Family friendly restaurant chain Giraffe plans to open 10 new outlets over the next year, creating up to 250 jobs
Currently they have a number of vacancies including sous chefs in London and bar tenders in Manchester : Click to visit Giraffe career section
The Regional Growth Fund launched by the government as part of the Local Growth White Paper on 28 October 2010 provides a significant opportunity to stimulate new private sector jobs in the areas disproportionately affected by the cuts in public expenditure.
It will provide £1.4bn over three years for projects that will help to create a more balanced economic profile in such areas.
As a delegation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) begins a three-day visit today (Friday) to the site of the London Olympics, the TUC is urging them to ensure that no workers involved in the delivery of the 2012 Games are exploited.
As the head of the Olympic movement, the IOC has a duty to ensure that the Olympics has ethical principles at its core, and this includes ensuring that workers are not badly treated, says the TUC.
The delivery of the London Games involves workers from around the globe, from the textile workers stitching footballs to the construction workers building the Olympic stadium and the various arenas.
The TUC is anxious for London 2012 to be free from the serious labour rights abuses that were uncovered in the run up to the last three Olympic Games - Sydney in 2000, Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008.
Before the last three Olympics, groups representing workers producing clothing, sportswear and toys found widespread evidence of poverty wages, child labour, union busting and forced overtime.
After several requests, the IOC met with international Play Fair campaign representatives in 2004. The IOC has since done little to implement the concrete and workable proposals made to it concerning how to eradicate exploitation from supply chains, and Play Fair campaigners are keen to meet with IOC officials again.
In the run up to London 2012, the TUC has agreed principles of co-operation with the Olympic Delivery Authority and LOCOG - which set standards for the London Games workforce.
In addition the TUC and Labour Behind the Label are running Playfair 2012, a campaign to ensure fair treatment of and respect for the rights of workers in all the supply chains producing sportswear and Olympic merchandise.
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: ‘Being in the host city of the next Olympic Games gives the IOC a great opportunity to step up and publicly commit to ensuring that the rights of all workers involved in this and all future Games are respected, and that no-one is exploited in the name of the Olympic ideal.’
October has seen an increased demand for temporary as well as permanent employees in Scotland. A report by the Bank of Scotland which studies the labour market in Scotland and shows that the market is at its highest level since June.
There has been increased demand for IT professionals within the retail sector recently. The increase has seen a rise of over 40% in just the last 6 months.
Top employees and talent in companies are being bought back when they are going to leave and then receiving pay rises of up to 20%. Experience of multi-channel and e-commerce IT platforms are those in most demand.
