Travelodge have just opened a new hotel in Cambridge and have another in the pipeline. £8m has just been spent on a 138-room hotel on the Cambridge Orchard Park Travelodge on Chieftain Way, Orchard Park, Cambridge and an even bigger, 229-room hotel is planned for Eastern Gate, Newmarket Road. The Newmarket Road motel will open…
Henson Healthcare have had approval for their application to build a £3m care home on Waterstead Lane, Whitby, North Yorkshire. The old magistrates court will now become a 47-bed care home with a cafe, cinema, beauty salon, and activity room for the residents. Around 40 job vacancies – both full-time and part-time – will be…
Van Mildert, the fashion retail chain, is to open its eighth store in Meadowhall, Sheffield at the end of this month. The 260 square metre shop has been refurbished at a cost of £¾m and will create 12 retail job vacancies. These positions will cover Store Manager, Assistant Store Manager, Floor Manager, Supervisor and a number of…
With the school holidays lurking just over the horizon, many parents will be pleased if their child has shown interest in getting a holiday job. When I was that age, it was all so simple. I did all manner of jobs in the school holidays from delivering bread to picking apples and tomatoes to labouring…
Jacques Vert, the women’s fashion house, is set to open a new store at the Springfields Outlet Shopping Centre in Spalding, Lincolnshire. The shop will offer a wide range of elegant clothing for women ranging from hats and bags to dresses and overwear. A number of retail and shop management job vacancies will be created…
Le Bistrot Pierre, the chain of French bistros, is about to open its latest location on Brook Street, Ilkley, West Yorkshire. The project will see 35 job vacancies created to cater for the 90-seater restaurant, ale house, and 11-room hotel. The new jobs will be a mixture of both full-time and part-time. The Ilkley restaurant…
Serco is to expand its services at the Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert, Stirling, creating around 75 new job vacancies. The positions on offer are in catering, housekeeping and security, and involve part-time weekend working. New recruits will join Serco’s 600 other employees at the Forth Valley Royal Hospital.
Permission has just been granted to Berwick-upon-Tweed Garden Centre Ltd to set up a 2-hectare garden centre on Spott Road, Dunbar, East Lothian. The scheme, which will cost £2m, will create over 40 job vacancies and will provide a blend of full-time, part-time and casual jobs for local workers. When completed, the new garden centre…
Acorn Insurance (no connection with Acorn Antiques, hopefully) is set to transform the former Lighthouse Public House in Formby, Lancashire, into a new Motor Insurance brokers. The new business will create an estimated 100 job vacancies for actuarial staff, financial advisers, accountants, customer service operators, receptionists and other administrative personnel. Job-sharing will be encouraged as…
The Easter weekend will soon be here. Good Friday is on 22nd April this year and the long weekend of 22nd to 25th will mean a busy time in DIY stores as thousands of men are simultaneously ejected from their couches to go and operate unfamiliar tools. If it is sunny, there will be a…
