Sussex employment boom creates hundreds of jobs (From The Argus)
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Sussex employment boom creates hundreds of jobs
9:43am Tuesday 18th September 2012 in News
Hundreds of jobs are up for grabs across Sussex.
Supermarkets and an insurance firm are bucking the recession and creating a jobs boom.
Asda is creating at least 500 jobs at its new store in Ferring, near Worthing, which is due to open in November.
Sainsbury’s also has 400 vacancies for its store in Bognor which opens early next year.
Insurance firm Hastings Direct has also announced plans to create 200 new jobs over the next 12 months.
Business leaders welcomed the jobs boost but urged caution during the continuing difficult economic conditions.
Martyn Gallon, general store manager at Asda Ferring, said: “We’re really proud to be opening our new store in such a welcoming and vibrant community.
“We’re extremely pleased to be creating hundreds of jobs and look forward to supporting the community. We are still welcoming applications for a number of roles.”
Bexhill-based insurance broker Hastings Direct said it was looking for full and part-time staff in the Brighton and Hove, Bexhill, Hastings and Eastbourne areas to start immediately.
The insurer will start recruiting customer facing roles this week and said it was keen to consider mothers, fathers and students wanting to work part time or on a job share.
Amanda Menahem, HR Director, said: “We are introducing our first fast-track graduate intake this September and urgently need to recruit even more talent to achieve our ambitious goals.
“The new roles will be across the business and whilst they are full-time equivalents we are also very interested in recruiting anyone interested in part-time work or job sharing.”
Sainsbury’s new £50 million supermarket on the old LEC site in Shripney Road, Bognor, will employ 400 staff.
Vacancies are still available at the store which opens in 2013.
Tony Mernagh, chief executive of the Brighton and Hove Economic Partnership, said: “It’s great that these jobs are being created and I welcome every single one of them but it would be foolhardy to read too much into a thousand promised jobs in a sea of unemployment.
“The UK economy is treading a knife edge and it’s far too early to tell which way it will fall.”
Comments(15)
sbiscorrupt
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10:23am Tue 18 Sep 12
A few more service jobs is hardly a 'boom'!
brighton-breezy
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12:31pm Tue 18 Sep 12
sbiscorrupt wrote:I agree, I should think that most of the jobs are a very low wage (well below national average) and most would be part time. Also, how many well established local businesses are likely to now fail as a result from the Sainsburys and Asda 'Super Stores'?
How many are part time jobs and how many at minimum wage levels?...
A few more service jobs is hardly a 'boom'!
Tailgaters Anonymous
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1:01pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Good that there are additional jobs but contrast this to the numbers of jobs lost.
chrisso
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5:06pm Tue 18 Sep 12
brighton-breezy wrote:EXACTLY!!
sbiscorrupt wrote:I agree, I should think that most of the jobs are a very low wage (well below national average) and most would be part time. Also, how many well established local businesses are likely to now fail as a result from the Sainsburys and Asda 'Super Stores'?
How many are part time jobs and how many at minimum wage levels?...
A few more service jobs is hardly a 'boom'!
lillylou
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5:52pm Tue 18 Sep 12
chrisso wrote:well said no dought single parants pushed into disgusting paper round wages with high rents
brighton-breezy wrote:EXACTLY!!
sbiscorrupt wrote:I agree, I should think that most of the jobs are a very low wage (well below national average) and most would be part time. Also, how many well established local businesses are likely to now fail as a result from the Sainsburys and Asda 'Super Stores'?
How many are part time jobs and how many at minimum wage levels?...
A few more service jobs is hardly a 'boom'!
southwicker2
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6:50pm Tue 18 Sep 12
pebble counter
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8:10pm Tue 18 Sep 12
lillylou wrote:Well said ,but appaulingly spelt. Must try harder, see me.
chrisso wrote:well said no dought single parants pushed into disgusting paper round wages with high rentsbrighton-breezy wrote:EXACTLY!!sbiscorrupt wrote: How many are part time jobs and how many at minimum wage levels?... A few more service jobs is hardly a 'boom'!I agree, I should think that most of the jobs are a very low wage (well below national average) and most would be part time. Also, how many well established local businesses are likely to now fail as a result from the Sainsburys and Asda 'Super Stores'?
Morpheus
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8:25pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Somethingsarejustwrong
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8:59pm Tue 18 Sep 12
alyn, southwick
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9:17pm Tue 18 Sep 12
SomethingsarejustwroAlso the over worked underpaid ones - who care for those no-one else does (with loads of unpaid overtime official and unofficial) and who are about to be made redundant).
ng wrote:
Seems the want something for nothing and not prepared to work for it brigade are the first to unleash their criticism on all things good.
Retired Loon in Brighton
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10:45pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Yes me lady, does that mean I should suggest the government use patsies to publicise meaningless, low-paid, part-time, soulless, temporary non-jobs to the great unwashed?
Brubaker!
Yes, me lady
Do you want your job?
I'll get on it right away...I'll call the Ragus, me lady"
Somethingsarejustwrong
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7:21pm Wed 19 Sep 12
alyn, southwick wrote:Who are they?
SomethingsarejustwroAlso the over worked underpaid ones - who care for those no-one else does (with loads of unpaid overtime official and unofficial) and who are about to be made redundant).
ng wrote:
Seems the want something for nothing and not prepared to work for it brigade are the first to unleash their criticism on all things good.
Baldseagull
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10:27am Thu 20 Sep 12
pebble counter wrote:Appallingly.
lillylou wrote:Well said ,but appaulingly spelt. Must try harder, see me.
chrisso wrote:well said no dought single parants pushed into disgusting paper round wages with high rentsbrighton-breezy wrote:EXACTLY!!sbiscorrupt wrote: How many are part time jobs and how many at minimum wage levels?... A few more service jobs is hardly a 'boom'!I agree, I should think that most of the jobs are a very low wage (well below national average) and most would be part time. Also, how many well established local businesses are likely to now fail as a result from the Sainsburys and Asda 'Super Stores'?
Tailgaters Anonymous
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1:02pm Thu 20 Sep 12
Over-blown headlines do nothing to inspire confidence nor do trolling nay-sayers!!
greeg2 says...
10:15am Tue 18 Sep 12