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Role Overview: Join Our Team at Busy Bees Start Your Career with a Catering Apprenticeship!Are you passionate about starting a rewarding career in the catering industry? If you're eager to learn, grow, and develop your skills while working in a dynamic and supportive environment, our Catering Apprenticeship could be the perfect opportunity for you.Whether you're stepping into catering for the first time or looking to build on your skills, youll be supported every step of the way in a busy, friendly nursery environment where your contribution really matters. Why Start a Catering Apprenticeship with Busy Bees?Choosing a Catering Apprenticeship with Busy Bees means joining a warm, supportive environment where you can learn, grow, and build confidence as you begin your catering career.As an apprentice, you will: Work alongside experienced and encouraging catering professionals who will guide you in preparing nutritious, freshly made mealsGain hands-on experience in food preparation, hygiene, stock rotation, and safe kitchen practiceReceive tailored mentoring and regular support from your Development Coach.Build essential skills and confidence while working in a real nursery kitchenTrain in a supportive, nurturing environment within the UKs leading nursery group, offering long-term career potentialYoull learn everything needed to thrive in a catering career while helping provide healthy, nutritious meals for children every day. Why Busy Bees? At Busy Bees, were proud to be the UKs leading nursery group, with nearly 400 nurseries nationwide and more around the world. Our mission is simple: to give every child the very best start in life. Weve also been recognised for our positive workplace culture, and were committed to making sure every team member feels valued, supported, and listened to. Youll also experience: Our award-winning Bee Curious curriculum - designed to spark imagination, confidence, and a love of learning in every child.A workplace culture where every team member feels valued and supportedOpportunities to get involved in our charity partnership with BBC Children in NeedBusy Bees Benefits We offer a fantastic range of benefits, including: Competitive salaryOngoing training and career progressionAccess to our Hive benefits and wellbeing platform - with discounts across a huge range of retailersUp to 28 days holiday per year (including bank holidays)Your birthday off our gift to you!50% childcare discountEnhanced family leave and return-to-work bonusMenopause support through PeppyFinancial guidance through Salary FinanceEmployee Assistance Programme & Mental Health First AidersCycle to Work schemeWorkplace pension with CushonOption for discounted Private Medical Insurance (PMI)Role Responsibilities:Your responsibilities and expectationsAs a Catering Apprentice, youll:Assist in planning and preparing nutritious meals that meet dietary requirements and follow food safety standards.Support the delivery of high-quality catering services, ensuring a positive experience for all children and staff.Build effective working relationships with team members and contribute to a positive, supportive kitchen environment.Help maintain cleanliness and organisation across the kitchen and dining areas.Follow all food hygiene and safety protocols to safeguard children's and staff wellbeing.Work proactively toward completing your apprenticeship provided by Busy Bees Education and Training within the expected timeframeBe proactive and eager to learn new skills within a busy kitchen setting.Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional development and continually improving your practice.Communicate regularly with your Line Manager about tasks, progress, and learning within the kitchen.Required Qualifications: Essential CriteriaTo apply, you must:Be passionate about developing a career in cateringTo meet funding eligibility, you must have been a resident in the UK for at least the 3 consecutive yearsBe able to provide evidence of Maths and English achievements (GCSE Maths and English grade 3/D or above or Level 2 Functional Skills)Desirable (but not essential)Any previous experience in catering or food preparationA Level 2 qualification in Food HygieneStart your future in Catering with a team that believes in your potential. Apply now and begin your Busy Bees Catering Apprenticeship journey!Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews will take place on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.TPBN1_UKTJ

Butcher (Monday - Thursday) £30,000 - £40,000 + Overtime + Training + Company Benefits Preston, (commutable from Blackburn, Burnley, Leyland, Chorley, Blackpool & surrounding areas) Are you an experienced Butcher looking to join a well-established food manufacturer offering a great work-life balance with a Monday to Thursday working week, overtime opportunities, and long-term job security? This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing business that prides itself on the quality of its products and investment in its workforce. You'll become part of a skilled production team where you'll work with high-quality meat products in a clean, modern manufacturing environment. The company continues to grow and is looking to recruit a reliable and motivated Butcher to support increasing production demands. You'll receive ongoing training on company processes and have the opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive team. This role would suit an experienced Butcher looking for a stable, days-based position with an excellent work-life balance and opportunities to increase earnings through overtime. The Role: Preparation, cutting, trimming and portioning of meat products Maintaining high standards of quality, hygiene and food safety Working to production schedules and customer specifications Monday to Thursday days The Person: Previous experience as a Butcher or Meat Processor Knowledge of food...

