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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

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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

26-09-2016

Hinkley Point to create thousands of jobs

Hinkley Point has divided opinion since it was first proposed. Whatever one’s opinion on nuclear power, however, it can’t be denied that this project will be an amazing example of engineering at the cutting edge in terms of construction, energy, technology and logistics. The project has

22-09-2016

Midlands Construction Summit and Expo

O’Neill & Brennan are pleased to announce that we will be attending the Midlands Built Environment Summit at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on the 27th September. Events such as these offer an excellent opportunity to liaise with some of the leading companies in construction, and we hope to be

08-09-2016

Why use REC members for recruitment?

Some months back, we reported on this blog that O’Neill & Brennan had passed the REC compliance test with a flawless 100% score. While full marks is always something to be proud of, it has come to our attention that some people may not be fully aware of what this means. Here, we discuss

30-08-2016

New Home Building in the UK up 6% from Last Year but Still Short of Target

According to recent government figures, the number of new homes completed in the UK in the year to June 2016 was 139,030, the second increase in as many years. It is expected that this trend will continue as the number of new homes started in that same period was 144,280. While these figures offer

24-08-2016

London Construction Awards - Shortlisted for Marketing Initiative Of The Year

London Construction Awards Finalist O’Neill & Brennan are extremely proud to have been named as finalists in this year’s Build Expo London Construction Awards. The awards are now in their second year after the extremely successful inaugural ceremony at the O2 arena in 2015. We have

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