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18-10-2016

O'Neill & Brennan named as suppliers for Hinkley Point C

O’Neill & Brennan have been named as suppliers for the Hinkley Point C project. The site has a projected run time of 10 years and is so massive in scale that we expect to utilise our regional offices across the UK and Ireland to source candidates, particularly considering the remote

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13-10-2016

Interview with a Consultant - Kelly Harkin

This week’s consultant interview was with Kelly Harkin from the Manchester office: Hi Kelly! You’re currently supplying staff to Torness power station in Scotland, but you’re based in the Manchester office, why’s that? I head up energy and power for O’Neill &

12-10-2016

Market Insight - Site Starts in the 3 months to September

Starts in the three months to September were 9% lower than a year ago and 15% down on the previous three month, dragged lower by falls in non-residential and civil engineering work. In contrast residential starts were 9% up on a year ago and 4% higher than during the preceding three months.

11-10-2016

BAM World Safety Day - Trafalgar School

If you have been following O’Neill & Brennan’s South East Facebook page today (which you almost definitely have) you’ll know that Pete Fahy and Ian Richardson today attended BAM Construction’s safety day at their Trafalgar School site in Hilsea, Portsmouth. It was an

06-10-2016

Wates Building Futures - Upcoming Events

Ixion and Wates Group are working in partnership to deliver their next fully funded two week construction programmes in Tunbridge Wells from Monday 31st October, Birmingham from Monday 14th November, and Trafford from Monday 28th November. The Wates “Building Futures” opportunity is

05-10-2016

Senior Consultant Keith Fox discusses the rail industry in London

The latest in our series of consultant interviews is with Keith Fox, Senior Consultant in our Central London office, who specialises in recruitment in the railway sector. So how are things looking generally in London? London’s rail network had 104.2 Million passenger journeys recorded in 2015

04-10-2016

Conference 16 Dublin - by Laurie Curtis

Connect16 Conference was held on the 28th of September in the RDS Dublin. O’Neill and Brennan Group was represented by myself; Laurie Curtis (Sales Executive) Naas Office, Ireland. This event brought together and showcased the talented services and expertise the Hospitality, Events,

03-10-2016

O'Neill & Brennan help Wates to build futures in Dudley

Wates Construction’s latest Building Futures event took place in Dudley recently, with ten over 19s completing the two week programme. As usual the programme consisted of on-site training sessions in various disciplines from carpentry to plumbing to tiling. There were also workshops to

30-09-2016

A day at the Midland Construction Expo - By Chloe Saffhill, Managing Consultant

On Tuesday I went to the Midland Construction Expo along with our white collar Director Tim Barton and the Birmingham Director Max Holloway. We had a stand to show people our business and to meet new contacts within the construction industry. We arrived at 8.00am ready to set up and after a coffee

29-09-2016

Market Insight - Infrastructure

After three successive years of growth, infrastructure starts were down in 2015. Now though, many analysts forecast a bounce back in the sector this year with double-digit growth in starts already materialising. In recent years, rail related projects have made up the bulk of government investments

27-09-2016

Precious cargo at Galway docks

O’Neill & Brennan have been working with the Galway Harbour Company since 2004 and supply general operatives to work with their own team to help with all loading and unloading of vessels. The main cargo delivered to Galway Harbour is steel rebar for use in the construction industry. The

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