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Job Ref: 13695 Branch: Apex Temple Court Hotel - London Location: Apex Temple Court Hotel, London Salary/Benefits: £15.95 per hour plus overtime paid, service charge and excellent company benefits Contract type: Permanent Hours: Full Time Shift pattern: flexible Posted date: 27/10/2026 Closing date: 08/12/2026 Why join Apex Hotels? You'll be welcomed into Apex Hotels with genuine warmth as you join us as a Chef de Partie in London. From your very first day, you'll be part of a team that truly cares, where people feel valued, included, and connected. We love individuality - it's what brings the spark, the curiosity, and the human touch to every interaction. You will meet great people, have fun at work, develop new friendships, learn new skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes: • 29 days holiday, • Training and development from day one, • Employee events and celebrations, • Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP, • Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools, • Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working., • Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme, • Financial Wellbeing App, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date., • £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team., • Contributions to a pension plan. Following your first successful 3 months, you'll also receive ...... • Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform "Treat Yourself Here", unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family., • Involvement in our employee recognition schemes, • Long service recognition, • Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two, • 50% discount in our restaurants, • Cycle to Work Scheme, • Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family, • Spa treatments and product discounts, • Life Assurance cover Role Overview: As a Chef de Partie,you will be responsible for delivering a high level of food to all our guests. Working in the Kitchen you will help maximise revenue through first class food preparation and delivery. You will embrace every opportunity to create exceptional food for our guests and provide a personal experience our guests will want to share. Joining the dedicated Kitchen department, you will: • Be passionate about food, preparing and serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to Company standards, ensuring guest satisfaction at all times, • Work simultaneously with all Kitchen team members in a friendly manner offering an infectious smile and collaborative approach, • Have extensive knowledge of our menus and food offerings, • Assist the management team in the control of all food supplies and purchases coming in and going out of the kitchen, using date labelling processes., • Adhere to all food safety and health and safety guidelines You will embrace every opportunity to create extra special moments for our guests and provide a personal experience our guests will want to share. About you: As a Chef de Partie, we ask that you take pride in your work and have a willingness to learn. You will have a real passion for food, and you will have excellent attention to detail in order to provide consistent standards. This is a vital role in the function of the hotel and ultimately one that they will remember the most. You will be great at multi-tasking, you will be efficient at solving all guest enquiries and requests with ease. On your first day you will begin a structured 12 week learning journey, giving you the skills, knowledge and confidence to be a great Chef de Partie. With this in mind, we are looking for a Chef De Partie who: • Previous experience at Commis Chef or Demi Chef De Partie level is essential., • Previous experience in a hotel or restaurant environment is essential., • Can deliver excellent standards, • Uses initiative, • is self-aware and able to evaluate their own work, • has a customer service attitude, • has the ability to multi-task and organise a variable work load, • provides excellent attention to detail, • holds a genuine desire to provide a Warmer Welcome to our guests Come and join our team, guided by our values of trust, friendliness, teamwork, and passion - the good stuff that makes hospitality feel effortless. Here, you'll shine in your own way, creating joyful moments that lift the everyday. (FOR ALL OTHER SITES) Please note, this role does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. (FOR LONDON) This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. However, candidates who were granted Skilled Worker status prior to 22 July 2025 who have had continuous permission may still qualify for sponsorship. If you are interested, click apply. We look forward to hearing from you! About Apex Temple Court Hotel Apex Temple Court Hotel is just seconds from Fleet Street. This hotel is perfect for visiting Theatreland, Covent Garden or London's business districts in the square mile. Tucked away in an intimate, contemporary space just beyond the reception of Apex Temple Court Hotel, Chambers Restaurant is perfect for any occasion. Chambers' menu is focused yet diverse: Canape options set the table for traditional mains with a modern twist, as the culinary team covers the spectrum of European cuisine. Chambers' unique settings include an artful main dining room with innovative lighting schemes and a charming outdoor dining space in the hotel's courtyard, surrounded by historic Temple Court buildings.

