Blog by Jen Bicknell: Hello? Career? [Telephone Interviews]

We are a local business that provides website designer skills to varied businesses in Lincolnshire, and throughout the UK. We also host websites ourselves, as well and provide SEO services and Social Media Management. We are a 'digital company'.

Wordpress is one of our key services: in Wordpress Website Design, as well as Wordpress Training which we do onsite, or locally at convenient locations.

Our business has been active for just over 10 years, and is still going strong, and is the choice for companies wanting a fine service, fast service, and the best websites.

The skills we employ are in social media knowledge. Knowing how to set up channels, manage channels, and develop growth. Skills in SEO, to boost Google Ranking both in website speed and deep internal code that helps grow a website. Our Director has been in website design from basic HTML up to the latest system for over 17 years.

Why would someone want to work for 79DESIGN? To work for a vibrant company that makes the Customer Come First. To provide the customer who has their website, SEO or social media with us, with the finest fast service. Some businesses will reply within a few days. We usually reply the same day, and in plain English.

Every company has their own brand, and the exciting thing for us is to develop a website and manage one that meets their brand. Their Design. Their outlook – all on screen. If you have a website about healthcare products, the website will look so different from one that is 'big and punch' for a Motorcycle sales, or a local museum cafe.

Technology is also moving quickly, so we enjoy looking into these technologies and trying them out. If they work, we go with it. It's exciting to see how these changes can project a company's website performance and other areas.

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What we offer our associates

For more than 130 years, we have offered our associates around the world the opportunity to shape the future with a leading global provider of technology and services. Beneficial innovations that improve the quality of people’s lives, and save resources, drive our work. We encourage our associates to be individuals and see diversity as an asset. Our company enables its associates to strike a healthy balance between professional and personal aims, as we see this as a decisive means of promoting creativity and job satisfaction. This balance also shapes the foundation of our associates’ outstanding performance. Lifelong learning and a regular change of perspective are firmly anchored in our leadership culture. Our areas of activity are every bit as diverse as our locations around the world.

It pays to work at Bosch

Lay the perfect foundation for the future: With our preventive healthcare program, the company pension scheme, and other benefits.

With the company pension scheme we lay a perfect foundation for your future

Our compensation for your work is not just good, it’s equitable. Pay structures at Bosch are fair and transparent. After all, we want to build a long-term, successful working relationship with you. We also add attractive benefits to your basic salary, such as our company pension scheme. And the more you put into your work, the more you'll get out of it — as part of our work bonus scheme.

The Bosch benefit plan offers a simple, profitable system for company retirement benefits. To help you accumulate retirement savings, we offer company contributions. Additionally, you can contribute directly from your salary. The contributions are invested in stocks and interest-bearing securities. We are careful to provide you with a secure and sustainable investment strategy. Your savings will be available as additional income once you retire.

But there are more ways we appreciate your work and encourage you to contribute your ideas. We have thus introduced our company suggestion system: Suggestions that deliver results, such as optimised processes or improved product quality, are rewarded with bonuses of up to 150,000 euros. The success we have demonstrated in gathering associates' ideas and putting them into practice received accolades from the Deutsches Institut für Betriebswirtschaft (dib) in 2008.

Make your mark

Give your job a meaning. With solutions “Invented for life.”

At Bosch, we are committed to developing innovative, beneficial, and fascinating products and services. Enhance with us the quality of life worldwide, and leave a lasting mark on the world.

Discover new directions

Your way might change — we will stay by your side.

We welcome change and encourage you to switch between positions and working fields. Tell us about your goals, and let us put them into practice.

Walk the talk

Wherever you are — our team spirit is with you.

Robert Bosch founded our company over 130 years ago, and we still live by the values he embodied today. Discover a culture that is based on respect and responsibility, and carry our values further.

Balance your life

Make your job match your lifestyle. We provide you with individual support.

You know that there is more to life than just work. That’s why we actively support you in finding a healthy balance between your private and professional lives. Join us, and let life happen.

Pay it forward

We love our business and our environment. Let's save them both for future generations.

At the core of our DNA is social responsibility. That's why, with us, you can achieve business success and support social and environmental projects at the same time.

Be yourself

Your diversity makes us special. Enrich us with your own unique personality.

Everyone is different. We appreciate your individuality and believe that diversity is an asset for our company. Show us your way of thinking, and let us drive great innovations together.

Shape tomorrow’s world

The future offers many opportunities. Be among the first to take advantage of them.

With regard to global megatrends and new technical capabilities, we create solutions for a connected life. And there is much more potential for us to tap. Create your vision of the future with us, and witness how your ideas shape tomorrow's world.

Find your place

You know how you can work best. We offer you the conditions needed.

One global company, many ways of working: From start-ups to established corporate structures, we offer a wide range of working environments. Join in, and find the right place for you.

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Boston College is the top performing college in Greater Lincolnshire, based upon national achievement rates, and is in a strong position financially. We are graded as good by Ofsted and 'A' level pass rates are 100%, with HE student satisfaction the joint highest nationally for the second consecutive year. As a general Further Education College, we provide training and education at all levels to anyone over the age of 16 and enrolled over 7000 students last year. We offer courses ranging from introductory taster sessions, through Foundation Learning (for people with mild to moderate learning disabilities), courses at levels 1 - 3 across our curriculum and on to Higher Education.

We have campuses in Boston and Spalding in Lincolnshire and we attract students in an approximate 30 mile radius. We employ around 450 people in a range of full-time, part-time and bank roles with a turnover of £15m last year. We are Boston's second biggest employer.

Boston College is part of the public sector. This means that our focus is on being a positive part of the local community and enabling people to make the most of their lives. Many of our former students tell us that the college has changed their lives.

Many people would think of a College only employing teachers or lecturers but we have a very wide variety of roles at Boston College. In addition to our qualified academic managers and teaching staff these include learner support staff, counsellors, vocationally qualified technicians and qualified professionals in roles such as finance, funding, estates, health and safety and human resources. All staff are expected to put the well-being and development of the learners as their first priority as they carry out their roles. Extensive training and support is provided to help people excel in their roles and ensure we all reach our potential. Within our Small Animal Unit we have a range of animals and reptiles which need caring for 365 days a year so some staff will be in on Christmas Day looking after the welfare of snakes, not many employers can say that!

