Engineering recruitment specialist Exxell has sealed a new contract to supply baggage-handling staff for one of Europe’s busiest air terminals.

The three-year contract – which starts on January 1 is with leading engineering support services company Babcock.
One of the biggest airport baggage-handling specialists in the UK, Babcock also operates at all five of the Heathrow terminals. Exxell’s Steve Laurie has been supplying staff to Babcock for the last seven years and Exxell will be the sole UK recruitment supplier for the new Dutch contract.

The Schiphol contract will see Exxell looking to recruit a number of maintenance technicians, maintenance supervisors and maintenance managers within the baggage-handling operation at the airport in Amsterdam where 91 different airlines fly to and from.
Exxell’s Engineering Division Manager Steve, who recently spent two days at Schiphol Airport preparing for the start of the contract in the new year, said: “We have a lot of experience in working with Babcock so we understand the systems involved and the type of people needed for this sort of work.

“The major issues in supplying staff for jobs like these are the skills required and the necessity for security clearance at one of the busiest airports in the world. The client is looking to put together a team of around 60 staff and we are hoping to make a significant contribution to this team.”

Exxell supplies more than 400 temporary staff each week to businesses across the UK. Clients include Bailey Maintenance, Babcock, Westinghouse, Alfred McAlpine, Network Rail and EDF Energy
Exxell is the UK technical arm of ultimate parent company Synergie, the 5th largest recruiter in Europe with more than 600 branches and a turnover of €1bn.

Leading software provider idibu today announced the signing of a three year contract with FTSE 250 listed company, SThree. The deal sees idibu provide fully integrated multi-posting software via their new XML feed service and is idibu’s first contract agreement that spans for more than twelve months. Founded in 1986, SThree is a specialist permanent and contract staffing business with 57 offices in 11 countries, circa 1,600 staff and a diverse client base of over 7,000 clients.

James Maltby, Candidate Acquisition Service Manager at SThree said:�
“We’ve been very impressed with idibu and are very pleased to enter into a long term contract with them. The contract demonstrates our confidence, commitment and belief that idibu are well placed to deliver on our future online advertising requirements as we continue to expand into new markets.”

Steve Walker, Managing Director of idibu added:  “idibu continues to show its ability to deliver software into some of the most reputable agencies in the UK. In this instance we have had to develop an XML feed that works seamlessly with the internal workflow systems of SThree. It goes without saying that we are pleased and extremely proud to be working with a company as prestigious and as well respected as SThree is.”

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