Author Archives: Bristow Hardy

If your business is experiencing warehouse staff shortages, you’re not alone. Around 13% of logistics firms reported severe labour shortages at the end of last year, and competition for the best staff is still pretty fierce.  With these challenges to … Read More

Health and safety is important in all workplaces, but it’s absolutely critical in warehousing, logistics and distribution. These can be dangerous environments if risks aren’t carefully managed.   But avoiding accidents and injuries isn’t the only reason to invest time and … Read More

Up to 1,500 new warehousing jobs are set to be created at a proposed new Amazon facility in East Yorkshire, after the local authority gave the development the green light.  The plans are for a huge new £150 million warehouse and distribution … Read More

 It’s all change here at Aqumen Recruitment, as we’ve recently moved our headquarters to the fantastic WorkWell Offices at Carrwood Park.   The whole team is thrilled with our new premises, located on the prestigious Carrwood Park business centre site in Leeds. Here, we get to enjoy the best … Read More

Diverse workforces offer an enormous range of benefits, for both employees and the organisation itself. Having employees from different backgrounds and life experiences helps businesses to serve a broader customer base, as well as have more creative ideas.   Diversity also … Read More

Due to increasingly urgent demand for workers, average salaries across a number of UK sectors have rocketed in recent months. According to data from Indeed, manufacturing in particular saw a 4.6% rise in the average advertised salary between February and … Read More

Manufacturing has been hit by what has been described as a ‘cocktail’ of challenging problems recently, all of which has contributed to an urgent labour shortage situation. With British manufacturers facing the largest shortage of skilled workers since 1989, UK manufacturing … Read More

After a difficult 2020, there’s very good news indeed for the UK manufacturing sector. The industry is expected to grow twice as fast during 2021, far exceeding predictions made at the start of the year. Furthermore, Yorkshire specifically is undergoing … Read More

A new study has suggested that the UK manufacturing sector has a shortage of young talent at the helm, and that the sector could soon have a major recruitment challenge on its hands. According to research by business management consultant … Read More