Employees have the opportunity to transform people's lives every day and make a difference, whatever their role at the College. FE is a remarkable sector with constant new challenges and our supportive culture of respect and inclusion with a diverse range of colleagues from all backgrounds make Boston College a great place to work.

The College aims to provide an excellent working environment enabling a good work-life balance. We employ a wide range of people across all ages and try hard to reflect the local community in our workforce. We don't just employ teachers - there are a huge variety of jobs within the College including estates, marketing, administration and management as well. There are opportunities to progress within both business support and teaching roles and we do look to promote internally where possible.

We offer free access to a Health and Wellbeing service to all employees and together with generous holiday, sickness and pension schemes provide a supportive yet exciting place to work.

Further Education (FE) is central to the development and growth of the UK's economy. Training to improve people's skills levels is crucial if we are to continue to increase living standards and compete internationally with the quality of our goods and services. People already in the workforce need access to high quality training in order to gain promotion or change career and the College provides this. The focus on Apprenticeships and technical education

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Carrington Communications is Lincoln's first truly digital PR agency, providing a range of PR services to startups and SMEs across Lincolnshire and the East Midlands. Founded in 2016, our fast-growing, results-driven agency now employs a team of PR professionals and works with more than 20 organisations.

We create campaigns that are built on great ideas, communicated to the right audiences and through the right channels to help its clients grow. We combine time-honoured PR and journalistic skills with the latest SEO techniques and industry know-how.

Carrington currently employs three PR professionals who bring a wealth of industry experience and expertise to the agency. Our team is solely made up of senior members of staff with backgrounds in broadcast journalism, international PR and digital marketing. We’re excellent communicators and writers who are dedicated to helping our wide range of clients to get their stories in the media and build relationships with the people that matter to them.

Being a young agency, the experience that individuals can bring to the team is key and industry experience or a degree-level qualification in public relations, journalism, marketing or similar is essential for PR executives. Journalism and PR are closely linked and two members of the team have Masters degrees in Journalism as well as undergraduate degrees in Politics and Law, going on to pursue careers in in-house PR, agency work and broadcast journalism before joining our team.

At Carrington, we're driven by PR that’s profitable. We love great coverage (and coffee!), have a great atmosphere in the office and take everyone's ideas on board. As a startup agency we work flexibly and there's plenty of room for growth professionally and personally which we believe is a real benefit for any new starter. Similarly, as a small team we have the luxury of working on clients that we enjoy and can put ourselves forward for tasks that enable us to play to our strengths.

We use the latest and greatest digital tools for both work and admin, creating a streamlined way of working that's simple, future proof and forward thinking. Being based in Lincoln is also great, because we're on the doorstep of other startups and long-standing businesses, while being able to travel easily to rural locations, larger cities and even London.

PR isn’t the glamorous show-biz profession people think it is, but it is a great industry for creativity. No day is the same in PR. It’s a great profession to get into for anyone looking to turn their curiosity and communication skills into a career. It’s a dynamic, fast-paced industry that keeps us on our toes.

PR is also unique because there are plenty of opportunities for growth and progression. Just as society and the media landscape is changing rapidly, the PR is also changing and evolving quickly too as we make sure that we can get our clients the best coverage.

This creates an exciting environment to work in, especially for people who love to have their finger on the pulse. Working for a range of clients means that in this industry, there’s plenty of opportunity to tap into current affairs which creates a real buzz.

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We believe that play is the most important work and everyone can flourish if treated as an individual.

Children’s Links is a national children and young peoples’ services charity. Our services include those that support babies, children, young people, their parents and carers, the communities they live in and other children and young people’s organisations.
We pride ourselves on our professional workforce and our expertise across many areas of service delivery for children and young people. Children’s Links has built its business on developing work to deal with gaps in services identified by our stakeholders, parents, children, funders and the wider community. As a direct result our services support babies, children, young people, their parents and carers, the communities they live in and other children and young people’s organisations.
We have a social enterprise called Linking Up Limited (LUL) that provides childcare voucher services nationally and a range of new products such as cycles to work, Utilities Warehouse and Nanny Payroll. Together we make up the Children’s Links Group .

All profits generated from our social enterprise are re-invested back into the Group so we can further benefit the community.
We aim that our work will:
Enable children, young people and their families to gain access to and choice of quality opportunities
Improve information on issues that affect children and young peoples’ lives
Enable people, employers and communities to respect and meet children and young peoples’ individual needs
Enable people to make a difference to issues that affect their lives
Make a positive difference to children and young people and communities who are often left out or excluded

We are a proactive and agile charity that has enthusiastic experts in our current team. We offer a wide range of job opportunities from Early Years Educators, Friendship Officers and Translators to Senior Management positions.
Our team is predominantly based in Lincolnshire and we employ 100+ currently.
Children’s Links has a Board of Trustees / Directors who are responsible for the strategic direction of the organisation
We are also currently seeking volunteers to join the Board to help us achieve more, could this be the opportunity you are looking for?

We put our communities needs first to achieve efficient, reliable and high quality people focused services. We are an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children, young people, families and communities.
Our team is highly skilled, well trained and strives to provide an energetic, fun-loving service to all.
As an innovative and growing organisation, focused on customers and stakeholders, we have grown a wide range of services in response to need and identified gaps. We have also expanded our delivery geographically. As a direct result our services include those that support babies, children, young people, their parents and carers, the communities they live in and other children and young people’s organisations.
We are an open and honest organisation that believes in empowering everyone in the team to flourish. Can we help you to be the best version of yourself through paid or voluntary work?

The benefits of working in the voluntary sector:
Making a difference: We contribute to many things, such as employment opportunity, community cohesion, eliminating the impact of social and rural isolation, training, educating and promoting and safeguarding.
Job satisfaction: A recent study by Warwick University found that voluntary sector workers get more job satisfaction than those in the private and public sectors.
The opportunity to develop skills: Working in the voluntary and community sector often means you get to develop a wider range of skills than you would anywhere else. We are always open to new ideas and we empower everyone to be more creative and think outside of the box.

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Cursor is a web technology business which builds innovative, people-focused websites, apps and software to help our customers work smarter online.

