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NES NEWS ROUND UP

NES tops recruitment league table

Neil Tregarthen, CEO at NES, has expressed his “delight” at the firm’s position in first place within the Crain’s Manchester Business league table of recruitment companies.

The table, which sees the top recruitment companies in the North West ranked according to their 2007/08 gross revenue, saw NES at £253,000,000. Neil Tregarthen attributes much of this success to the company’s global expansion - into New Jersey, Canada, Perth, Sydney and Jakarta – during 2008...read more.

NES appoints operations manager

NES, has announced the appointment of operations manager Geoff Flavell-Matts [pictured] to is process division.

Geoff, who has ten years specialist scientific experience, including over four years as senior divisional manager working throughout the UK and Europe, will be responsible for the placement of scientific professionals at all levels...read more.

Record profits for NES

Recruitment firm NES today shrugged off the UK economic slowdown with record annual profits after stepping up its global expansion.

Altrincham-based NES beat its own forecasts with a 24 per cent surge in profits for the year to October 31, from £9.7m to £12m...read more.

Introducing operations manager, Geoff Flavell-Matts 

Operations manager Geoff Flavell-Matts joined NES Process at the beginning of January 2009. He has ten years specialist scientific recruitment experience, giving him an excellent understanding of the scientific market, which is of considerable value to NES as a discipline specific organisation. Geoff talks more about the scientific market below, describing his expectations for the year ahead and explaining why he anticipates steady growth for the scientific division at NES over the next year, despite a worldwide economic downturn...read more.

Australian expansion for NES Process 

NES Process expands once again this quarter, as the division sees senior recruitment consultant, Dan Carroll emigrate to Perth, Western Australia to develop the company’s presence in the country – working from the region to cover the whole of Australia, as well as New Zealand and further into Australasia...read more.

Join NES Process at the Frank Morton Games  

In 1961, chemical engineer and sporting enthusiast, Professor Frank Morton, organised a sports competition between the chemical engineering departments at Manchester and Birmingham universities. This became an annual event – the Frank Morton Games – during which representatives from the chemical engineering departments of universities across the UK participate in sporting events. Last year around 1,300 students took part...read more.

COMING SOON: NES Salary Survey

YOUR CAREER: career planning during a recession   

With the media generating hysteria over the world’s financial instability and the employment outlook for 2009 seeming bleak, chemical engineers can take some comfort from the fact that their skills remain in demand. As industries such as construction, manufacturing and banking feel the harsh effects of an economic downturn, the oil & gas, pharmaceutical, food & drink, validation, water and nuclear sectors remain relatively strong, continuing to generate demand for well qualified and experienced chemical engineers...read more.

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