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NOTTO, Covent Garden, is Phil Howard’s fresh pasta bar — the Michelin-starred chef behind The Square and Elystan Street. We're built around one idea, simple, excellent pasta with no fuss or formality. Our focus will always be on exceptional ingredients and working with only the best producers and suppliers. We're looking for an ambitious and highly talented Sous Chef. We make our pasta fresh every day, with seasonal ingredients, properly made sauces and plenty of Italian soul. The focaccia has become something of a legend, alongside our informal, fast and buzzy atmosphere. Phil's now looking for a Sous Chef to support the Head Chef and help lead our Covent Garden kitchen, stepping up to run the kitchen in their absence. The Sous Chef role: • Support the Head Chef in running busy, lively lunch and dinner services, keeping things calm, precise and consistent. Around 400 covers per day., • Bring Phil Howard’s menu to life, plate after plate, service after service., • Lead, coach and develop your kitchen team, supporting chefs at every level., • Take charge of the kitchen when the Head Chef is off, ensuring service runs smoothly and standards remain high., • Maintain kitchen standards across food, preparation, presentation, cleanliness and consistency., • Support the Head Chef with GP, food costs, budgets, stock and ordering., • Build strong relationships with suppliers and work with some of the best producers in the industry., • Work closely with the Head Chef and Phil Howard to keep the whole site running brilliantly., • Set the tone in the kitchen: calm, organised, hands-on and committed to getting the best out of the team and the food. What's in it for you: • up to £40,000 per annum, including service charge., • 50% food discount for you + up to 3 friends/family., • Your birthday off., • 28 days holiday, increasing in time., • Chef whites provided., • Refer-a-friend bonus., • Working closely with the highly acclaimed Phil Howard., • Genuine progression as NOTTO continues to grow and open new sites. You might be ready for your first Sous Chef role: What matters to us most is that you: • Love a busy service and know how to lead from the front., • Have a strong understanding of food, ingredients and technique, and care about getting the fundamentals right., • Care about the little things, because they add up to great food., • Can maintain high standards consistently, even under pressure., • Understand GP, food costs, budgets and stock control., • Are brilliant at supporting, motivating and developing the chefs around you., • Can confidently take ownership of the kitchen when the Head Chef is away., • Want to build a kitchen you’re genuinely proud of and progress towards becoming a Head Chef. You don’t need to tick every single box. What matters is your ability, ambition and approach to food, people and standards. NOTTO is growing, and this is a chance to take real responsibility in a busy kitchen, work closely with Phil Howard and develop your skills as part of an ambitious team.

