Due to an increase in demand for home delivery, milk&more is looking for milkmen and women to join the team based at Exeter.
An essential part of British life for generations, the milkman provides a valuable and convenient service to the local community. The milkman is the nation’s original doorstep delivery service, with milk first being delivered to homes 150 years ago. Today the milkman remains a British icon, along with the glass milk bottle, many still have their fresh milk delivered in. If you would like to help maintain this great British tradition, like working with...
Construction firms in the South of England must develop more training-based employment programmes for young people if they are to attract the brightest A-level achievers – and help alleviate the skills epidemic in the industry, says the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). It has been predicted that the UK construction industry will create around 190,000 new jobs by the end of 2018 but there is a growing fear that there will not be the talent to fill them.** Lynn Robinson, RICS Regional Director, South said: “We have to make it easier for young people to find an appropriate...
A firm offering businesses support with HR has been launched by local business woman, Jacqui Cousins. Belvedere HR was established in April and has already signed up its first new clients, Exeter International Airport, Conker Spirit Limited and Garland Support and Training.
The firm has been set up to help businesses that do not have an in-house human resources function to manage HR effectively in line with current employment legislation and best practice. Businesses services include advice on annual leave, parental leave and flexible working requests, as well as management of...
Kaleider’s aim is to bring people together to engage creatively with some of the greatest challenges of our time.
We want to create extraordinary, human centred experiences that help us all towards a better understanding of ourselves and our world. By definition we cannot do this on our own. If, whilst you read our plan, you feel you have something to contribute to what Kaleider is trying to achieve, we would love to hear from you.
Right now Kaleider is seeking an exceptional individual to become the company’s first Chair of the Board.
Have you heard that the Bank of England’s chief economist has warned that half of all British jobs could be replaced by robots over the next 20 years? It’s true! (Though, it’s worth remembering that technology is likely to create jobs as well as replace existing ones).
However, it’s likely that (just as automation has done in the past) technology will take away many jobs we’re training for, recruiting for and performing right now - particularly those that are lowest paid and consist of tasks that can be automated. Here are some of the jobs that technology might replace…
The South West jobs Outlook has dropped nine percentage points on the last quarter according to Manpower, the world’s workforce experts. At +1%, hiring intentions in the South West are at their lowest level in more than a year and the weakest in the country (alongside Yorkshire and Humberside). The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from 2,110 UK employers. It asks whether employers intend to hire additional workers or reduce the size of their workforce in the coming quarter. It is the most comprehensive, forward-looking employment survey of its kind and is used as a...
After a successful 33 years at the helm of the country’s leading luxury park home and lodge manufacturer, Pathfinder Homes, managing director Mike Wills and fellow company director Martin Hember have announced plans to hang up their crowns and take a step back, making way for successor’s Bruce Macdonald & John Hoyle.
Mike and director Martin have decided to break into retirement slowly and whilst still assist the new heads, enjoy a well-deserved break.
Mike said: “I am proud of Pathfinder Homes, as a manufacturer, as a business and as a community. From humble beginnings...
Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park has announced its annual seasonal open days to find 150 new team members for their busy summer period, and beyond.
The family-run business is inviting local people to join them at two special open days to be held at the Park near Exeter and an earlier launch in Princesshay.
The recruitment days will be packed full of information about the roles available as well as a behind the scenes look at what it’s like to be part of the Crealy team.
Craig Clews, Assistant General Manager at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park said: “It’s a...
A third (33 per cent) of South West parents want their children to have professional careers, a poll from Action for Children has revealed with two thirds (65 per cent) wanting their children to go to university once their compulsory education is completed.
The results are from a survey of over 2000 parents across the UK, with the South West subsample showing that the second most popular sector behind professional was public services (11.7 per cent).
A further sub sample, of parents who think their children will struggle to get a job in the area they want them to work in,...
Job Seeker Allowance (JSA) figures released on 18 January show that Exeter has the lowest levels of unemployment since current records began in 1992.
This allowance is payable to people under pensionable age who are available for, and actively seeking, work of at least 40 hours a week.
Figures for the Exeter Local Authority’s region in December 2015 when compared to equivalent figures in December 2014 and December 2005 show how things have changed in the city in the last year and in the last 10 years:
