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28-06-2016

O'Neill & Brennan named in Preferred Supplier List for Sir Robert McAlpine

O’Neill & Brennan have been named on the preferred supplier list for Sir Robert McAlpine to recruit for their Isle of Wight projects. We will be supplying our recruitment services for Trades & Labour personnel on the company’s upcoming developments. Sir Robert McAlpine currently

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20-06-2016

Construction Output Rises in April

Figures released in the past few days have revealed that after several successive months of decline construction output in April was up 2.5% on March’s figures. This is the largest month on month increase in over two years. The April figures show a 2.9% increase in all new work as well as a

17-06-2016

Taylor Wimpey Charity Bike Ride

A big well done to our friends at Taylor Wimpey for completing their mammoth 283 mile bike ride for Help for Heroes- a charity aimed at improving facilities available for servicemen and women who have been wounded or injured in the line of duty- and Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital,

13-06-2016

Building Lives to Cease Operations in June

Construction training charity Building Lives has announced it is to shut down operations by the end of June due to a lack of sustainable funding. The award-winning charity opened its first training academy in 2010 and at one point was training almost 450 people in construction skills needed to

07-06-2016

Get Into the Construction Industry - It's Simple

Routes into construction. It’s well known that construction is in the midst of a skills shortage, in the UK and across most of the world. In recent years people entering the jobs market have tended to look away from the industry towards areas like IT and services. This is partly due to an

02-06-2016

Qualifications for working in Ireland

There are two main qualifications for working in construction in Ireland. The Solas Safe Pass is required for all individuals working on a construction site and is intended to ensure that over time everybody working in the industry has a basic understanding of health and safety, in order to make

31-05-2016

O'Neill & Brennan achieve 100% in REC Compliance Test

O’Neill & Brennan achieve 100% in REC Compliance Test O’Neill & Brennan have passed the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s compliance test, meaning we reach standards of professionalism and ethical practice set out in the REC code of conduct. The test must be

24-05-2016

Zanine Wyeth - Vhi Women's Mini Marathon 06/06/2016

On bank holiday Monday, 06/06/2016 Zanine Wyeth, a consultant from O’Neill & Brennan’s Dublin office, will be participating in the Vhi Women’s mini marathon. She will be taking to the streets of Dublin along with 40,000 other brave girls and women in the largest event of its

23-05-2016

Careers fair- Newbridge, Kildare

Newbridge Careers Fair O’Neill & Brennan are pleased to announce that we will be attending the County Kildare employment fair in the Intreo Office Newbridge on the 26th May. Events such as these are a fantastic platform to offer advice and guidance to local young people, giving something

19-05-2016

West Midlands Celebrating Construction Awards 2016

O’Neill and Brennan were pleased to sponsor and attend the West Midlands Celebrating Construction Awards last week at the ICC in Birmingham. As drink reception sponsors it’s fair to say we played no small role in ensuring that all 600 attendees had an enjoyable evening. O’Neill

28-04-2016

O&B Tough Mudder Challenge 2016 in Aid of Cure Leukaemia UK

This weekend our O'Neill & Brennan Recruitment Team will be entering 10 lucky (unfortunate) team members to participate in the Tough Mudder West London (Oxford) on Saturday 30th April 2016. We've been training hard and are in the shape of our lives! To give a brief description of the event,

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