In every project we do, we always strive to be a partner rather than a supplier. We build long-term relationships with our customers based on mutual trust and openness, allowing our talented and creative team to deliver bespoke products of the highest quality.

We add value in everything we do, helping our customers to understand how web technology can change the way they work. We are a company built around people, not technology, so everything we make is created with the goal of enabling people and businesses to become more effective, productive and profitable.

Our versatile team is more creative than an IT department and more technical than a marketing agency. We take an active role at every stage of the creative process, ensuring that every aspect of our projects is given the care and attention it deserves.

Our developers build bespoke websites and apps to suit our customers’ needs, our designers create beautiful interfaces which are easy to use, and our content designer produces professional, engaging copy to send out the right message.

All our projects are overseen by our delivery manager, who works closely with the team to ensure that our products are delivered to the high standards we set for ourselves in everything we do.

Anyone joining Cursor will find a friendly team and an enthusiastic working environment in which every employee makes a key contribution to the projects we undertake.

We encourage creativity and innovation in all our employees, allowing them to express their talents as much as possible. We never mindlessly follow a specification, always empowering our team to think outside the box and devise inventive solutions.

The work we do makes a real-life difference, and we take on a huge diversity of projects, building technology for companies from many different industries. There’s never a dull moment working for Cursor.

Web technology is one of the fastest-moving industries around. It touches every aspect of our lives, whether it be home, work, or leisure.

We pride ourselves on building technology which makes a difference to people and businesses every day. Anyone can see what we do and use what we make. For us, there’s no better feeling than knowing our work is making a positive impact in the real world.

With technology evolving all the time, this is an industry in which you never stop learning. We will continue to innovate and adapt as the changes come thick and fast.

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Founded in 1969, Dalehead Foods has grown into one of the UK's largest meat processors and prides itself on an outstanding reputation built on years of dedication and high quality service to customers and consumers. Dalehead Foods supplies fresh products including pork, bacon, sausages, cooked meats and lamb to household names such as Tesco and McDonalds, along with holding a special dedicated relationship with Waitrose. With a high focus on forward thinking and maintaining a reputable profile in an ever-changing industry, Dalehead Food's values reflect providing the best possible service to its customers, embracing creativity and innovation, and being a great company to work for.

As an ever-expanding and developing organisation, there are many roles within Dalehead Foods that cater to a range of skills and abilities. This, along with a culture focused on training and development, presents countless opportunities for those that join the organisation to expand their horizons and experience new roles or develop new skills that they may not have considered before.

With production at the forefront of Dalehead Food's recruitment focus, there are positions available throughout the entire process, beginning at Dalehead's BQP farm all the way through to dispatch as our product makes its way to supermarket shelves. Operatives within production environments are taught by dedicated trainers to make their way through graded positions which include learning knife skills, how to operate specialised machinery, and, of course, how to butcher meat to the highest quality and to the needs and requirements of our customers.

Outside of production, a huge support system exists housing departments such as Health and Safety, Technical, Human Resources, Finance, Engineering and Planning. They act as the backbone of the organisation who, in return, offer dedicated development and further opportunities for those wishing to take them. One of our most exceptional development opportunities is our Apprenticeship scheme which has seen a number of successful candidates progress through their qualifications and go on to higher levels whilst joining the business and developing their skills further both in and out of production environments including Butchery, Abattoir, Engineering, HR, and Finance, with Health and Safety and Technical Apprentices soon to be joining certain sites.

Dalehead Food's offers its colleagues endless opportunities to develop in a multitude of areas - both personally and professionally - and prides itself in excelling those who strive to achieve more and develop themselves.

The culture at Dalehead Foods is one of it's greatest appeals. In addition to it's dedication to internal development, Dalehead also holds a "one team" mentality, combining efforts to support each other to achieve the values and goals of the organisation. Successes are celebrated as a group achievement and our outstanding stars are recognised with programs such as our Dalehead Diamond and Instant Reward schemes. Dalehead Foods has an incredible support network with multiple members of staff trained in both first aid and mental health first aid, as well as a mentorship program that provides an impartial ear to those who need one.

Dalehead Foods also offers great engagement both in and out of working hours. We support our current charity, Mind, with regular on site fundraising such as bake sales and competitions, and also recently put together a dream team to tackle a 5k fundraiser run! We excel in offering events such as our popular children's Christmas party and have previously hosted summer fun days which brings people together and allows relationships and teams to bloom and strengthen in different environments.

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Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire, is a non-selective, publicly funded school for 13-19 year olds that aims to deliver well-rounded students into the engineering and technology industries through a specialist STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education. With a focus on connecting education to industry, students receive an innovative concept of learning that combines technical, practical and academic learning. By doing so, it provides students with something more than the traditional GCSE and A Level curriculum. Exposing individuals to real-industry projects and industry experts, enables them to progress into their dream careers by gaining the skills, experience, knowledge, qualifications and confidence required by todays employers.

Opened in September 2015, the ENL UTC £12m campus is set in the heart of Scunthorpe town centre on Carlton Street, close to both bus and train stations. The campus contains some of the most up-to-date, cutting edge engineering, scientific and computer facilities in the country that provide engaging workshop spaces to learn alongside of the theoretical work.

There are currently around 50 UTCs throughout England that are spearheading a new approach to teaching engineering and technical skills to schoolchildren around the UK. Each UTC has been established where employers need them most and where there are pronounced skill gaps. This is what makes the ENL UTC so unique within the region, allowing the next generation of workers to get much sought after skill sets to make that rapid transition into the workplace.

As the ENL UTC is currently in it's third year, the school is continuing to grow. At the moment we employ around 28 members of staff including both teaching and support staff.

Every staff member employed at the school is passionate about not only their job role but also the schools vision and ethos. Staff do not raise their voices, the school does not have an isolation system and we respect the students as much as we would like them to respect us. The ENL UTC is very focused on the individuals and building those relationships.

From a recent staff survey it stated that 95% agreed or strongly agreed that the UTC was a great place to work, 100% agreed that the UTC has a great vision and that the staff force is well led, and the average staff morale was 8.73 out of 10.

Our staff members believe that there is a sense of belonging when working at the ENL UTC and due to the unique learning environment it allows them to praise and acknowledge students successes and progression.

