From being paid a salary to play Animal Crossing, to bagging yourself £300 by just watching Netflix in your pyjamas, and so much more, there’s been some pretty unique job opportunities cropping up over the over this past year as a result of lockdown, but for those who are partial to a tipple of two, 2021 is set to bring one of the most exciting prospects of all.
Thanks to popular gin retailer The Local Gin Company, you can now apply for the ‘dream job’ of becoming a gin taster in the new year.
Do you love a gin and tonic?
Would you like to regularly receive gin samples to test on behalf of The Local Gin Company?
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Well then this certainly could be a role of interest to you, but don’t go actually quitting your day job though as this isn’t quite a proper career. Basically, the creatively-named company is simply recruiting people to taste test its booze, with the payment being all the free gin you will receive.
Unfortunately, you can’t pay your bills with gin, so you’ll just have to treat this role as a side-gig.
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There are plenty of vacancies available right across the country though, with the company looking for two tasters from each of the following areas: London, the South East, the South West, the East of England, the Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, the North East, and the North West.
The chosen applicants will receive regular samples of the company’s various gin and pink gin offerings, and will be asked to provide “honest feedback” in return.
This feedback will be used to determine which gins are included in its premium subscription gin boxes.
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According to the job description, the ideal candidates for the role “must enjoy drinking gin served with tonic water” and be “passionate about supporting local, as all our gins are regionally made”.
And of course, you have to be over 18 to land the role.
If this like it might be up your street, the deadline for applications is 31st December 2020, and you can find out more information and apply via The Local Gin Company website here.
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Home Bargains has announced a special two-day closure of all UK stores
Emily Sergeant
Home Bargains has, once again, announced it’ll be closing all its UK stores on both Boxing Day and New Year’s Day this year.
And it’s to make sure staff get a ‘well deserved break’.
After what has been yet another busy year for the retail industry, many workers have been left feeling like they could do with a little extra time off, which is why Home Bargains is following on with what has become a now-annual tradition by shutting up shop on two bank holidays.
All of our stores will be closing for Boxing Day & New Years Day.
Announcing the move in a post on social media, the discount retailer confirmed: “All of our stores will be closing for Boxing Day and New Years Day. We would like to thank all our colleagues for how hard you have worked this past year, and want you to relax and enjoy the Christmas break with your loved ones.”
Of course, this isn’t the first time the retailer has kept its doors shut on bank holidays.
Many shoppers will recall it has made the same decision to give hardworking staff a break every year since 2019.
Explaining a little more about the decision taken to close all its stores, Home Bargains said: “As a family-run business, we know the importance of being together at Christmas with those we care about most, now more than ever.
“This is our way of saying thank you to our colleagues for their continued hard work and dedication.”
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Two Greggs in Manchester will be serving their breakfast menu in the evening next week
Emily Sergeant
Who says breakfast has to end at 11am?
In news that’s set to be music to the ears of breakfast lovers in Manchester, Greggs is giving them exactly what they want.
We all know that brunch is a ‘thing’ by now, so now it’s time for brinner to make a name for itself instead, as Greggs has teamed up with Heinz to bring its much-loved breakfast menu back for tea time, kicking off from 4pm onwards.
The move comes as a new survey has found that the majority of Mancs (69%) admit to enjoying eating breakfast food in the evening, saying it’s ‘convenient and comforting’ – even ranking breakfast as a ‘more important’ meal than tea, as well (38% vs 36%).
Two Greggs in Manchester will be serving their breakfast menu in the evening next week / Credit: Greggs (Supplied)
Greggs says it has ‘lost count’ of the amount of customers that have tried to order breakfast items after the usual cut-off time, especially in Greater Manchester.
But luckily for those breakfast-loving Mancs, they can finally get their favourite breakfast and sauce pairing long after the morning rush is over next… but only at two Greggs branches, and only for a very limited time.
On Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 October, the Heinz x Greggs Brinner collab will be available at Greggs St Mary’s Gate and Greggs Oxford Road, from 4-7pm only.
“We’ve lost count of the number of customers who have tried their luck ordering breakfast after 11am, so when Heinz came to us with the idea of making Brinner a reality, it felt like the perfect excuse to give the people what they want,” explained Zoe Harris, who is the Customer Director at Greggs.
“And let’s be honest, a Greggs Bacon Roll just wouldn’t be the same without a squeeze of Heinz Tomato Ketchup.”
Emily Sergeant -
18th December 2020 
