The rapidly growing GB Recruitment aims to improve the work-life balance of their employees by allowing them more time to spend with family and friends. Inspired by the results of Microsoft’s Work-Life Choice Challenge in Japan, GB Recruitment is introducing four-day weeks as of January 2020. The extra days' leave will be rostered between a Monday and Friday to allow the firm to deliver the same...

With offices across the globe, SGS Packaging Europe defines how the packaging for household brands will look when it hits the supermarket shelves. In an initiative to encourage young people to enter the industry and explore its many career options, in 2018 the company launched a comprehensive apprenticeship programme. Apprentices receive in-depth training, development days, one-to-one mentoring...

Bosses at GB Recruitment IT believe that being based at Hull’s hub for tech innovation is the ideal location for them to continue to expand and develop their team. Antonio Tombanane, managing director, said: “I see this as a huge step in the right direction for GB Recruitment. GB have witnessed tremendous growth with an increase of over 40% in revenue. Finding the right creative space in which...

The proposed development, at Wykeland Group’s Melton West business park, is believed to be the biggest single job creation scheme in the Hull and Humber region for decades. The detailed planning application submitted to East Riding Council is for a hi-tech logistics facility with a footprint of 558,000 sq ft that would create 1,300-1,500 direct jobs, with up to a further 500 in the supply chain....

The sessions led by Emmerson Kitney come as the UK unemployment rate has risen to its highest level for two years, with the economic impact of Covid-19 and lockdown felt across all sectors. Latest Office for National Statistics data shows that 695,000 UK workers have already disappeared from the payrolls of British companies since March, when the coronavirus lockdown began. And despite new...