My job role is as the ENL UTC Marketing and Student Recruitment Officer, and I love my job because every day is different. Not only do I plan strategy for the year, manage all digital platforms and arrange literature, I also get to work closely with students and industry partners to create a sense of engagement throughout the community. Every day I am involved in an activity, event, workshop etc. that engages the students to be more involved in promoting their school.

Recently we have had permission to open the school up to a year 9, meaning that the ENL UTC is one of the first UTCs in the country to be able to do this.

We are continuously progressing and opening up the campus to new, relevant industry machinery for the curriculum as well as engaging more with the local community, showcasing our student talents.

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Frontier Agricutlures head office is based in Witham St Hughs, south west of Lincoln.

Frontier’s values are integrity, customer focus and expertise. This means choosing to do the right thing for customers, colleagues and ourselves and collaborating to put the customer at the heart of everything we do.

Frontier people use their skills, training and expertise for the benefit of customers. Frontier encourages, supports and rewards colleagues who consistently demonstrate its values when dealing with each other and customers. The company operates a reward and recognition scheme built around celebrating colleagues who demonstrate exceptional performance as measured against the company values.

Frontier is primarily an organisation built on providing advice and services to customers. This would not be possible without attracting, retaining and developing the most talented people. Frontier expects and supports all colleagues to be the very best that they can. In pursuit of this the company invests heavily in learning and development programmes delivered both in-house and by industry recognised bodies. These cover a wide range of vocational and non-vocational areas including:

Job specific training – all technical advisors are supported in gaining relevant industry qualifications including FACTS and BASIS.
More Frontier agronomists hold the highly prestigious BASIS Diploma than at any other business
Health and safety training
Driver training – all fleet, delivery and company car drivers are regularly assessed by driver trainers, with fleet drivers required to complete recognised annual training.
Executive Development Programme - bespoke development opportunities for senior managers, to support career progression and harness their contribution to delivering the business’ strategy
Leadership Development Programme –Developing managers to better lead, coach and empower their own teams
Personal skill development – Frontier offers a rolling calendar of general learning opportunities open to all colleagues. As well as training in the use of software such as Microsoft Office applications, these include other courses aimed at improving people’s personal skill set such as ‘speaking with confidence’, ‘overcoming difficult situations’ and ‘getting things done’.

Frontier provides all colleagues with regular performance and development reviews. This is an opportunity for people to identify and agree potential areas for future development with their manager.

Frontier is the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, formed in 2005 as a joint venture between Associated British Foods and Cargill plc. We employ 1,000 people and turn over £1.5 billion. Our vision is to be the first choice partner for crop production and grain marketing, and the first choice employer in UK agriculture.

Our business approach is underpinned by our values of ICE – integrity, customer focus and expertise – which drive our behaviour and are key to our success.Our ambition is to grow our business and we intend to do it responsibly, doing things properly because it’s the right thing to do.

We will use our expertise, our scale and our leadership position to make a difference to others. Some companies call this sustainability. At Frontier, we call it the responsible choice.

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Designed, built and tested in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, our range of self-propelled machines uses ground-breaking technology to deliver a specification not often found on other machines available in the crop spraying market.

Furthermore, all Househam self-propelled machines have been designed with low weight and even weight distribution in mind. This minimises soil compaction and allows the machine to be used throughout the year, minimising weather delays and reducing the risk of diseases taking hold.

Househam is dedicated to producing leading edge technology which is designed to offer maximum efficiency and ' future-proof' our ever expanding range of sprayers. Customers are supported around the globe with an experienced network of service engineers and dealers', ensuring help and assistance is but a phone call away. Providing world class technical innovation, research and development and testing and manufacturing services to deliver exciting, effective and efficient concepts for our global customers.

With over four decades of success within the agricultural sprayer market, Househam is able to combine cutting edge technology devised by some of the industry's best engineers with precision manufacturing and speed to market.

The Vision of Househam

The challenges faced by agriculture are massive. The ever increasing world population relies on the food agriculture produces and this represents a challenge for the industry, globally, unlike any other industry has hitherto faced.

However, bringing more and more land into agricultural use can have detrimental effects of the environment by encouraging deforestation, which releases more CO2 into the atmosphere, and the draining of natural wetlands both of which increase the risk of flooding.

By protecting and improving the vast areas of soil currently under cultivation and maximising its productive capacity with advances in plant breeding, nutrient management, crop protection products and innovative application technology, we should be able to go a long way towards producing higher volumes of food which is healthier, safer and produced in a more environmentally friendly and sustainable manner.

Our aim is to use new and innovative technology to enable us, as leading manufacturers of crop sprayers, to produce machines which enable growers not only to apply crop protection products very accurately, but also to help protect soil structure by reducing soil compaction. Our links with the leading agricultural research bodies and our continuing dialogue with practical farmers and contractors helps us to produce leading edge crop sprayers which meet the needs of users around the world.

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Fairburn’s Eggs is a third-generation Lincolnshire family business, first founded in 1951 by Jim Fairburn, who purchased 150 chickens for £150. From those humble beginnings, Fairburn’s Eggs have taken the food and agriculture industry by storm, becoming the largest, independent, family-owned egg producer in the UK, packing and distributing an astonishing 17 million eggs a week.

A few years ago, Fairburn’s made the decision to go independent. Since then, their dynamic and young team have never looked back, continuously identifying ways to challenge, innovate, and inspire the egg market. Forging truly impressive and strong personal relationships with most of the country’s leading supermarkets, Fairburn’s have built an expansive network of egg producers and loyal customers across the country.

Due to Fairburn’s complete vertical integration, we employ people across the entire supply chain, currently employing 300 people. We have opportunities for people of all backgrounds, with varying education and experience. We have a diverse range of roles within our business, including:

Accounting and Finance
Administration
Agriculture
Design
Engineering
Health and Safety
Human Resources
Logistics and Transport
Marketing
Milling
Packaging
Quality Assurance
Sales
Supply Chain
Technical

We are proud to offer training, Apprenticeship schemes, and for the right candidates, support into further qualifications.

With family values at our core, we offer an approachable working environment. Our Directors are always available and are happy to listen and help in any way they can. With small departments, our staff have the opportunity to constantly develop and learn a vast set of skills, across multiple departments. We are keen to give people the chance to learn and develop their interests.

