Nissan has had such great success with the production of its Qashqai model that it is has been able to announce the increased production at its production plant in the north of England.
The 2010 Qashqai has had such unexpected success that Nissan has been able to re-instate three shifts at their Sunderland plant creating 400 jobs and retaining 160 workers on fixed contracts.
After a tough time in the job market and damage to its employer brand, Lloyds are hiring again in numbers for their call centre in Sunderland!
Customer Service is at the very heart of Lloyds’ operations and that’s why their telephone advisors are so important. They’re responsible for putting customers at ease, earning their trust and finding products and services that are best suited to their needs.
They are looking for Customer Service Advisors and Sales Advisors so apply now!
Before the end of the yearEnsus, a local start-up, will start production at the £300m bioethanol plant in the Wilton complex. It will convert wheat into fuel, animal feed and carbon dioxide for the soft-drinks industry, and will be the largest of its kind in Europe.
Another firm, MGT Power received planning approval last month to build Europe’s largest biomass plant in the same area.
Gaia Power, will shortly find out whether a £200m waste wood burning plant will be built across the river at Billingham.
At the Centre for Process Innovation, located at the old ICI laboratories, a £17m grant has been approved to expand its activities into new processes, such as turning algae into fuel.
EDF Energy plans to start construction of a 30-turbine wind farm a few miles offshore this year.
A recent bid for government funding was successful for the Tyne and Wear City Region Partnership. They have been awarded £22m in funding to support the creation of 3,450 new jobs for 18 to 24-year-old, and long-term, unemployed people in the north east.
Suggestions infer that the programme will create 1,052 in the public sector, 1,643 jobs in the community and voluntary sector and 755 private sector posts across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham over the next 18 months
Nissan will produce batteries for its new all-electric battery car at its Tyne and Wear plant in Sunderland.
The batteries will be produced in a new facility adjoining the car plant and producing them will create 350 jobs assembling and testing the battery packs.
Poor demand earlier in 2009 meant that the Sunderland plant to lay off 1,200 (almost 25%) of its employee base. Improved fortunes mean that 250 temporary staff have since been rehired.
