Pub pulls in ex-bank boss

Joint enterprise – Daniel Denton-Ridgewell, right, with business partners Lewis Parker and Adam Swinbourne, who set up LAD Roofing

1:59pm Friday 17th May 2013

Landmark local is now a family affair for former City worker

Who wants to be in an office? Not us roofers!

Joint enterprise – Daniel Denton-Ridgewell, right, with business partners Lewis Parker and Adam Swinbourne, who set up LAD Roofing

1:56pm Friday 17th May 2013

Pals set up their own roofing business after previous employer called it a day

County’s cash offer to attract new teachers

Scheme – County Hall is offering grants to attract new teachers to working in Essex

1:49pm Friday 17th May 2013

IN a bid to attract teachers to Essex schools, resettlement grants are being offered to qualified professionals from outside the county.

A need to serve people led me to the ministry

From insurance to serving God – the Rev Howard Thompson gave up his career after Sunday worship fuelled his interest in the Church

5:36pm Thursday 9th May 2013

Dad-of-three Howard spent 20 years working in insurance before career switch

Luck’s not enough for a hit casino

Place your bets – Joanna Johnstone, director of the Rendezvous casino in Southend

5:25pm Thursday 9th May 2013

One-of-a-kind Joanna has risen from croupier to director in charge of 83 staff

Treatment after a back injury led me to a new career

At her work – shiatsu massage practitioner Alison Hosking

1:11pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

51-year-old Alison offers shiatsu massages after complementary medicine training

My agency is booming, thanks to finance sector

Here to help – Matthew Smith, Darren Buckley, Gavin Coleman, Nicholas Hawkes and recruitment agency owner Andrew Hilliard

1:07pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

People skills more important than qualifications, says self-made businessman

Teacher’s love of dogs led to a new job in classroom

Trailblazer - Maria Gill is the Dogs Trust's first education officer in Essex

1:21pm Friday 26th April 2013

As a schoolteacher, Maria Gill taught maths, English and IT. Classrooms are still her forum, but now she instructs in a different subject - dogs

Where pupils switch on the world of work

Just the job? Teachers say the films help pupils relate their learning to the real world of work and help them connect to it

12:21pm Friday 26th April 2013

Essex schools pioneer career – related films project

Sven rocks it.... in the garden

Landscape designer - Sven Wombwell loves his TV work but his passion is in the garden

12:15pm Friday 26th April 2013

For a landscape designer, you would think Sven Wombwell's garden was a work of art.

When work is hypnotising

Relax – hypnotherapist Alison Bird at work in her practice in George Williams Way, Colchester

10:46am Friday 19th April 2013

Ever since she was a child Alison Bird has been fascinated with hypnosis.

Engineering jobs fair at super port

London Gateway – the £1.5billion port is due to open at the end of the year

10:42am Friday 19th April 2013

London Gateway, the £1.5billion new super port at Corringham, is holding an on-site engineering jobs fair on Saturday.

Sign writing goes hi-tech

Creative – Andy Wightman of sign-writing firm ASG.

10:36am Friday 19th April 2013

Sign-writing was once the preserve of a man with a brush, a paint can, a bike and some stencils. Nowadays, IT skills may be the first requirement.

From Barbados and back to Blighty – to make sails

Sail maker – Mark Self, of Advantage Sails, busy sewing away in his Brightlingsea workshop

10:59am Friday 12th April 2013

For some, working in the sailing industry in Barbados sounds like a dream job. But after two years on the holiday island, Mark Self just wanted to get back home.

United front to raise care job opportunities

10:54am Friday 12th April 2013

A link between local community interest group SeeJobGroup and private care company Doris Jones Limited is designed to raise job opportunities for Essex people in the care industry.

Improve your job prospects with an apprenticeship

Steady – Joe Holden, 16, one of the many young people from south Essex taking advantage of the apprentice training schemes at Prospects College

10:51am Friday 12th April 2013

Young people in south Essex are being offered the chance to start high-quality apprenticeships covering key growth sectors of the local economy.

Get on board and train for recruitment job in shipping

Learn from an expert – Phil Parry, chairman of Spinnaker Consulting

10:45am Friday 12th April 2013

A renowned shipping recruitment company is offering graduate schemes for confident young school, college or university leavers.

Artwork is the answer to my stalled career as a therapist

Striking images – Chantal Jameson with just some of the artwork she has created after her hopes of being a therapist were dashed

2:03pm Thursday 4th April 2013

22-year-old graduate Chantal displays her surreal masterpieces at six galleries

Helping children overcome problems is so rewarding

Learningcan be fun - paediatric occupational therapist Jenny Hughes with daughter Rebekah

2:00pm Thursday 4th April 2013

Occupational therapist Jenny coaxes youngsters into mastering key skills for life

Work? It all adds up for me

Chartered accountant – Suzanne Howlett runs her own business from her Elmstead Market home

11:56am Friday 29th March 2013

Chartered accountant and mum Suzanne relishes having her own practice and working from home



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