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Regional Employment Bulletin Regional Employment Bulletin South West & South Wales August 2017 On behalf of the Career Transition Partnership (CTP), welcome to the South West & South Wales Employment Bulletin. It will provide you with the latest jobs and business news from across the region and highlights a selection of the latest regional vacancies on our job site, RightJob. In addition to this bulletin, there are plenty of other resources available to assist you in your job search: the monthly Focus e-newsletter provides job-finding, resettlement and training news via email, our bespoke Industry Sector Guides are regularly updated with the latest industry news, and the CTP website is full of useful tips, advice and dedicated employer microsites, where you will find information from a range of companies with ongoing opportunities for ex-military personnel. Regional Overview This region covers the geographical area that includes; Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire (West), Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and South Wales. The region has the highest percentage of rural land of any English region, three quarters of the total land area being agricultural. The largest city is Bristol. Other major urban centres include Plymouth, Swindon, Gloucester, Exeter, Bath, and the South East Dorset conurbation of Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch. The most economically productive areas are Bristol, the M4 corridor and South East Dorset which are all areas with the best links to London. South Wales is made up of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Newport and Cardiff. The areas of highest job density are centred around Cardiff, and along the M4 motorway that runs through Newport, Cardiff and on to Swansea. The major urban areas are Cardiff, Swansea and Newport. Cardiff and the wider Vale of Glamorgan are the significant economic areas in South East Wales. Cardiff city relies principally on the retail, finance, media and tourism sectors and has experienced major regeneration particularly in the city centre and around Cardiff Bay. Each of these areas has its own varying set of employment factors which you need to take into account when job searching. Therefore, it is beneficial for you to keep up-to-date with local business news and sign up with local job search websites to get relevant, up-to-date information to aid you in your search for employment. © Career Transition Partnership 2017 Regional Job Market News Expansions | New businesses | Market growth | Upcoming opportunities | Closures | Risks Trainee and Qualified Bus or Coach Drivers Wanted (3 - 4 weeks Full Training Given to car licence holders) - Hinkley Point C Bridgwater Somerset Passenger Solutions Ltd (SPS) has been selected by EDF . Energy’s Nuclear New Build company to provide comprehensive transport services for staff recruited to construct and support the planned nuclear power facility at Hinkley Point in Somerset. This is expected to be a contract of at least ten years’ duration. Location: Bridgwater TA6 4FJ Earn a minimum of £382.20 per week when qualified driving a variety of vehicles including some of our state of the art coaches to transport staff and suppliers to and from Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. Pay when qualified starts at £9.80 per hour increasing to £10.05 per hours after 6 months and then increasing to £10.30 per hour after 12 months. Excellent benefits offered. Somerset Passenger Solutions are committed to supporting the Armed Forces and are pleased to be advertising their vacancies through the MOD Partnership with Right Management. We currently employ drivers and managers from across all three Services and find that their background are a perfect fit across a range of jobs at SPS. Read more Aldi unveils huge recruitment drive in Plymouth - and the pay and benefits are better than you think! An unprecedented recruitment drive has been unveiled by supermarket chain Aldi - with salaries and benefits larger than you might think. Some 4,000 jobs are up for grabs across the country both in stores and distribution centres to match Aldi's plans for expansion and rising sales figures. The company has said that it received 900,000 new shoppers in the past year and is on course to open 1,000 new stores by 2022 to add to its current roster of 700, reports CornwallLive. In Plymouth, stores in Greenbank, Union Street and the upcoming new store in Southway. Building work is well underway and the opening soon banners are up - meaning the hiring has also begun. The record recruitment drive brings a wide range of opportunities to Plymouth including entry level jobs, graduate jobs and managerial positions, all which boast attractive salaries and perks. Read more © Career Transition Partnership 2017 Visit the Building Plymouth Job Shop to find out about and apply for roles in Construction - 10,000 additional jobs in Plymouth by 2020 According to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Construction output in the South West is projected to grow at an annual average rate of 3.1% in the five years to 2021, the second fastest rate after Wales. The region will benefit from new nuclear build over the forecast period. The annual average employment growth is predicted to be 0.7%, slightly higher than the UK rate of 0.6%. The City of Plymouth is predicted to require a further 10,000 additional construction jobs by 2020 and local construction companies are particularly keen to engage with military Service leavers. The jobs most in demand over the next five years, in the South West are: Non-construction professional, technical and IT staff – 1,080 Senior, executive, and business process managers – 380 Wood trades and interior fit-out staff – 370 Plasterers – 270 Bricklayers – 250 Building Plymouth operate a Construction Job Shop in Plymouth Guildhall every Wednesday and Friday mornings between 1000 and 1200. They welcome visits (no booking required) to discuss the 180 plus different roles available and link you to local employers and training providers. First they recommend that you visit the Go Construct website and find all the information you need about the wide range of rewarding and fulfilling careers in construction - whoever you are, whatever your background or skills there is a role for you! When you find what you’re interested in, please contact Building Plymouth email [email protected] or visit the Job Shop with your CV and they will look to match you up with a local employer and/ or training provider – for work experience, taster sessions, training, jobs or apprenticeships. Construction enables you to make your mark on the world – it creates where we live, where we play, and where we work. From historic and cultural buildings to shops, connecting our cities, enabling our travel, entertainment, protecting listed buildings and providing energy. Altogether a fantastic industry! Remember also the many administrative and support roles behind the site roles. Read more Check out the CTP Training Courses available here © Career Transition Partnership 2017 Two huge new chains revealed in fresh plans for Bretonside Under the proposed changes there will be 14 food and beverage units – including the rooftop unit – as opposed to the 16 units in the previous consented scheme. Read more This is why you won't be working nine-to-five in an office any more By 2050 robots will be a common feature of the workplace and the nine- to-five day will be a thing of the past for human employees, businesses say. Firms in Plymouth and across the South West envisage a working environment very different to today, with artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things commonplace, and people needing to be more flexible about there working day, and even where they work from. Robots, they say, will do away with some jobs – but create others. And workers may need to be better educated and more flexible in the tasks they do – and who, or what, they do them with. Read more 14 of the best UK employers on skills, apprenticeships and the workplace of the future – 6 are based in the South West or South Wales Investment in skills and apprenticeships will play a key role in boosting productivity levels in the UK economy. And futurologists and policymakers are united in telling us that Britain needs to do more to develop the skills of its workers if it is to compete in world markets. Here 14 great companies from across the UK and industry sectors - who collective generate sales of more than £30bn and directly employ more than 161,000. They include companies with nationwide opportunities but 6 of these companies have head offices in the South West/West and Wales such as Applied Automation and Princess Yachts in Plymouth, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water in South Wales, SA Brain & Co in Cardiff, Thatchers Cider in Somerset and Hargreaves Lansdown in Bristol. Read more Plymouth economy slows down but jobs still being created The South West's private sector economy has begun a "disappointing" slow down with inflation mounting but jobs still being created, a new report says. Read more © Career Transition Partnership 2017 Revealed: The top 150 businesses in Devon and Cornwall The list of Top 150 companies was revealed at the launch of the Western Morning News Annual Business Guide 2017 this week. Sponsored by the University of Exeter, data compiled by KPMG and with associate sponsors Devon Colleges Group and Pavey Group, the Annual Business Guide acts as a barometer for every sector and geographical area right across the region. Many of these companies are already working with the CTP. Read more New clothing factory could bring 100 jobs to Plymouth Plymouth could have a clothing factory in Union Street employing more than 100 people – in the building that once housed the famous Jaeger plant.
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