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Charlie Ward, recruitment consultant in Russell Taylor Group’s Technical Engineering Division, asks why women are under-represented in engineering - and what more can be done to attract female engineering graduates into this sector. THE world is moving on and boundaries are being broken every day, whether it be relating to a person’s creed, colour, race or gender. The days o...

A WORKPLACE strategy of training and developing “home grown” talent is continuing to drive Russell Taylor Holdings on its ambitious expansion pathway. As more new apprentices join the workforce at the business’ Wirral headquarters at Burton Manor, company chairman Peter Russell said: “Although we are now the fastest growing, privately-owned recruitment business in the UK, ou...

RUSSELL Taylor Group are reporting a significant increase in staffing numbers, as it expands to meet increased demand from its client base within the construction, engineering, manufacturing, scientific, fire & security and facilities management sectors. The growth coincides with recently released data which reveals that businesses are continuing to hire temporary and perman...

Investment by employers and government to educate and engage with young women, particularly from an early age, is key to unlocking their engineering talent, says Andy Coppock, senior recruitment consultant at Russell Taylor Group. WITH more than seven years’ experience of recruiting Project Controls and Commercial professionals into the UK engineering sector, I can see first...

THE continuing boom in North of England construction projects is leading the way to greater heights in the jobs market and the hiring of local labour, according to recruitment specialists at Russell Taylor Group. The North’s biggest cities – led by Manchester - are experiencing a huge surge in the number of new commercial and residential schemes. And despite Brexit fears, cu...

EXPERT knowledge of the nutrition market is giving a team of consultants in Russell Taylor Group’s Scientific Division an operational boost in one of the country’s fastest-growing health sectors. Already, forecasts show that sports nutrition – in the form of sports drinks, protein powders, dietary supplements and protein bars – is out-performing other areas in the UK pharmac...

WHEN the going got tough, Russell Taylor Group’s Jennifer Scott was even more determined to keep going for a cause close to her heart. Jennifer, the business’ HR, Quality and Facilities Manager, completed the gruelling Tough Mudder challenge – joined by her husband Iain - to raise vital funds for the ME Association. So far, they have raised around £650 to help fund research ...

RECRUITMENT consultant Ben Evans is getting into gear at Russell Taylor Group to give colleagues an easy ride to fitness. Ben, already a keen cyclist, is hoping others will ditch their four wheels for two by biking to work at the company’s Burton Manor headquarters rather than using their cars. Even with the approach of autumn, senior consultant Ben is convinced there’s no b...

RUSSELL Taylor Group has appointed specialist recruiter Mark McVey to head up its Liverpool-based Facilities Management Division as the business sees this sector workforce as being increasingly important to the UK’s economic growth and productivity. Mark joins the company at a time when the Facilities Management market is predicted to rise by £10 billion by 2022 and outsourc...

Ben Evans, recruitment consultant in Russell Taylor Group’s Technical and Engineering Division, looks to breaching the “leaky pipeline” of the education system as a solution to attracting more women into successful careers in engineering. SET with the task of writing a blog about women in engineering, as a 31-year-old male recruitment consultant and not a female engineer it ...