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A historic hotel in Ilfracombe is due to re-open soon, creating many restaurant, cafe and hotel jobs in the north Devon town. The 18th century Royal Britannia Hotel overlooks Ilfracombe Harbour and is set to resume trading within the next week, Devon24.co.uk reports. Richard Wheeler, the hotel's owner,..

Travelodge has created 140 summer hotel jobs following its takeover of more than 50 Innkeeper's Lodges. Many of the positions will be filled over the coming months, but not all will be temporary summer hospitality positions. The budget hotel company recently purchased a total of 52 new properties across..

Plans to redevelop Bristol Airport, which would bring a number of jobs to the city, have been lodged with North Somerset Council. The plans for the £150 million redevelopment of the airport include the construction of a 250-bedroom hotel, the Evening Post reports. Pedersen Hotels, which already owns..

Construction work has started on a new mixed-use development in Cornwall, which could help to create new jobs in construction for local residents. The Cornwall Council-led £35 million transformation of a 19-acre derelict mining site in Pool will eventually entail performance and event areas, business..

New funding has been allocated for improvements to Swansea's public realm, which could in turn have a positive impact on local civil engineering recruitment . The Welsh assembly government has made £20 million available through the European Regional Development Fund for proposed enhancements to links..

Construction work is set to get underway on an extension to a business park in Carlisle, after the project received planning approval. Kingsmoor Park Properties has been given the go-ahead to proceed with a 90-acre expansion of its eponymous business park, which when completed will provide 300,000 square..

Plans have been unveiled for a civil engineering recruitment drive during construction work on the new high-speed Crossrail network. Its Skills and Employment Strategy details how the building of the rail network, which will serve London and the surrounding south-east, including collaborating with Jobcentre..

Wilmott Dixon has been appointed to undertake two housing construction jobs in south-east London worth over £20 million between them. Circle Anglia has awarded the building firm a £16.4 million contract to carry out construction work on 156 new apartments, as well as new commercial space, in Sydenham,..

A new centre is being established at the University of Cambridge that will prepare students for future civil engineering jobs . The Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology is being funded by Laing O'Rourke, with the aim of providing engineering students with a practical education so as to..

IFA: Contractors with annual nest eggs of over £40,000 should keep up their contributions while there's still time.