As the coronavirus pandemic continues, normality in the UK and across much of the Globe has disintegrated in a matter of weeks. According to the Independent, the British public have stored approximately £1bn worth of essential items, leaving supermarket shelves scarce. Despite urges from the government to refrain from panic buying, shortages continue as manufacturers struggl...

A career in engineering is a wise choice to access both job satisfaction and excellent earning potential. With consistent demand, you’ll be entering an industry that provides high levels of job security too, for example, just look at the volume and variety of engineer jobs available in CBSbutler’s Engineering Recruitment Division. Whether it’s manufacturing or design enginee...

With the current climate in the workplace having changed so dramatically over the last couple of months, we asked Matt Baker, in our engineering and building management systems division to share his quick and easy tips for remote interviews, whether that’s via a simple phone call or by video.1. Focus on the camera, not the screen/or yourself Obviously, it is very easy to get...

Operation & Logistics are key areas in many of the UK’s most successful businesses, and safeguarding the efficiency of the complete 360° process remains absolutely vital. This relies on a committed team of specialist professionals to deliver from point of origin to the final destination.CBSbutler is a preferred recruitment partner for many leading organisations, supplying de...

The Gartner Group releases a list of top strategic tech trends every year. 2022’s themes are “engineering trust,” “sculpting change” and “accelerating growth.”  These sound new and impressive--but are they?The Gartner 2022 Trends1:  Data Fabric 2:  Cybersecurity Mesh 3:  Privacy-Enhancing Computation  4:  Cloud-Native Platforms 5:  Composable Applications 6:  Decision Intell...

Costly security breaches present a growing threat to UK national security. The Government’s defences against them consist of a mix of private-sector contractors and public-sector civil servants, all of whom are subject to rigorous security clearance. However, the UK now faces a crisis. The number of people with adequate security clearance has plunged by 17% since 2013, ca...

The global reach of British technology is well-established. But the drastic changes 2020 brought have pushed UK tech leaders to change their approach to trade, digital commerce and connectivity. In the new normal, they need a growth outlook that’s truly international. A recent report by Tech Nation ranked the best countries to do business with for digital tech manufacture...

Everything in the tech industry, from raw materials supply to the electronics value chain to product cost inflation, has been affected by COVID-19. However, there are upsides: the rise of remote working, the swift focus on evaluating and cutting risks in the end-to-end value chain, and the fall in emissions, bringing a greater focus on sustainability.Possible long-term impac...

The military sector will see 40,000 jobs created thanks to the government’s biggest military spend since the Cold War. The £16.5 billion boost to the defence budget, spread over 4 years, works out at 10% of the UK’s current annual budget of £40 billion. As with the government’s recent investment in green energy, most of the money will be focused on newer technologies, suc...

How do you run a production line when everyone has to stand two metres apart? Britain may have been allowed back to work – but under social distancing, some aspects of production and supply chains are no longer achievable by human beings. That means companies are turning to machines to fill human workers’ shoes, with AI, robotic process automation (RPA), and industrial...

The pandemic has brought many devastating changes – but also some surprisingly positive opportunities. Read on to discover what engineering could look like post-Covid. Collaboration The way engineers responded to the crisis was inspiring. Organisations from across the sector put rivalry and profit aside and worked together to build ventilators, make PPE, and create new...

Over the past ten weeks, since lockdown began and COVID-19 took a grip of the world, staying safe, healthy and indoors has never been so important. For many, this has been a chance to reconnect with their families and loved ones, catch up on that long-awaited box set, eat comfort food, and uncover newly found cooking skills. My feeling is that this is time we will never get ...

The world we have always known was turned on its head a few weeks back. I am sure you will agree that it has not been an easy task to adapt, especially with such little notice. Everyday life and simple activities like meeting with friends, going out for dinner, attending the gym, watching a movie at the cinema have been temporarily taken away from us and all at the drop of a...

  Ever wondered what the latest figures published by the Health and Executive regards employees suffering from work related stress, depression or anxiety are? Look no further than our infographic below. Please feel free to share.  

Manufacturing careers have a bad public image. People see it as dirty, polluting manual labour - not the sort of environment in which any sane person would aspire to work. The truth, however, is that that is no longer the reality (if it ever was). Today, manufacturing is a clean, advanced industry offering just as many opportunities for career advancement as any other, ju...

We all know that the purpose of the recruiter is to find the right person for the role that their client needs to fill. They look through resumes, check out the past experience of the candidate, and see whether they would be suitable for the job or not. Of course, one of the key skills that a recruiter needs is the ability to see whether an applicant’s academic and employmen...

Engineering has always been a popular career choice. Being well-respected by others, a vital part of society, and offering loads of room for improvement and progression, it makes sense that so many people like the idea of becoming an engineer.Of course, though, most people won’t just pick this sort of job for the way it makes them feel; the salary will play a huge role in de...

There are a lot of engineering companies in the world. Some are big, while others are small, and they all work in a field which can be complicated and hard to navigate. Figuring out which of these businesses sit at the very top of the food chain can be difficult. As one of the leading engineering recruiters in the UK, we’re going to be exploring this area, giving you an i...

Engineering is a career field that garners a great deal of interest thanks to its wide variety of roles and the different types of industries it impacts. Far from just describing one job, though, engineering is a broad term for a wide array of positions.There are many roles within the ‘engineering recruitment’ umbrella and each requires different skills and experience. To de...

If you’re thinking about going into the cybersecurity industry, but you’re wondering whether the industry is going places or not, you can rest assured that there is still a high demand for cybersecurity professionals. That is a fact that is unlikely to change for the foreseeable future.As you will probably know from reading the news day to day, cyber-attacks are most definit...