The Report on UK Jobs is unique in providing the most comprehensive guide to the UK jobs market, drawing on original survey data provided by recruitment consultancies and employers to provide the first indication each month of job market trends. The main findings for September are: Growth of staff appointments eases further… Permanent placements continued […]
Shimadzu (Kyoto, Japan) have today published their Annual Report for the financial year ending March 31st 2015. Shimadzu Corporation began manufacturing and selling instruments for the determination of physical and chemical properties of materials back in 1875. This year they celebrate their 140th anniversary since their foundation. Overall, Group sales are up in the year […]
Oxford Instruments PLC is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 2pm today at their offices in Oxford, UK. Chairman Nigel Keen, will be explaining the “testing time” faced by the Group in the year ending March 31 2015. The company’s share price opened the day down by 15% at 678p. Business in Russia has […]
Spectris is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of productivity enhancing instrumentation and controls. They own several well known brands working in the laboratory instrumentation space providing a global footprint. Companies such as Malvern Instruments (Malvern, UK), Particle Measuring Systems (Boulder, CO), PANalytical (Almelo, Netherlands), NDC Technologies (Irwindale, CA) and Servomex (Crowborough, UK) all fall […]
The Report on UK Jobs is unique in providing the most comprehensive guide to the UK jobs market, drawing on original survey data provided by recruitment consultancies and employers to provide the first indication each month of labour market trends. The main findings for June are: Slower rise in permanent placements… June data signalled a […]
Late in 2013, the UK Government launched the “UK National Quantum Technologies Programme” allocating a budget of £270 million for investment. A new grant has been awarded to Oxford Instruments and Lancaster University’s Quantum Technology Centre by Innovate UK for a project entitled ‘Cryogen Free Ultra Low Temperature Environments for Quantum Sensors.’ Read on … […]
Waters have today announced that Christopher J. O’Connell will join the company as President, CEO and member of its Board of Directors in September 2015. O’Connell joins from Medtronic PLC after a career spanning 21 years with the company. Retiring CEO, Douglas A. Berthiaume will continue in his role as Chairman of Waters’ Board of […]
BioTek Instruments Inc. (Vermont, USA) develops, manufactures and sells a range of microplate instrumentation used in a variety of life science applications and the drug discovery process. With offices based in eight countries outside the US, the establishment of the UK office in Swindon brings the total to nine. Dominic Herring has been appointed General […]
The Report on UK Jobs is unique in providing the most comprehensive guide to the UK jobs market, drawing on original survey data provided by recruitment consultancies and employers to provide the first indication each month of labour market trends. The main findings for UK jobs in May are: Permanent placements growth eases… Permanent staff […]
The Report on UK Jobs is unique in providing the most comprehensive guide to the UK jobs market, drawing on original survey data provided by recruitment consultancies and employers to provide the first indication each month of labour market trends. The main findings for April are: Permanent placements growth accelerates… The number of people placed […]
Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2015. Bruker’s revenues for the first quarter of 2015 were $353.5 million, a decline of 16.6 percent compared to the first quarter of 2014. Excluding a 2.6 percent net negative effect from acquisitions & divestitures, and an 11.0 percent negative effect […]
The Report on UK Jobs is unique in providing the most comprehensive guide to the UK jobs market, drawing on original survey data provided by recruitment consultancies and employers to provide the first indication each month of labour market trends. The main findings for March are: Staff placements continue to rise strongly… March survey […]