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Apex Hotel

Food & Beverage Supervisor

Job Ref: 13696 Branch: The Lampery - Seething Lane London Location: The Lampery, London Salary/Benefits: £15.54 per hour plus excellent benefits company and Perks Contract type: Permanent Hours: Full Time Shift pattern: Flexible Hours per week: 40 Posted date: 27/10/2026 Closing date: 08/12/2026 Why join Apex Hotels? You'll be welcomed into Apex Hotels with genuine warmth as you join us as a Food & Beverage Supervisor in London. From your very first day, you'll be part of a team that truly cares, where people feel valued, included, and connected. We love individuality - it's what brings the spark, the curiosity, and the human touch to every interaction. You will meet great people, have fun at work, develop new friendships, learn new skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes: • 29 days holiday, • Training and development from day one, • Employee events and celebrations, • Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP, • Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools, • Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working., • Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme, • Financial Wellbeing App, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date., • £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team. Following your first successful 3 months, you'll also receive ...... • Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform "Treat Yourself Here", unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family., • Involvement in our employee recognition schemes, • Long service recognition, • Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two, • 50% discount in our restaurants, • Cycle to Work Scheme, • Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family, • Spa treatments and product discounts, • Life Assurance cover Role Overview: As Food & Beverage Supervisor you will assist the Restaurant and Bars Manager in the day-to-day operation of the restaurant and bar and be responsible for delivering a high level of service to all our guests. This incorporates the smooth running of breakfast, lunch and dinner service, as well as room service. Working in the restaurant and bar areas you will help maximise revenue through first class service and establishing rapport with the guests. You will embrace every opportunity to create extra special moments for our guests to provide a personal experience our guests will want to share. Joining the dedicated Food and Beverage department, you will: • Manage the team to ensure customer service standards are met and customer enquiries are dealt with, • Be able to work in all areas of Food and Beverage including Bar, Restaurant and Room Service, • Deliver outstanding customer care, • Be responsible for the opening and closing of the Restaurant and Bar, • Take responsibility for stock taking, • Assist with recruiting and training employees, • Deliver the highest standards in service and presentation, • Assist with payroll, employee scheduling and administration About you? As an Apex Hotels Food and Beverage Supervisor, you will take pride in your work and have a willingness to learn. You will have a real passion for food and drink, and you will have excellent attention to detail in order to provide consistent standards. This is a vital role in the function of the hotel and ultimately the service provided to our guests that enhances their stay. You will enjoy chatting to our guests, offering help and assistance, you will be great at multi-tasking, you will be efficient at solving guest enquiries and all with a smile and your infectious personality! When you start your new role with Apex Hotels, you will begin a 12 week structured learning and development programme. With this in mind, we are looking for a Food and Beverage Supervisor who: • Has previous experience in a food or beverage role, • Can deliver excellent standards, • Uses own initiative, • Has a customer service attitude, • Ideally has experience of supervisory training, • Holds a genuine desire to provide a Warmer Welcome to our guests Come and join our team, guided by our values of trust, friendliness, teamwork, and passion - the good stuff that makes hospitality feel effortless. Here, you'll shine in your own way, creating joyful moments that lift the everyday. Please note, this role does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. If you are interested, Click Apply. We look forward to hearing from you.

We are looking for a Head Chef to join us at our new cafe, preparing breakfast, brunch and lunch for our relatively upmarket customers. You will be in charge of your own kitchen making tasty dishes for around 30 covers. The cafe will be open 6 days per week and closed on Mondays. Working hours are from 7:30am to 3:30pm.

Waiter £14.50 + excess troncs + performance related bonuses + generous cash and card (not shared) Full time waiter/waitress needed for busy restaurant in London Bridge The restaurant serves over 400 covers a day so experience in fast paced restaurants is highly desirable Hours are around 40-45 a week, mainly straight shifts but full flexibility during the week is needed The restaurant opens from 7am and closes at 11pm, 6 days a week. Sunday is only lunch and dinner and closing at 9pm. Most of the shifts start after 11am Who we need well present and well spoken able to engage well with customers confident at recommending and upselling can work well and organised during busy shifts reliable, professional and punctual experience in similar settings

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Disability Support Worker for disabled young man