We are able to adapt quickly to the ever-changing egg market. We are passionate about our hens and the eggs they kindly produce, and are always looking for forward-thinking individuals.

There is always the opportunity to build your way up through the ranks of our family business; all we ask is that you demonstrate passion, commitment, and hard work. If you can impress here, you will go forward quickly.

No two days are the same at Fairburn’s Eggs. The egg markets can change at any second, and our staff need to be prepared to create innovative solutions to an array of situations. Freedom is our huge USP – if you exhibit the right behaviours and are innovative in your approach, you will have the freedom to be implemented at a vast pace.

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There's never a dull moment at Majestic! Majestic Bingo Limited is one of the largest operators of retail Bingo, currently having 16 clubs across the UK.

The Majestic experience is all about ensuring our customers have a great time from walking through our doors to leaving, and feel they have been entertained and looked after - it’s about the personal touch! Majestic Bingo utilise the latest technology in entertainment and we tailor this to our individual clubs. We offer our customers lots of fun but with a truly local flavour.

Who do you employ?:
We employ people in various roles from General Managers who run our Clubs, to Assistant Managers who support them and Duty Managers who oversee each bingo session. They are supported by Team Members and Supervisors across a variety of roles within the Club ranging from welcoming customers at reception, selling paper bingo tickets and electronic tablets at book sales, handling money in our cash office, providing great service as a fruit machine host in our arcade, walking the floor handing out change and checking claims when someone shouts 'bingo' and of course bingo callers who shout out those lucky numbers! Our registered Head Office where the Managing Director, Finance Director and Finance Team are based is in Spalding.

Why would someone want to work at your organisation?:
Our clubs offer a fun environment for our customers and this is only made that way through the great team members and management that work for us. Most of our staff know their customers on first name terms and enjoy the relationships they build up with each other.

Whilst we are a leisure business and generally open 7 days a week (we only close Christmas day!), however this gives our teams flexibility to work with us and we offer a variety of shifts which work with most of our team members lifestyles. An afternoon shift usually commences at around 10.30am and finishes around 3.00pm and evening shifts start around 5.30pm until around 10.00pm when our customers leave.

What is exciting about your industry?:
Bingo is a great leisure pastime that is enjoyed by people across every generation - we have customers aged from 18 to 100+ who come to play bingo, socialise with friends, enjoy a drink or grab a bite to eat. It's a sociable friendly atmosphere were people can attend with family, friends or on their own in a safe and comfortable environment.

There's also the opportunity to win some money, and whilst not everyone wins every time, there is also the chance of winning and we give away hundreds of thousands of pounds in prize money every month. Even if people don't win we hope they enjoy the thrill of the game and have fun whilst gambling responsibly.

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Micronclean, based in Skegness started as a local laundry and has been owned and managed by one family since the 1920’s. At that time, the business concentrated on hand finished laundry services focusing on quality, innovation, attention to detail and customer care. These attributes underpin all the products and services Micronclean now offer which range from our traditional hand finished linen through laundered garment services for both industrial clients and high-tech pharmaceutical companies throughout the UK to cleanroom consumables which are sold in the UK and overseas.

Our ongoing evolution started in the 1970’s when we introduced the first tunnel finisher into Skegness which had the benefit of drying garments using steam thereby doing away for the need for ironing. Tunnel finishers are now the industry standard way of drying garments. We also were the first to introduce Polycotton garments, now the predominant fabric for workwear.

During the 1980’s we built the first cleanroom laundry and we were the first laundry to adopt ISO9001.

The 1990’s saw the introduction of garment tracking and we were the first laundry to use Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology through which we track individual garments in our in-house developed Protrack system. We remain the only major laundry to scan garments both into and out of our sites. We were the first laundry to adopt ISO14001 environmental standard.

The building of Louth in the 2000’s saw the development of the first (and only) large scale ISO6 cleanroom laundry, Louth’s sortation system remains the most sophisticated in the UK. Alongside this we developed an innovative automotive paintshop garment washing process which remains the most effective for that environment. We achieved Risk analysis and Bio-contamination Control (RABC) accreditation, ISO14065, the first Laundry in the UK and still the only cleanroom Laundry to do this. We introduced a patented Mopping system and multipack syringe packs, both of which have genuinely changed the dynamic of the market.

The current decade has seen the introduction of our alcohol trigger sprays for our clean room consumables customers which have challenged 30 years of received wisdom and have transformed the market place. Our Alpha and Beta disinfectant range have allowed customers to move away from chlorine based solutions which have major problems with health and safety due to the vapour as well as the corrosive properties of chlorine based disinfectants.

Micronclean has a turnover of just over £25m and employs close to 450 people across the UK, the majority of these being based at our three main production sites, all based in Lincolnshire. We have an active Continuous Improvement programme driving business improvement for our customers.

Looking to the future we are confident of growth not only in the UK but also in export markets as we seek to leverage not only our laundered garment service and consumables sales but also use our unique laundry knowledge to deliver business opportunities in overseas markets in line with our mission statement.

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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust provides acute hospital services and community services to a population of more than 440,000 people across North and North East Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Our annual budget is circa £300million and we have 850 beds across our three hospitals: the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby; Scunthorpe General Hospital; and Goole and District Hospital. Every year we see more than 135,000 people in our emergency departments, deliver more than 4,500 babies, carry out around 30,000 operations, treat 120,000 inpatients and book 400,000 outpatient appointments.
Our Trust is one of the largest employers in Northern Lincolnshire and continues to grow and invest in staff as well as patients. In fact, we’ve recently been crowned winner of the Employer of the Year award at the Talent for Care awards.
We might be small and friendly, but we encourage our staff to think big. Innovation is encouraged and supported – an example of this is our award-winning unique in-house computer system we have developed, called the WebV Clinical Portal, which digitally monitors and manages patient records. We have also developed a fresh approach to recruitment which enables us to make contact with overseas networks and candidates within Europe and beyond. This has positioned the Trust as a potential place to work on a global scale within the international job market and we are attracting professionals from around the world to work on our wards.

Our vision and values are central to the way we do things on a daily basis. They set out what our patients can expect from us at every step of their journey with us, whether that is on the phone, in writing or face-to-face.

