Emirates is looking for Cabin Crew in Liverpool

THE world's largest international airline, Emirates, will be looking for candidates to join its multinational cabin crew team. The Dubai-based airline is holding a Cabin Crew Recruitment Open Day, at 9am sharp, on Tuesday, 28 January 2020, at the:- Liverpool Marriott Hotel, 1 Queen Square, Liverpool, L1 1RH.

The airline is looking for both women and men with an open minded, helpful, friendly and service oriented personalities to deliver its award winning onboard experience to customers. Candidates hoping to give their careers a flying start can walk in with an up to date curriculum vitae (CV) in English, and a recent photograph. Although not mandatory, candidates are encouraged to register online on the Emirates Group careers website prior to attending the Open Day.

Candidates must meet set criteria: they should be at least 21 years of age at the time of joining, have an arm reach of 212cm when standing on tiptoes, and be able to adapt to new people, new places and new situations. For more information about the venues, selection process, assessment day dress code and tutorials, visit:- EmiratesGroupCareers.Com/Cabin-Crew.

Candidates will need to come prepared to spend the full day at the venue. Shortlisted candidates will be informed of timings for further assessments and interviews.

Emirates currently flies to 159 destinations across six continents operating a modern fleet of 269 all wide body aircraft. The airline is the largest global operator of the Boeing 777 and the Airbus A380 aircraft. Emirates offers candidates an outstanding career opportunity, in depth training, as well as an unmatched cultural experience working with a truly international team of cabin crew from over 130 nationalities.

Cabin crew are offered a complete employment package, which includes:- a variety of benefits such as tax free income, free 1st rate shared accommodation in Dubai, free transport to and from work, medical and dental cover, as well as exclusive discounts on shopping and leisure activities in Dubai. The company's attractive concessional travel benefits for themselves and their extended family are a big advantage; particularly as Emirates' growing global network offers many travel opportunities across the airline's network spanning six continents.

Emirates has been flying to the UK for since 1987 and currently offers 130 weekly flights between Dubai and eight UK gateways:- Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, London Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle.

IN a UK premiere, the team behind the global phenomenon Pokémon GO, will be bringing their hugely successful:- 'Safari Zone' event format to Liverpool. From Friday, 17 April to Sunday, 19 April 2020, Sefton Park will become a:- 'Pokémon GO Safari Zone' and will play host to tens of thousands of gamers, known as Pokémon Trainers, from across the globe who will search the park, on the hunt for augmented reality characters. Niantic Inc., the team behind Pokémon GO, is joining forces with Liverpool City Council's Culture Liverpool team, to bring the event to the UK for the first time after delivering similar successful events across the world in recent years. This is a huge coup for the City. Previous live events held by Niantic in 2019 in Chicago, Montréal and Dortmund are estimated to have generated around ₤191million ($249million) for the local economies. As well as Liverpool, other new locations for 2020 include Philadelphia and St Louis. All three Cities bid to host the event and were selected following a competitive process.  The event is ticketed on a 1st come 1st served basis through the Pokémon GO app. Tickets will be launched at 8am, on Friday, 31 January 2020. More information on these events can be found at:- PokémonGOLive.com/events.

Claire McColgan, Director Culture Liverpool, said:- "Niantic is a world leader in gaming and Pokémon Go is arguably the biggest game in the world, so we are excited that the first ever UK Safari Zone will be hosted in Liverpool. It is another example of how Liverpool is becoming a destination for some of the biggest brands in the world, and we can't wait to show the City off to the trainers from across the globe who will be joining us in April."

Philip Marz, Marketing Lead Pokémon GO EMEA at Niantic, said:- "Niantic's large scale real world events have had a true and clear positive economic impact on tourism, bringing people from around the world together for a day of adventure. We were incredibly impressed by the number and quality of entries in the #NianticLive2020 program and, as a result, are excited to announce the addition of Liverpool, Philadelphia, and St Louis to our live events schedule in 2020."

Did you know? This event has been hosted across the world since 2017 in locations such as:- Taiwan, France, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Japan and the USA!

Salon offering free treatments to NHS workers

A training salon in Bootle is offering free pamper treatments to NHS staff throughout February as a thank you for their continued hard work during the winter period. L20 The Salon Academy, operated by Hugh Baird College, is the training base for all of their hairdressing, beauty therapy and media make up students. The salon offers a range of treatments and services available to the public and is ran by students in order for them to gain industry experience whilst completing their qualifications.

Lesley Johnson, L20 The Salon Academy Coordinator, said:- "We all rely on the NHS and its fantastic workforce. These free treatments are just a small way of showing our appreciation for the incredible work they do. We're really looking forward to welcoming workers from local NHS organisations to the Salon, where they will receive a well earned pamper!"

The free pamper treatments available to NHS staff include:-

► Luxury manicure.

► Luxury pedicure.

► Eve Taylor facial.

► Back massage.

► Blow dry.

► Gents cut.

If you are a NHS staff member and you would like to book a treatment, email:- Academy@l20TheASlon.Co.UK with your preferred treatment and a photo of your NHS Staff ID. Once the booking has been confirmed, bring the corresponding ID along to your treatment. For further information, please call the Salon on:- 0151 353 4416.

Terms and Conditions:-

► The NHS Staff ID used to book must be presented when redeeming the offer.

► The offer is limited to one redemption per NHS Staff ID.

► The offer is redeemable throughout February 2020.

► Bookings subject to availability.

► L20 The Salon Academy reserves the right to change or withdraw the promotion.

Number of people receiving Universal Credit support in North West reaches 384,000

MORE than 384,000 people in the North West are now receiving specialist Universal Credit support. New data released this week, has revealed that over 2.8 million people are now benefitting from bespoke Universal Credit across the length and breadth of Britain; a jump of 4% from the previous month. In the North West, the number receiving Universal Credit has increased by 2.7% from 374,472 to 384,500, but a significant proportion remain unaware of additional support available through the benefit, such as childcare payments and rail fare discounts. The publication of the latest figures comes in the same week that the UK employment rate rose to a new record high of 76.3%.  Unemployment levels also remain at a low rate of 3.8%, according to the data.

Minister for Welfare Delivery Will Quince said:- "Universal Credit is helping to support thousands of people across the North West as they look for work. However many people are still not aware of additional entitlements they may be eligible for, such as help with childcare and ½ price travel on rail and bus services. Find out what Universal Credit could offer you at UnderstandingUniversalCredit.Gov.UK."

Universal Credit, which is available in every jobcentre across the UK, simplifies the benefit system and replaces 6 previous benefits with a single monthly payment. With the new system people are moving into work faster and staying in work for longer than they were before. Significant improvements have been made over the past year including increasing the amount available to claimants as an advance to tide them over until they receive their 1st payment and increasing the time parents and guardians have to claim back childcare costs.

Ian Mitchell DWP Partnership manager in Greater Manchester said:- "Universal Credit is helping more and more people in the North West move into work faster and become financially independent. It is providing valuable support for families and is helping to transform lives for the better."

As Universal Credit is available in all UK jobcentres the number of people claiming the benefit will continue to rise naturally. This does not necessarily mean an increase in unemployment for the area.

For more information visit the Understanding Universal Credit website.