One of Manchester’s top recruitment agencies has launched a brand new platform that’s set to “revolutionise” the process for the hospitality sector.
Sixty Eight Jobs – which is founded by Abi Dunn and powered by prolific and highly-connected hospitality recruitment agency, Sixty Eight People – will provide a niche jobs board for hourly paid hospitality roles right across Greater Manchester.
Just like Sixty Eight People, this innovative new platform puts “people and their development” at the heart of everything.
Aiming to connect the most exciting hospitality businesses to the brightest stars in the industry, Sixty Eight Jobs is already proudly working with Mission Mars – operators of Albert’s Schloss and Rudy’s, Junkyard Golf Club, Blues Kitchen, Ducie Street Warehouse and Freight Island – and given the fact that the hospitality industry has been one of the worst affected amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, will look to help rebuild it in a swift and effective way.
Specifically tailored towards hourly-paid roles within Greater Manchester, Sixty Eight Jobs is a platform built by hospitality recruitment experts to ensure that the look and feel of the site fits the employers and will attract the right candidates, with exclusive content that support both in their recruitment journey.
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Offering a refreshing change from “often outdated corporate, all sector boards” – which are known to provide high volumes of applications, but with low quality – Sixty Eight Jobs looks to counteract this and provide a platform with informal language, fresh imagery and slick mobile-friendly processes.
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How does it work then?
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Well first, all that hopeful candidates will need to do is simply create a ’68 Profile’ on the site, which only takes a couple of minutes, and from here, Sixty Eight Jobs will connect them directly with the best hospitality employers in the city, with everything from work in bars, restaurants, cinemas, hotels or coffee shops, all on offer.
For employers, there’s a range of packages available.
Each package provides employers with the ability to custom design job advertisements and share the link to all platforms, with Sixty Eight Jobs also helping to keep track of all applications by storing CV’s in one handy place.
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The packages include:
STAR – £0/Month, which includes one job post per month which remains live for 28 days.
CLUSTER – A monthly subscription which offers five job posts a month, with each one live for 28 days. (FREE until 1st October, and then £50 per month).
GALAXY – A monthly subscription which offers unlimited posts a month, with each one live for 28 days. (FREE until 1st October, and then £99 per month).
As part of the Sixty Eight Jobs’ “continued crusade to support the industry”, all packages will initially be free, with the STAR package remaining free and the others incurring a small charge after 1st October.
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“This past year for the hospitality industry has just been absolutely devastating,” said Abi Dunn, Founder of Sixty Eight Jobs.
“And for me to watch it happen but powerless to do anything has been really hard, [so] this is when I decided to put my time to good use and develop a brand new platform that provided a slick and straightforward way to connect exciting businesses with hospitality stars.
“Sixty Eight Jobs isn’t about making money, it’s about creating a platform that helps hospitality businesses recover, helping them secure the right people for the job.
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“This is just phase one of the project,
“I aspire to turn this into an app further down the line, even looking to expand into further cities”.
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Sixty Eight Jobs will officially launch to the public on 31st March 2021, and you can find more information ahead of the launch and get started here.
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City Football Group strike landmark deal with Sony for series of TV shows
Danny Jones
Manchester City’s owners have struck yet another big commercial deal ahead of the 2024/25 season, announcing a new collaboration with Sony to produce a number of original TV series.
Confirmed on Wednesday, 23 July, the deal between the City Football Group (CFG) and Sony Pictures Television will see the entertainment corporation create various TV productions for Man City and the other clubs owned by the limited company as part of a new global partnership.
While it marks the third multimedia crossover of its kind they’ve had with an entertainment-led brand, having first worked with Amazon on their All Or Nothing series and then Netflix for the Treble Winners documentary, this deal will see Sony become an official partner of Man City.
