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From parcel delivery drivers to supermarket supervisors – there are several key worker roles to be recruited for in the run up to Christmas. With furlough, redundancies and self-employed businesses forced to close for a second time this year, there are a number of people out of work and looking …

The University of Bristol’s new Temple Quarter campus could be delayed by up to five years without £150million of government help, an MP told Parliament. The warning came as four cross-party local MPs put their case directly to the housing minister for huge amounts of Whitehall cash for the city’s …

Packing up the current Sorting Office and moving it to the former bus depot at Masbrough could give Rotherham Council the chance to lead on the regeneration of the Sheffield Road and Westgate areas of the town centre. The idea is in a new Town Investment Plan (TIP) which focuses …

It’s an uncertain time for the economy as local lockdowns are introduced and the UK braces for a second wave of coronavirus — but companies are still hiring. Some businesses have fared better than others during the pandemic and even though you might think that opportunities would be few and …

In the biggest change to the country’s railways in a quarter of a century, the Government scrapping of franchises to restructure services has been welcomed by local train operator Greater Anglia. On Monday (Sept 21), Transport Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed the privatisation model which has operated for the past 25 …

Good morning. The latest official data on UK retail sales, set for release at 7am, is expected to show a slowdown during August amid the impact of the Treasury’s hugely-popular Eat Out to Help Out scheme. Elsewhere, it’s a typically quiet Friday, with European stocks expected to drift slightly lower …

The UK’s biggest dedicated air cargo operation has outperformed all expectations during lockdown. Management at East Midlands Airport said more people ordering goods online had led to a big rise in freight shipments to the UK. At the same time the nationwide cut in passenger flights – which usually carry …

The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the South West has hit 189,842 – a 151% increase on the same period last year. The figures, released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), show that 33,454 of those claimants are aged between 18 and 24, which is up …

Shops take on temporary workers to cope with the rush, delivery companies are working overtime, Royal Mail finally has something other than junk to put through the letterbox (more than 1bn Christmas cards are bought into the UK every year), pantos are booked out at the theatre, and the restaurants …

“There has never been a more important time than now to keep up investment in training” says the boss of a leading hydraulics company that is reaping rewards from an apprentice scheme to help local firms secure the skills they need for future growth. The message from Robin Penny, managing …