Apprenticeship Programme

Our Apprenticeship programme will focus on both your academic and professional development over the course your 13 month apprenticeship. You will be working in establishment teams who will contribute directly or indirectly to quality, patient focused care.

You can expect monthly reviews with both your line manager and your assessor to check in with your progress throughout the apprenticeship programme. This will provide you with the support that you need to aid your development. In between your monthly reviews you will be working closely with your mentor who will support you in your department on a day to day basis.

The Trust apprenticeship programme is also supported by the Trust apprentice network which is held on a monthly basis. Here you will come together with your fellow apprentices across the Trust to discuss your experience and focus on your development as a group.

Together we care, we, respect, we deliver is our shared vision and values which form a declaration of our personal and organisational purpose and intent. It was created with input from staff at every level, from cleaners and ward clerks to nurses and consultants and our Trust Board have pledged their commitment to delivering services in line with this vision.

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Our Business

Established in 1921, R G Carter is a family owned business which has been building for the future for nearly a century. Renowned for our diverse range of high quality construction services, we have achieved growth & success through combining traditional family values with a passion for innovation.

Working with national and regional clients, across both private and public sectors, we provide design, construction and project management services on projects ranging from £50,000 to over £50 million.

Our values are based upon honesty, trust and the development of long term relationships, and we are committed to placing client values at the heart of our operations. Our approach to project delivery makes us able to offer a flexible, quality service that is tailored to the requirements of our clients.

Through our network of regional offices, including Lincoln, we offer a range of construction solutions, from design through to build, refurbishment and repairs. Our business model continues to be based on local delivery with empowered local decision makers and close senior level support for projects. Our ability to draw on the experience and expertise of the wider R G Carter Group of companies, means that we can offer a personal approach that is built around the Employers needs without restriction on value or construction type.

We support local communities, organisations, and supply-chain partners to deliver projects that improve lives and provide opportunities for local people. On all of our projects we seek to work collaboratively in order to create better buildings, provide opportunities for local people and invest in the future of the communities that we work with. We set the bar high for safety, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

Through our accredited training centre, Carter Academy, we are a leading provider of quality apprenticeships and professional training regionally.

Our People

R G Carter currently has 1,100 members of staff, ranging across office and site based roles. Examples of these include administrators, procurement and accountants who support the successful management of projects, project managers who coordinate all aspects of the construction process, designers who work with the clients to create their ‘vision’, quantity surveyors, who manage the costs related to the project and tradesmen, through to site managers and skilled tradesman, such as bricklayers and carpenters, who ensure projects are built to client requirements. Our employees work across our range of offices and sites across the Group.

We are passionate about supporting our employees, whose loyalty and expertise allows us to consistently deliver successful projects to be proud of. We invest in training and development and aim to inspire people with the right skills, talent and enthusiasm to work with us to fulfil their potential. To demonstrate our commitment, everyone who joins our company has access to our CITB registered training centre, Carter Academy, offering Health & Safety qualifications and a variety of courses from NVQ to degree level.

Join Our Team

We look for motivated and enthusiastic people to join our teams. Dependant on the role, ideal candidates will have good experience of team working and delivering construction projects to excellent quality.

We understand that great projects need great people. Whether you are looking for a training opportunity, or are already experienced in your role, R G Carter offers more than just the next step in your career. You will be joining a diverse group of talented people and with the addition of your ideas, passion and skills we can develop, innovate and build the future together.

R G Carter is a dynamic company where you will have the chance to prove yourself on challenging projects, further develop your skills and work with experienced construction professionals.

“I joined RG Carter due to its great reputation for training and investing in people, and I wasn’t disappointed. It’s a people focussed company with a sense of family values. Personal development is important to the company, whatever your experience or life stage.” Jack, Trainee Construction Manager

The construction industry is unique; with so many career options that combines a range of skills and interests.

Whether you’re interested in building, engineering, science or design, at R G Carter we can offer a variety of different rewarding, challenging roles to help develop your skills and start a successful and exciting career in construction.

Work on exciting, innovative projects, that you can see through from concept to completion
Learn a mix of theory as well as practical skills out on site
Work in an ever changing industry, with new state-of-the-art technology
Give something back to the local communities in which we all live
Get training and support from our experts at our Carter Academy

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Roythornes has been serving businesses and individuals across generations for over 85 years. Our strategically located offices, including one in Spalding, are hubs of trusted advice to cover all eventualities. From individual clients going through some of the most difficult experiences in their lives to thriving national businesses looking to take their next steps at home or abroad, we provide a full spectrum of commercial advice. Our presence, in turn, benefits the community by being able to advise enterprises looking to provide jobs for thousands of people living in uncertain times.

We currently employ over 200 staff and are actively seeking additional talented people to help us achieve of our ambitious growth plans. Our legal teams include paralegals, legal assistants, trainees, solicitors and partners – many of them specialising in a particular area of the law, while our professional business support teams include specialists in IT, operations, marketing and business development and HR.

At Roythornes we put our people first – as a result many of today’s partners trained with the firm and are now involved in managing one of the UK’s top 200 law firms. The development of our staff into future leaders has been one of the key reasons for our impressive track record and we aim to continue to ‘grow organically from within’.

We place training and development of our people at the heart of everything we do by offering an excellent succession programme offering a range of opportunities to grow and develop. We are very proud of our investment in our staff and environment and hold awards in both areas Additionally, we have also been featured in the top 1000 companies to inspire Britain, and we regularly feature in the Legal 500, in particular for our skills in the agricultural sector, where we have been a consistently ‘first tier’ firm. Other teams are also mentioned for their work, including our litigation, commercial and family teams.

As advisers to businesses we are at the very forefront of business growth in the region. Acting mainly for farmers and food producers we are uniquely positioned in a market sector that is undergoing massive changes due to political, technological and environmental issues. This generates some incredibly interesting work from helping plant breeders develop new varieties of fresh produce to working with large businesses building robotic warehouses to meet the online delivery needs of some of the most high profile retailers in the UK.

Our private client team handle complex tax and wealth management issues for the owners of these businesses and ensure that transitions between generations are made as smooth as possible. It's a challenging and exciting sector to be involved in and the work we do is equally as rewarding.