Farm Manager Location: Preston, near Manchester Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 per annum plus bonus and accommodation. The Farm Manager – Broiler Production is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of a broiler poultry farm to ensure optimal bird health, welfare, productivity, and biosecurity. This role manages farm staff, monitors flock performance, and ensures compliance with company standards, animal welfare guidelines, and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities Manage day-to-day broiler farm operations, including feeding, watering, ventilation, and lighting programs Monitor flock health, growth rates, mortality, and feed conversion, taking corrective action as needed Implement and maintain strict biosecurity and animal welfare protocols Supervise, train, and schedule farm workers Ensure proper litter management, house preparation, and clean-out procedures Coordinate chick placement, harvesting, and transport activities Maintain accurate production records and reports Oversee farm equipment, housing, and infrastructure maintenance Ensure compliance with food safety, animal welfare, environmental, and company regulations Communicate regularly with veterinarians, field technicians, and company management Manage inventory of feed, medications, and farm supplies Qualifications & Experience Diploma or degree in Animal Science, Poultry Science, Agriculture, or related field (preferred) P...

Description Ripjar was founded by veterans of GCHQ to bring national security-grade intelligence tools to the fight against financial crime. Financial crime funds human trafficking, terrorism, corruption and sanctions evasion on a global scale, and the organisations on the front line need technology built to match the threat. Today, Ripjar's AI-native software and data fusion products are used by governments, the world's largest banks, and global enterprises to automate the detection, investigation and monitoring of serious financial crime. Every day, hundreds of customers and thousands of daily active users rely on the platform to screen hundreds of millions of names for risk in real time, prevent money laundering and stop terrorist financing. If you want your work to matter, this is where it happens. We are a remote first team, with a head office based in Cheltenham. This position is open to UK wide candidates. If you are based near Cheltenham, you are more than welcome to work from our office at any time. The role: We're looking for a Revenue Operations Manager to help enable our commercial team through a period of significant change combined with fantastic growth: embedding AI into how we plan, sell and retain, while raising the efficiency bar set by our leadership and investors. Reporting to the Chief Revenue Officer, you will be responsible for ensuring that Ripjar builds, enables and governs best-in-class revenue processes across marketing, sales and customer success. You will own the operational systems that turn our growth strategy into measurable execution: the data, technology, processes, disciplines, and increasingly the AI agents that work alongside our commercial team. This is a senior, high-visibility individual contributor role, partnering directly with the executive team and acting as the: bridge between commercial leadership and the board's view of revenue performance. Key responsibilities : Revenue planning: Own the annual planning cycle end-to-end, including capacity, territories, quotas and compensation, and align this with the wider commercial plan across Marketing and Customer Success. AI orchestration and commercial transformation: Lead the design, deployment and governance of AI workflows and agents across the commercial team and within RevOps's own operations. Run a continuous cycle of evaluating, piloting, scaling and retiring tools, and prove the business impact of each. Change management: Lead the change programme that lands new processes, tools and AI workflows across the commercial team, including communication, training, adoption metrics and reinforcement. Data, systems and tech stack: Own the commercial data model, governance and quality standards that make our reporting trustworthy and our AI agents reliable. Own the wider commercial tech stack: Salesforce and the surrounding tools: including selection, negotiation, implementation and supplier management. Process discipline and cadence: Define, run and lead the operating cadences that hold the commercial team to account: pipeline reviews, forecasting, win/loss reviews and QBRs. Monitor process compliance, surface non-adherence and bottlenecks to leadership, and maintain standards when under pressure. Performance, KPIs and forecast accuracy: Define and instrument the commercial KPIs that matter to leadership and the board, including pipeline efficiency, CAC payback, NRR, gross retention and forecast accuracy. Drive measurable improvements against benchmarks. Pricing: Own pricing frameworks, deal desk and discount governance, ensuring consistent