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Fresh food manufacturing specialist Bakkavor is launching a recruitment drive to fill over 1,800 new full and part time jobs across the United Kingdom. The massive hiring spree will see Bakkavor move through the 20,000 employee headcount marker, adding to the 19,000 the firm currently employs in the UK. Worldwide, Bakkavor provides jobs for a […]

Leading insurance firm Zurich UK has released new research which reveals the company has doubled its part time workforce since it implemented a new flexible work initiative. Three years ago, Zurich UK started to advertise all of its new vacancies as potential flexible opportunities; part time, job share or full time. Since March 2019, the […]

After a sharp drop last year, there are now over 8 million people working in part time jobs again in the United Kingdom. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that a recovery in the part time jobs market is underway after taking a battering during the pandemic. The latest ONS figures […]

Hotel chain Travelodge is set to create 360 new full or part time jobs in the UK with expansion plans in a variety of towns and cities. The UK’s largest independent hotel chain will open 17 new properties this year, adding to their existing 580 hotels in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Spain. Each […]

New research from Swiss company Zurich Insurance suggests that offering part time jobs and other flexible work options could increase womens’ applications for senior roles by a massive 20 per cent. Over a period of 12 months ending in February this year, Zurich offered 4 out of every 5 of their vacancies with an option […]

New research by comparison website KnowYourMoney.co.uk has revealed that more than 1 in 3 UK staff are looking for a more flexible job than the one they already have. The research was compiled after surveying the opinions of over 2,000 UK workers who currently have either a full or part time job. Exactly half of […]

Budget hotel chain Travelodge has launched a new recruitment initiative which it hopes will lure UK mums and dads who are looking for jobs with flexible hours. Travelodge believes that parents who want to work part time hours could be a great fill for some of their post-Brexit era vacancies and are willing to offer […]

Part time staff are outperforming full time workers according to new research from the Working Families charity organisation. The UK’s work-life balance charity’s 2018 Top Employers report featured data from over 600,000 staff working full and part time in both the public and private sectors. The report’s findings include evidence that the companies and organisations […]