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Financial Services Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities 66.22 - Activities of insurance agents and brokers
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 September 2012
Employment effect (start)
18 September 2012
Foreseen end date
30 September 2013
Description
Insurance company Hastings Direct has announced that it is to recruit 200 new staff over the next 12 months. The company said that it had begun recruiting to the positions already, including opening a new graduate fast track program. The recruitment includes positions that are part time and job share.
Sources
18 September 2012: This is Sussex
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Hastings Direct, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 74139, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74139.
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