application across deals and protecting commercial margin. Enablement and SKOs: Develop and maintain the Sales Playbook, and support the planning and delivery of company kick-off and enablement events. Reporting and board-level storytelling: Deliver the monthly, quarterly and board-level reporting cadence, producing the data narratives that arm leadership with credible, defensible stories to take to the board. Requirements What we're looking for : • Demonstrated experience leading commercial transformation in an enterprise software scale-up, including at least one full annual planning cycle owned end-to-end., • A track record of designing, deploying and measuring AI workflows in a commercial setting, both for the commercial team and within RevOps itself, including data preparation, governance and driving adoption., • Proven experience leading change management across a commercial team, with the ability to translate complex process and technology change into clear, actionable messaging for different audiences., • A strong grounding in modern commercial KPIs and benchmarking, including pipeline efficiency, CAC payback, NRR, gross retention, magic number and forecast accuracy., • Strong presentation and data-storytelling skills, with an instinct for the narratives leadership needs to take to the board each quarter: and the discipline to back them with credible numbers., • A good working knowledge of sales compensation design and practices., • The confidence and commitment to hold the commercial team to account on process discipline: comfortable challenging senior peers and raising difficult issues with confidence when standards slip., • Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build credible relationships across all levels and functions, including the executive team., • A proven ability to prioritise effectively, delegate admin work and manage agencies, so that the role stays focused on strategic impact rather than getting pulled into operational firefighting., • Comfort managing multiple demands and adapting to shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change. Tools, Technology and Methodologies • Fluency with at least one sales methodology, such as MEDDIC, Sandler or Miller Heiman, alongside familiarity with signal-based and ABM-driven GTM motions., • Expert knowledge of Salesforce (certification desirable), with hands-on experience of the wider AI-native commercial stack (for example Clari, Gong, Outreach, Clay or equivalent)., • Strong analytical skills, with confidence in SQL, BI tooling (Tableau, Looker or similar) and financial and revenue modelling. Advanced Excel is assumed. Benefits Why we think you’ll enjoy it here: • Competitive base salary per year DOE, • Fully remote working, • 25 days annual leave + your birthday off, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service, • Full Christmas shutdown, • 35 hour working week, • Flexible working hours, • Life assurance, • Company Share Scheme, • Private Family Healthcare, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Company contributions to your pension, • Enhanced maternity/paternity pay, • The latest tech including a top of the range MacBook Pro, • Offices equipped with well-stocked pantries with food, snacks and drinks when in the office

We are working with a well-established client of ours who is looking to appoint a Finance assistant to join their fast-paced finance team. You will mainly be working with the Accounts Payable department ensuring payments are made on time, and reconciliations are completed with accuracy and to strict deadlines. What’s on offer: • Annual Salary of circa £26 000 - £27 000, • Hybrid working option after probation, • Mon – Fri: 37.5-hour work week, • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), • Pension Scheme, • Health plan, • Various retail discounts including cinema, travel, food and drink Duties and Responsibilities as the Finance Assistant: • Perform account reconciliations using Microsoft Excel, • Action pre-approved invoices received and process, accordingly, including foreign invoices, • Investigate and deal with invoicing queries, such as price and quantity discrepancies, • Ensure all queries are resolved promptly and effectively, • Assist in the preparation of the scheduled payment runs, to ensure only valid transactions are paid as per agreed payment terms, • Provide general admin / finance support to the Accounts Payable and wider finance team Requirements: • Experience working with Microsoft Excel, • Recent experience working in an office environment...

Lancashire County Council is seeking a Casual Catering Assistant. This role involves working as part of a team to provide high-quality meals for primary school children across Preston. Responsibilities include preparing dining areas, assisting in food preparation, and ensuring cleanliness. Ideal candidates will have good customer care skills and the ability to work under pressure. The position offers casual hours at a rate of £13.45 per hour. #J-18808-Ljbffr