Job Description We are looking for a support worker / carer to join the nice and very professional lovely team around a young friendly disabled man who lives at home with his family and dog. The young man has very complex health needs and is non verbal. Ideally you can take on 2 waking nights and 2 day shifts (minimum of 37.5 hours or more per week). This is a full time position. We would ideally hope to find someone who is flexible to occasionally take on extra shifts. The existing team is fair with each other to also cover equal time covering some weekends and holidays like Christmas and of course cover for each other during their colleagues holidays and if one of the team is ill. The perfect candidate for this position would be someone who has a strong interest in working with a very friendly disabled young man. Is openminded and does not mind to learn. This position could suit student of a related subject like nursing, psychology, physiotherapy, social work etc. The waking night shifts are to keep him safe and take care of all health needs and alert the parents in case of a seizure or if there is any other emergency. Each waking night shift is 13 hours long. 20.00 -09.00. We feel consecutive nights work best. We need to cover either Thursday & Friday or Sunday & Monday or Tuesday & Wednesday. Let us know in your application which nights work best for you and if you are interested in only covering 2 regular nights (26 hours per week) next to studies or if you are interested in the full time position (2 regular waking nights plus 2 day shifts). Day shifts are mostly 8 hours long (sometimes a bit longer). Day shifts start either at 8.30 or at 13.30 for the afternoon shift. The candidate needs to be physically really fit & strong with good balance and not too petite as the young person needs a lot of support as he has a movement disorder, severe epilepsy, profound autism, is non verbal and has other health needs additionally but likes to walk (and this with a lot of support). Training through shadowing will be provided. Most training in the first few weeks will be solely during daytime until confident enough to take on night shadowing. We would like to find someone who can accept this position as their only job. This position is very different from care home jobs as it is in his home with his family. About the young person He is a very friendly and active profoundly autistic young man / teenager who is non verbal. He is very friendly and not aggressive. He can walk short distances but only with a lot of support, otherwise he is in a wheelchair. His communication is mainly through pointing and pictures of reference and he is taught life skills with ABA principles. We will train you in behaviour therapy (ABA) and would expect you to follow our training. There are regular team meetings and you would attend those meetings too. He sometimes is also tired and unwell after a seizure or other illness and will then just need care and nurturing and patience. Sometimes he has to be in hospital and a member of his team would be there with him - so waking nights could also be at hospital. As he has a movement disorder he needs a lot of physical support. He lives with his family and also a dog. During the night you would have to be awake and vigilant and alert the family in case of a seizure. The nights are strictly waking and can easily turn into quite active nights when there is a health problem and the young man often needs to go to hospital then. For the correct candidate this is a good opportunity to learn. During the day his team needs to follow a clear health regime and also make sure he lives a fulfilled life - being in the community - cafes, pub lunches, visiting shops, going to the park, riding a disability bike and going to splash in the pool. The team also accompany him on holidays with his family. About You: Please let us know in your own words why you are interested or what experience you have - this helps us to understand if we can work together (please write in your own words and no AI :) Please understand we have to read so many CVs We would ideally hope to find someone who can be a bit flexible with the young person’s and his family’s schedule. We would like to find someone who has worked with special needs people before or is studying a related field. Preferably someone to work with a UTR number on a self-employed basis but if you needed a PAYE for visa reasons then this could be provided through a care agency we work with. You would need to be able to appreciate a person who has profound autism and treat him with dignity and kindness. You would be assisting him with everyday skills as well as bathing, toileting and sometimes assisting with a late dinner. If you have experience with intermittent catheterisation, Peristeen system as well as PEG feeding then that is an advantage but we can easily also train those skills too. (Please research all terms you are unsure about before you apply). When working a waking overnight shift you will need to make sure that he is safe and alert parents in case of a seizure. Before and after a waking night you need to be able to rest. We would not consider someone who has a second job. This position also involves keeping his environment generally tidy and clean and help with his laundry. You should be responsible, cheerful, honest and very reliable, physically strong and healthy as he needs a lot of support. The team needs someone who can be flexible and sometime cover for other people in the team if they are away on holidays or ill. Ideally you are • able to commit for minimum a year., • Invoice at the end of every month, • Able to work legally in the UK, • A non smokers and non vaper., • dog friendly, • able to swim, • able to bicycle, • fit and able to walk distances pushing a wheelchair, • able to speak and write in English and communicate well with health professionals, • able to work some weekends and some days (or nights) at Christmas, • fit enough to support someone with a movement disorder., • able to take on training and advice by experienced team and family., • based in London - ideally north London. The pay rate if you work as a selfemployed person with a UTR number is £16 during training (£206 per night during training and probation) this increases to £17 per hour after completion of training (£221 per night after successful training and review). The pay rate increases to £18 per hour after successfully working with the young man for a minimum of 12 months (depending on review). You would have to commit to a minimum of 12 months. Gross income as a selfemployed person at minimum 37.5 hours per week would be £32,850 (if you took 6 weeks per year off for holidays). If you required a PAYE position - this can be provided by a care agency and the payrate hen would be £15 for training and then subsequently after training £16 per hour. Please: When you initially make contact - write a few sentences why you think this is a position that is interesting to you and why you are suitable as we otherwise will not know if we should arrange to speak. Also please • send post a recent CV with dates of education and work experience, • lateron we need your enhanced DBS and relevant references Please be aware that we can not offer sponsorship. We can not reply without a brief explanation why you applied to this very specific position. We are based in Islington. We look forward to hearing from you.