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Tillotts Pharma UK Ltd (TPUK) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tillotts Pharma AG, Switzerland (TPAG), and part of the Zeria Group of companies, Japan. We have R&D sites in Switzerland, manufacturing sites in Europe. TPUK operates sales and marketing, regulatory affairs and Medical and Scientific liaison services for GI specialists in the UK. Tillotts is a speciality pharmaceutical business focused on GI health. The pharmaceutical sector requires professionals of the highest standard, what we do affects the lives of our patients, it is a worldwide business, diseases do not respect national boundaries, this means that although we are business based in Lincoln, our activities take place anywhere in the world. The world of pharmaceuticals is very competitive as the rewards for success are high, pharmaceutical companies are usually very good employers offering interesting work, worldwide travel excellent conditions of employment and good rewards. This also means we attract high calibre people.

TPUK currently employ 35 people, the majority (25) are involved in sales and marketing, we also have regulatory and medical information services, and medical & scientific liaison (medical education). Like most businesses we have a financial and administration team who support our operational activities, this team is based in TPUK's office in Lincoln. The job of the Regional Account Manager is our most numerous position (16), this is a front lines sales role focused on selling our treatments for IBD to consultant gastroenterologists and IBD Nurses in secondary care. Tillotts is a very people focused business and we care greatly about making improvements in the lives of our IBD patients. This means that our sales people are trained to be experts in our products and the diseases they treat so that we can provide information and education services to our customers who are healthcare professionals. We also attend several international congresses each years, this means that all of our sales team get to attend various conferences in European cities most years. Tillotts staff are all self motivated bright and intelligent, and mostly work unsupervised for the majority of the time, so trust and integrity are key qualities that we seek in all employees. We work with a lot of business partners, firms that provide support services, a good example is our logistics and storage partner, this partner is an expert in the pharmaceutical supply chain, by working closely with such partners we can be sure that our medicines are stored, managed and delivered to hospitals and pharmacies in perfect condition. One essential quality that everyone employed by Tillotts possesses is a passion for our work, a genuine interest in healthcare for patients with GI conditions

The pharmaceutical sector is governed by a voluntary regulatory scheme which also means that we work to high ethical standards. Tillotts Pharma UK Ltd has a reputation as a great place to work, everyone has variety in their work with freedom and autonomy to achieve their objectives. No two days are the same, everyday brings new opportunities and challenges, because of this we do a lot of work place training and place much emphasis on keeping up to date with medical practice in the treatment of GI diseases. Teamwork is an essential part of the job, and although most people work unsupervised and on their own initiative we are very interdependent on each other, everyone plays their part so that the business as a whole is a success.

The pharmaceutical sector is at the forefront of technology and innovation, it is one of the most successful British industries, exporting more than we import. The work ranges from scientific research, product development and improvement through to high-tech manufacturing. The objectives of the industry is to improve health outcomes, despite what the media likes to portray in newspapers and films, nobody sets out to do harm, we are focused on improving lives. The fate of a pharmaceutical firm is very dependent on the success of the firms most recent pharmaceutical product, this drives innovation and means that all pharmaceutical companies are looking for the next new development. The range of roles in pharmaceutical companies varies from very scientific lab based R&D positions that attract introspective scientists through to PR and marketing positions that require out-going and dynamic communicators. Careers in pharmaceutical companies are life long, many people join in one role and move into new challenging positions as their careers progress. I began my career 30 years ago as a trainee medical sales representative, I am now the Managing Director of a dynamic and growing medium sized pharmaceutical company.

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Uncle Henry’s is a farm shop, butchery and cafe located next to the village of Grayingham. It is part of a family arable and pig farming business and is managed by Emma Blandford, daughter of owners Steve and Meryl Ward. We major on great taste and sourcing local. Our shop and butchery offer the full range and we are proud to support over 45 Lincolnshire producers; our local food heroes! We see ourselves as a hub of local food and an outlet for local food businesses to showcase their product.
We produce and make many of the products that we sell ourselves and we’re always developing new lines to add to our range. All of our pork is home reared and we buy in beef, lamb & poultry locally and butcher it ourselves. Our butchery team cure our own bacon and ham and produce many added value cuts and products including our BBC One Show Award Winning Lincolnshire Sausage. We have been working with the Lincolnshire CO-OP for over a year now, initially wholesaling our cooked ham and pork into their stores under the Uncle Henry’s brand and this year expanding our range to include Caramelised Onion Sausages, Lincolnshire Sausagesand our home-cured Traditional Short Back Bacon.

All of our efforts would not be possible without our dedicated team who are local people themselves and are essential to our business success.
We recruit people who are passionate about food and our business. Over the years, we have established managers of the three core budget departments; shop, café and butchery.
The staffing that is below management level is based around setting up full and part-time positions. These give member of the team hours that they are comfortable working and benefit the business through acquiring a flexible workforce that can respond to periods of high customer demand. Our young weekend team are a valuable part of the business and are expected to take a high degree of responsibility whilst benefiting by building up key life skills.

We invest in their training and development and make Uncle Henry’s an enjoyable place to work. Training requirements are tailored to the individual at management level and our front of house team have an on-going customer service development training programme.
Aside from staff training around our customer care requirements, we hold a team brief each morning to discuss any previous challenges and what’s happening throughout the day ahead. We are continually building staff product knowledge and are helped by suppliers coming into store for samplings.
We also have our own monthly mystery shopper which is an invaluable tool for continuous training and development and provides a great opportunity to reward good service.

Our plan for this year, in order to grow our business further, is to focus on continuing to attract both new and also our regular loyal customers but also to promote the great value of our fantastic food offer to our customers. We are continuing to grow our image as a destination for all age groups and working with key partners such as Visit Lincoln over the past year is a key element in our strategic planning process as we continually work on achieving this.

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This year Vertivore has hit a big milestone; after two years researching and developing the concept of vertical farming the planning application for our first commercial scale site (in Crowland, Lincolnshire) has been approved. We anticipate starting construction late 2019, with the aim of being operational by 2020.

Our vertical farm has been designed to ensure consistent quality and improved taste. Each of our plants is treated to five-star accommodation throughout their lifespan. Bedded into the finest substrate our seeds begin their journey in a cozy germination chamber. Then, not wanting to cramp their style, our herbs and salads are transplanted into trays where they are remotely shunted and spaced. This allows them to spread their leaves and mature into the young plants they were destined to be.

