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ABB traction equipment to improve rail operator’s efficiency and strengthen sustainable transportation in India ABB has won its largest traction equipment order in India, worth more than $42 million to supply state-of-the-art converters for electric locomotives from Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), in Varanasi. The converters are custom designed for Indian Railways and will be...

Siemens Mobility Limited signs contract to design and manufacture a new generation of Tube trains London Underground Limited (a subsidiary of Transport for London) has signed a contract with Siemens Mobility Limited to design and build 94 new generation Tube trains to replace the existing 1970s fleet. Ninety-four new trains to replace the 1970s-built Piccadilly line fleet Ne...

Today I was asked to provide an overview on competency-based interviews, this is what I put together and I thought I would share it on our blog to help our candidates. Competency based interview questions (also referred to as situational, behavioural or competency questions) are a style of interviewing often used to evaluate a candidate's key competencies, these questions te...

City beats Manchester and Birmingham to house base outside London The decision to move to Leeds was made after a meeting of the Channel 4 board. Leeds has unexpectedly been chosen as the new regional base for Channel 4, beating rival bids from Birmingham and Greater Manchester. The decision follows a fierce competition over the location for the broadcaster’s new outpost. Abo...

BP today confirmed it has received approval from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) to proceed with the Alligin development west of Shetland, which will target 20 million barrels of oil equivalent, and is expected to produce 12,000 barrels gross of oil equivalent a day at peak. Alligin is located 140 kilometres west of Shetland in a water depth of 475 metres. It forms part of t...

It's time to check out the city's newest retail park. Leeds is already the third best place to shop in the UK outside London, but now it’s set to get even better as The Springs prepares to open its doors. It’s almost here – The Springs will officially open on Saturday 13th October 2018. The new £48 million retail park has been 2 years in the making, but it’s certainly worth ...

The Arkona offshore wind farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea has supplied the first electricity into the German electricity grid. The 385 MW project, operated by E.ON in partnership with Equinor, can when completed, deliver power to approximately 400.000 German households. After the first of 60 turbines now being online, further wind turbines will be launched into oper...

ABB traction technologies will make rail operator’s operations in Europe and the US more energy efficient; ABB announces new orders ahead of InnoTrans ABB announced today that it has won orders worth over $100 million from Swiss train manufacturer Stadler. With these orders, ABB will supply state of the art traction equipment for more than 160 trains serving urban, regional ...

Hayward Resourcing Ltd is delighted to sponsor the Wetherby Athletic under 8's boys football team. Having witnessed first-hand the positive impact this sports club has on children in the Wetherby area, I decided to seek company approval to sponsor this football team. Our sponsorship started in September and the money we have put forward has provided the boys under 8 football...

Hayward Resourcing has had a strong 2018 in terms of successfully completing recruitment processes within the EMEA region, this year has seen our consultants fill Sales Manager and Sales Engineer positions in Germany, a UAE Sales Manager role based in Abu Dhabi and a Country Manager role in Switzerland. Our international network of contacts and candidates is constantly incre...