Corus announces employment plans

20/07/2010

A year after cutting more than 1,000 jobs, steel firm Corus has announced that it is taking on new workers.
The company, who will be hiring 154 new employees for jobs based in South Yorkshire, has also announced it will be recruiting apprentices and graduates. This is the first time since the recession began that Speciality Steels division of Corus has been able to hire trainees.
Peter Hogg, Speciality Steels general manager, said the jobs were an investment in the future of the business.
He added: "Just over a year ago, I was explaining to people why the business was having to undergo a painful restructuring which led to the loss of more than 1,000 jobs. At the lowest point, our orders had shrunk to about a quarter of where they were.
"Now we are in a position where we are recovering so we can strengthen the business. Many of our products have extremely high technical and chemical specifications, and we need to train new people now to ensure we don't have a skills shortage in the future."
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