City Football Group (CFG) and Sony Pictures Television have inked a new deal encompassing original scripted, nonfiction, and kids’ television projects. The collaboration will see CFG’s media creative production unit and expertise in sport pair with SPT’s production capabilities… pic.twitter.com/LmagHBMG2b
Although exactly how lucrative the deal itself is yet to be disclosed, as per an official statement from the club, the partnership will see Sony “co-develop and produce new original scripted, nonfiction, and kids’ television projects for worldwide audiences.”
The announcement goes on to state that “as well as scripted and unscripted series, projects can also include one-off documentaries, animated projects, or children’s programming.”
Given that CFG has stakes in 13 clubs across Europe, South America, Asia, the United States and Australia – most notably Girona, New York and Melbourne City, French club ES Troyes AC and Italian side Palermo – TV shows created could ultimately go on to feature teams other than just City.
With the holding group also currently developing the Etihad Campus even further by expanding the stadium capacity and adding new leisure additions such as a hotel, museum, rooftop bar and stadium ‘sky-walk’, this is just the latest step in a series of big commerical steps for Man City.
Moveover, as the CFG are also heavily invested in the recently opened Co-op Live arena – which is inextricably linked to the football club located just a stone’s throw away – the City franchise looks to be moving closer and closer to becoming not just a football club but fully-fledged lifestyle brand.
Commenting on the launch of the collaboration, CFG’s CEO Ferran Soriano said: “We are incredibly excited to be collaborating with Sony Pictures Television [SPT] in this joint initiative.
“City Football Group is already a global entertainment company, and this initiative builds on our long-standing track record of innovation in the content space and the growth of City Studios in the last years. We will now take an even more dynamic approach to content production, and we are already developing several scripted and nonfiction series that will delight audiences globally.
“Bringing together the expertise of both CFG and SPT will enable us to create brilliant shows and remain at the forefront of football-led content production.”
SPT’s President of International Production, Wayne Garvie, went on to add: “Football is the great global game, no other sport produces so many heroes, tears and laughter, joy and heartbreak as football […] but the game always evolves and over the last decade City Football Group have become an unprecedented innovator and global leader.
“Our aim is to be part of the next evolution of the game, creating a new generation of innovative football-based entertainment to thrill the world.” It’s still unclear as to when the first of these new football-related TV shows will start rolling out but given the success of previous ventures they’re sure to prove popular.
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Popular coffee chain Blank Street to open third Manchester site at the Trafford Centre this weekend
Emily Sergeant
Popular coffee chain Blank Street is gearing up to open its third Manchester site at the Trafford Centre this weekend.
After becoming a common feature down in London, with sites now serving coffee lovers in all four corners of the capital, Blank Street went on to take Manchester by storm earlier this year as it opened doors to two cafes in our city centre – one in Piccadilly Gardens, followed by one on the corner of Cross Street and King Street.
It’s fair to say that Blank Street has earned itself a pretty loyal customer base since opening the doors to its first site back in 2022.
And those loyal customers will soon have a new Greater Manchester location to head on down to.
Popular coffee chain Blank Street is opening its third Manchester site at the Trafford Centre / Credit: Trafford Centre (via Facebook) | Blank Street (via Instagram)
The stunning new Trafford Centre site means Mancs will have another place to get their Blank Street coffee (or matcha) fix from, and not only that, but they’ll also be able to try out the new summer menu too – which apparently includes some of the brand‘s most “refreshing” offerings so far.
The new summer menu sees Blank Street move away from the classic milky base of its renowned Matcha Lattes and experiment with new flavours and lighter textures to provide an “instant hit of sunshine” regardless of the classic Manchester weather.
The Mango Passionfruit Matcha, Watermelon Matcha Spritz, and Yuzu Matcha Spritz are just some of the new menu additions, while the best-selling White Chocolate Matcha also remains.
Ignacio Llado, who is Blank Street’s UK Managing Director, says the company has been met with “such a warm reception” in Manchester already, and has been “so excited to hear that Mancs want more Blank Street locations.
“We’re so proud to announce that our third store will be at the iconic Trafford Centre,” Ignacio added.
“We’re excited to hopefully be fuelling shopping trips and hangouts with friends with our famous matchas and classic cold brew.”