Salary: £42,500 + generous tronc share (around £4-£6 per year) 48 hours contract Schedule: Full-time | Open 7 days (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner; Sunday Lunch & Dinner only) We’re looking for an experienced Floor Manager to join our dynamic team at a high-volume, premium British restaurant serving over 300 covers daily. Situated in a prime location, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional service, quality, and atmosphere — every day of the week. What We’re Looking For Proven experience in fine dining or a high-end, high-volume establishment Strong leadership and supervisory skills — able to motivate and manage a large team A natural host who loves to engage with guests and build lasting relationships Excellent attention to detail with the ability to uphold premium service standards Passion for hospitality and the drive to deliver excellence under pressure What We Offer Competitive salary of £42,500 + excess tronc Supportive management team and structured training

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The Bull Group

Restaurant General Manager

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£17–£20 hourly

Full-time

Leamouth, Tower Hamlets

🎹 GENERAL MANAGER - BERINGERS All-day brasserie and piano bar | London City Island, E14 Full-time | Salary plus tips and service charge | [Bonus Scheme | Immediate start In 1895, a man called Guy Beringer wrote a letter to the press complaining about Sunday lunch. He had a point. Victorian Sundays meant getting up early for a heavy, joyless meal, usually while regretting the night before. Beringer proposed something better: push the whole thing back to midday, combine breakfast and lunch, and let people linger. He called it brunch. His argument was never really about food. Breakfast, he wrote, suits solitude. Brunch is cheerful, sociable, talk-compelling. It sweeps away the worries and cobwebs of the week. He finished with a postscript that we've taken rather seriously: beer and whiskey are admitted as substitutes for tea and coffee. We named the place after him. Beringers is our attempt to build brunch the way he actually meant it - not a queue and a 90-minute table turn, but a long, unhurried, sociable affair that starts with coffee and has no particular obligation to end. ☕ FOUR MONTHS IN We opened on London City Island at the start of this year, and it has gone better than we hoped. The room has found its people. Residents who come in every week. Tables that book at midday and are still there at six, having moved from brunch to a bottle of wine to the terrace for a spritz. Late nights at the bar where nobody's watching the clock. The regulars know our team by name and, increasingly, know each other. Our opening team has built something genuinely special from a standing start, and we're proud of them. Now we want to take it to the next level - and for that we need a General Manager. 🍸 THE VENUE All-day brasserie. Doors at 7am for coffee and the Pantry, through brunch and lunch, into a full evening menu. Signature dishes people come back for: Duck and Egg Waffles, the wild mushroom omelette, Nduja Toast. Piano bar. A baby grand at the heart of the room, live performances several times a week, and a proper cocktail list. Our Piano Plates are the signature - tapas-style sharing dishes built to be picked at slowly with a drink in the other hand. Terrace. Where a long lunch quietly becomes an evening. Events. Concert Nights, Uncork and Unwind wine tastings, tribute evenings, festival collaborations, private hires and the 1895 Club membership programme. There's a calendar, and it's growing. Full table service throughout. This is a restaurant, run properly. 🎶 ONE THING THAT MATTERS MORE HERE THAN MOST PLACES Music sets the room. It's the single biggest lever you have over how Beringers feels, and we take it seriously. The right playlist at 8am is not the right playlist at 8pm. Sunday afternoon is not Friday night. Knowing when to lift the room, when to let it settle, when to turn it up because the bar has found its second wind - that's a craft, and we want a GM who has it. You'll also work with our resident musicians and programme the live schedule alongside our events team. If you've ever changed a playlist mid-service because the room needed something else, you'll know exactly what we mean. 