News for: Employment

Rail company, Avanti West Coast, has launched a new recruitment campaign encouraging women to consider a career as a train driver as it looks to add 40 new drivers to its workforce across the UK this year. The business, which operates long-distance services between London to the North-west, North … [Read more...]

Stockport based insurance software firm, CDL, has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK for a sixth consecutive year and retained its prestigious Top Employers certification. The accreditation recognises organisations with progressive people practices, from approaches to … [Read more...]

Employee-owned wholesaler and retail group, Stockport-based Parfetts, has launched a management development scheme to support the business' next generation of talent. The first four trainees to take part in the scheme will go through a structured programme and work 16 weeks in different key … [Read more...]

25 new nurses from overseas joined colleagues delivering care at Stepping Hill Hospital at the end of 2021. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital and community healthcare services in the borough, has made a commitment to recruit a further 110 nurses during the new year of … [Read more...]

Over 5,000 new jobs were created across Greater Manchester in 2021, a record high, thanks to a strong year for inward investment in the city region. The city-region's inward investment agency, MIDAS, has revealed it successfully closed 63 projects in 2021, creating a record 5,080 new jobs, … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester has been named the UK's second leading tech city outside London according to analysis for the Digital Economy Council, thanks to record levels of job creation and high levels of outside investment. The city-region was beaten only by Cambridge in the analysis, conducted by … [Read more...]

Pure Innovations is urging businesses across Greater Manchester to aim high, and sign-up for its supported employment programme, after the charity secured more than 50 jobs for people with disabilities across the city-region during the peak of the Covid pandemic. Based in Stockport, the … [Read more...]

Stockport-based accountancy firm and business advisors, Hallidays explains some of the benefits if you outsource HR activities from a small business. For some of you, the thought of outsourcing your HR might seem like a daunting and scary thing. Perhaps you’re worried about the lack of control … [Read more...]