Inside of the climate chamber, the crops enjoy the benefits of 'summer' all day every day. Under the glow of LED lights they are fed the perfect cocktail of nutrients, each tailored to their very own needs. And why stop at one layer? The trays are vertically stacked making optimum use of space, in fact, space enough for a micro-brewery

What is a Vertical Farm?

An efficient and productive vertically-arranged indoor growing facility using LED lighting and a climate controlled system to provide optimum crop growth.

A consistently high standard of fresh, healthy and sustainable produce can be supplied to the market 365 days a year.

Why is This Important?

With the global population expected to exceed 8.5 billion and the UK population forecasted to exceed 70+million by 2030, the strain on farming is worsening. Soil is becoming unsuitable for healthy crop production and space for agricultural land is running out. In the UK, we are experiencing warmer winters, drier summers and more extreme events which are affecting crop growth.

The environmental impact of current agricultural practices is huge, using around 70% of available freshwater, and with 95% of fruit coming from abroad, each item on the supermarket shelves travels approximately 1500 miles before reaching the end consumer.

The destruction of ecosystems and impact of pesticides is causing further damage to our world and the food we eat.

There is an urgent need for new innovative agricultural solutions to be propelled into the mainstream…

Benefits:

Grown & harvested 365 days a year, delivery available daily
Carbon footprint reduction through UK grown produce, reducing time in transit and time to reach the customer
Uses between 70-95% less water than traditional agricultural practices
Pesticide free produce
Eliminates agricultural runoff
Closed system – No more weather-related crop failure
Automated operations maximise efficiency
Consistent, high quality supply of produce & improved taste
Contaminant free environment through growing & packaging

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It’s now been nearly three decades since we opened the very first Vision Express store in Gateshead’s Metro Centre.

We’ve come a very long way since then. But our guiding principle remains the same. And that’s to provide an unparalleled level of customer service. A truly individual service, delivered in a professional yet welcoming environment where vision is taken seriously.

Through organic growth and acquisition there are now 593 Vision Express stores across the UK, Jersey and the Republic of Ireland – from big city destinations to local high street stores. Following our recent acquisition of Tesco Opticians, you’ll now find us in Tesco stores too.

Passion

We’re passionate about service, our products and our workplace. We’re positive, enthusiastic and engaging. We always put our customers first and put 100% into making sure they look and feel great.

Welcoming

Providing a genuine, caring service, we make everyone feel welcome. We engage customers with warmth, sincerity and expertise – taking a real interest in their individual needs and taking time to explain our service and products.

Seamless Teamwork

Without seamless teamwork, we just couldn’t deliver the outstanding level of customer service for which we’re known. We respect professional standards and each other. We always do what we say we’ll do and help out wherever we can.

Learning to succeed

Training and development at Vision Express will support your ongoing success in what could be a rewarding and unique career. It will also see you become an expert at delivering a truly individual service.

Learning here is interesting, interactive and informative. It’s also fun. Whatever your role when you start, we’ll equip you with the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to take your career in the right direction.

Starting with a thorough introduction to our business, we’ve put in place a number of training programmes designed to recognise and realise true potential. Their effectiveness is reflected in the fact that nearly 80% of our managers are in place through internal promotion.

The 5% Club

We’re proud to be backing the 5% Club – a nationwide initiative which sees employers commit to having at least 5% of their workforce aged between 16 and 24 on a structured training programme. We’re proud to say that the figure at Vision Express is now closer to 5.5%. We’re the first retailer to promise to provide support and training for our graduates, apprentices and sponsored students.

Apprenticeships

For enthusiastic young people we offer a 13-month apprenticeship programme that will give them lots of useful skills and valuable retail experience, plus a Level 2 qualification in Optical Retail and the foundations of a successful future career.

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The Water Management Alliance

The Water Management Alliance (WMA) is a group of like-minded Internal Drainage Boards (known as IDBs) operating in the Anglian Region. We are building resource and capacity in the Anglian region in order to meet the challenges of climate change, sustainable water and flood risk management. The WMA works closely with our IDB’s, partners, communities and individuals to secure new funding streams and deliver innovative approaches at a local level.

We welcome partnership approaches and aim to deliver value for money projects using local expertise and experience.

Did you know Internal Drainage Boards…?

date back some 900 years and are one of Europe’s oldest water management organisations.
have statutory powers to undertake flood defence and water management works.
aim to manage water levels and flood risk management for people and wildlife sustainably and aim to limit impacts of flood and drought within their drainage districts.
are collectively one of the biggest managers of freshwaters and wetlands in the UK.
manage drainage districts that cover 10% of the land in England and Wales.
manage and maintain over 500 pumping stations, 22,000 km of watercourse and numerous sluices and weirs for people and wildlife.

The Water Management Alliance works for and on behalf of other Flood Risk Management Authorities as well as community groups, NGO’s and landowners. We also deliver significant flood risk management benefits and enhanced environmental outcomes on the ground. Our members are all independent and democratically accountable statutory bodies who seek to protect some 548,000 hectares in East Anglia.

The WMA Eastern Drainage Boards include the Broads IDB, East Suffolk IDB and the Norfolk Rivers IDB.

South Holland:

This includes some of the most fertile arable land in the world and is widely recognised as the bread basket of Britain. The area is home to around 60,000 people, a thriving local economy and an increasingly popular tourist destination that attracts visitors from around the country. The area is both locally and nationally important and worth the cost of defending and protecting, now and in future.

Although the entire area is at considerable theoretical risk of river flooding and inundation from the sea, the actual risk is substantially reduced by the work that we do in partnership with Local Authorities, the Environment Agency and Natural England.

The area's full watershed catchment area draining to the Drainage District is the same as the Drainage District, which means that we can provide a better service than we might otherwise be able to: this is because we are not compelled to take surface water from outside the Drainage District that we have no control over. This gives us an advantage in being able to protect the people of South Holland and reduce the risk of flooding.

If you choose to work for the WMA or any of its Member Boards you will be joining an organisation which is striving to provide employees with a positive employment experience. Whether you work for us as a digger driver or as a member of the senior management team, there will be a considerable variety of challenges in your diverse workload and you will be offered real opportunities for career development.

To find out more about the WMA follow them on @The_WMA

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