🚀 THE ROLE You'll take full ownership of Beringers City Island, reporting directly to senior management. Running the floor. Leading service from the pass to the door, at the standard we've set. Present in the room, known to the regulars, hands on when it counts. Leading the team. Recruiting, training, developing and retaining a front of house team that's already good and can be better. Rotas, structure, clear standards and a culture people want to stay in. The commercial side. Full P&L accountability: revenue, GP, labour cost, stock and controls. You'll be given real numbers, real targets and real autonomy to hit them. Growing covers. Building the reservations book, the regulars, the events diary and the 1895 Club. Making a busy Tuesday as good as a busy Saturday. Working with the kitchen. A genuine partnership on menu development, execution and consistency. The unglamorous but essential. Food safety, health and safety, licensing, compliance, reviews and everything else that keeps a venue running properly. Shaping what's next. Menus, events, ideas, the evening offer. We're four months old. There's plenty still to write, and we want a GM with opinions. 🔥 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR • Proven experience as a General Manager, or a strong Assistant GM or Restaurant Manager ready to step up, • Genuine restaurant background - full table service, food-led, quality-driven, • Real commercial confidence. Comfortable with a P&L, labour percentages, GP and stock, • A leader people want to work for. We'd rather hear about a team you developed than a team you managed, • A natural host who understands that regulars are built one conversation at a time, • Instinctive about atmosphere - music, lighting, pace, energy, • Bar and cocktail knowledge, or the enthusiasm to get properly involved, • Personal Licence holder preferred, or willing to obtain one, • Someone who wants to build something rather than maintain it You do not need a piano bar on your CV. You need to care about rooms that feel good and people who come back. WHAT WE OFFER • Salary reviewed as the site grows. (Inc. performance bonus scheme), • Tips and service charge, • Real autonomy. This is your site to run, not a script to follow., • A group that's growing. Beringers Wandsworth opens this winter, and The Bull Group also runs Lockdown, Supershakes, The Observatory and The Eleventh Hour across London. We promote from within wherever we can, and there's a genuine path here for someone who wants one., • A Sunday & Monday close at 5pm, which in an all-day restaurant is rarer than it sounds, • Food and drinks on shift, plus discounts across every venue in the group, • Involvement in menu development, supplier tastings and the events programme, • Direct access to senior management. Small group, short decision chain, ideas get heard., • 28 days holiday ⚡ WHY THIS ONE Most General Manager jobs in London are about maintaining something that already exists. This one is four months old, in a growing group, with a story worth telling, a room people are already protective of, and enough left to build that your fingerprints will be all over it a year from now. If that's the job you've been waiting for, we'd like to hear from you. 👋 HOW TO APPLY Hit apply and send us a short message about why you'd be good for this GM role at Beringers. We read every application and reply to everyone. From there it's a short call, then we'd love to have you in - see the venue, meet the team, have a coffee and a proper conversation about where Beringers goes next. Beringers, 45 Hope Street, Leamouth Peninsula, London E14 0QG. Part of The Bull Group.

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Início staffing

Food and beverage Roles

1 month ago

Part-time

Clapham, Lambeth

About Início We a a temporary staffing agency based in London focused on reducing staff absence and providing solutions for venues with understaffing or overbooked scenarios. We work via Shift Connect, this is an app where venues will post job advertisements when help is needed and gives the workers the flexibility of shifts. Desired venues will filter through applicants who wish to cover shifts and request the F&B specialists who they think will add to the value of their teams. See below for the available roles we currently are recruiting for; Waiter / Waitress Job Title: Temp Waiter/Waitress – London Restaurants, Hotels & EventsLocation: London (Various Venues)Pay Rate: £13.50/hourShift Type: Flexible shifts – lunch, dinner, weekends & eventsJob Description INICIO is seeking reliable Waiters and Waitresses for temporary cover across London restaurants, hotels, and event spaces. Responsibilities include taking orders, serving food and drinks, clearing tables, and ensuring guests have a great dining experience.Requirements • Previous front-of-house experience preferred, • Good communication skills, • Right to work in the UK, • Smart appearance, • Ability to work as part of a team How to Apply

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