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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Insurance, Reinsurance And Pension Funding, Except Compulsory Social Security 65.1 - Insurance
220 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 August 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Insurance broker Adrian Flux Insurance has announced plans to create 220 new jobs. The company has moved in to new premises on the North Lynn Industrial Estate just outside King's Lynn in Norfolk. The new jobs will be in customer service and sales roles; both full-time and part-time positions will be made available. Recruitment for the new positions is already underway, with the first recruits currently undergoing induction training. It is not known how long it will take for all of the new vacancies to be filled.
Sources
26 August 2017: Lynn News
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Adrian Flux Insurance, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 91884, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91884.
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