According to the latest market intelligence from the CITB - Construction Skills, the East and South-East will be in need of the most new construction staff over the next five years. Jobs in construction in these areas of the UK are expected to rise ahead of other regions meaning that employment in the areas is on the up. Construction is so often seen as a great barometer of the economy.
Temporary jobs have been created for 237 young people and the long-term unemployed in Cambridgeshire after £1.5m of Government funding.
The money has been given to Cambridgeshire Together, a group of the county’s public and voluntary organisations and the temporary jobs will become available in February in tourism and leisure, community development and health and administration.
Five new retailers signed up at the Cambridge Grand Arcade as the centre opened its doors to the public a couple of weeks ago.
They include Laura Ashley, ; Swedish children’s clothes retailer Polarn O Pyret ,Castle Galleries , Vision Express will also be creating jobs along with jobs at Vodafone. They join All Saints, Carluccios, Coast, Costa Coffee, Gerry Weber, G-Star, Hugo Boss, Jane Norman, Links, Phase Eight, River Island, Ted Baker, Wallis, Swarovski, Warehouse, TM Lewin, Topshop and Topman.
The development also incorporates a new John Lewis department store. Fifty-two further shop units over two levels, cafés, a restaurant, a new 950-space car park and a 500-space cycle park, comprise the remainder of the scheme.
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German fashion and lifestyle brand Gerry Weber are opening up in the Grand Arcade shopping centre in Cambridge on 27th March 2008.
The Cambridge shop will be the German companies first UK non concession store outside London and its first to be located in a shopping centre.
Other new retailer jobs in Cambridge include All Saints jobs and TM Lewin jobs.
Other retail and catering jobs include Jane Norman, Links, Phase Eight, River Island, Carluccios, Coast, Costa Coffee, G-Star, Swarovski, Warehouse, Hugo Boss, Ted Baker, Wallis, Topshop and Topman
Five new fashion retailers are opening in Cambridge during March. They include LK Bennett, Fraser Hart and Swarovski, Warehouse and Phase Eight. The following retails shops are already there Coast, Links, G Star and Thomas Sabo.
Grand Arcade has a further 52 retail units over two floors which also include cafés and restaurants, there are literally going to be hundreds of retail jobs and catering jobs in Cambridge.
