The verdict is still out on the prospects for the UK economy, according to Andrew Cook, chairman of William Cook Holdings, interviewed this week in the Yorkshire Post. But he is confident about the future for the family-owned steel castings manufacturer, which is investing £5 million in its Leeds site and expects to create up to 150 skilled jobs across the group this year.

Cook says the new…

Published by Guest Blogger Lee Child, director at Dudley Child Executive Recruitment

There’s been a dramatic increase in the number of manufacturing vacancies being advertised across West Yorkshire over the last two to three months, particularly in precision engineering: vacancies for maintenance engineers, production engineers and quality engineers are all being advertised in abundance, with companies struggling to find suitable candidates. We’re seeing a similar trend in other…