looking to expand its chain of 59 footwear stores with eight new outlets next year, and believes there is scope for up to 50 new sites.
Schuh, 1 Neilson Square, Deans Ind Est, Livingston, EH54 8RQ
Tel: 0845 3072484
www.schuhstore.co.uk
