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  • Leeds, West Yorkshire
  • £35,000 - £55,000/annum Benefits
    • Permanent
  • 05 Mar 2020

Senior Software Developer - JavaScript

We are recruiting for an experienced JavaScript Developer to join our Leeds team and strive to provide innovative, future-proofed solutions for our valued clients!

  • Are you a JavaScript Developer looking for your next step on the career ladder?
  • Experience working with JS frameworks necessary
  • Clear and rewarding progression opportunities
  • Benefits such as healthcare, pension, flexi working, social events and more!
  • Competitive salary of up to £55k, depending on experience
  • To apply contact Dan Butler on (phone number removed) or email (url removed) for further information

Sourced by: @TechCareers_N

WHO ARE WE?

We are an award-winning software consultancy with multiple offices across the country. We have over 20 years' experience in our industry, working alongside some of the largest brands in the UK across sectors including media, retail, finance and more! This means you will have the opportunity to work on a huge variety of projects! We have been inundated with new business over the past few months, and have some big projects on the horizon, so we are now looking for Software Engineers to join our innovative Leeds based development team. In terms of developers, we're expanding across the board! As a company, we work with multiple languages including JavaScript, Java, PHP and C# and are committed to keeping our tech suites up to date. We offer a friendly and varied working environment (not to mention we're a family-oriented business), and place huge value on offering all employees' the room to progress and grow as developers.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

As a valued member of the development team, you will have the opportunity to deliver solutions to a multitude of big UK clients using your JavaScript skills. Whilst no two days will be the same, your role will generally cover a variety of responsibilities including project delivery, software development and quality assurance. Working within a fast-paced agile environment, you will be creative and innovative to deliver high quality results. You will help to provide support, knowledge and guidance to other members of the team and help bring any new junior team members up to speed with development techniques. This role would suit an experienced Software Developer with a strong understanding of JavaScript.

YOU NEED TO HAVE…

  • A minimum of 3 years' working experience in a Software Engineering role
  • Solid JavaScript knowledge combined with one of the modern frameworks (Angular / React / Vue etc)
  • Ability to perform well under pressure and meet challenging deadlines
  • Excellent communication skills

IT IS NICE TO HAVE…

  • Experience in an agile environment
  • RESTful Web Services / Apache / SQL / SASS / TDD
  • UX experience

TO BE CONSIDERED…

Please either apply by clicking online or emailing me directly to (url removed). For further information please call me on (phone number removed). I can make myself available outside of normal working hours to suit from 7am until 10pm. If unavailable, please leave a message and either myself or one of my colleagues will respond. By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process & submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.

KEY SKILLS:

JavaScript / Agile / React / Angular / Vue

  • Leeds, West Yorkshire
  • £35,000 - £55,000/annum Benefits
    • Permanent
  • 05 Mar 2020

Senior Software Developer - JavaScript

We are recruiting for an experienced JavaScript Developer to join our Leeds team and strive to provide innovative, future-proofed solutions for our valued clients!

  • Are you a JavaScript Developer looking for your next step on the career ladder?
  • Experience working with JS frameworks necessary
  • Clear and rewarding progression opportunities
  • Benefits such as healthcare, pension, flexi working, social events and more!
  • Competitive salary of up to £55k, depending on experience
  • To apply contact Dan Butler on (phone number removed) or email (url removed) for further information

Sourced by: @TechCareers_N

WHO ARE WE?

We are an award-winning software consultancy with multiple offices across the country. We have over 20 years' experience in our industry, working alongside some of the largest brands in the UK across sectors including media, retail, finance and more! This means you will have the opportunity to work on a huge variety of projects! We have been inundated with new business over the past few months, and have some big projects on the horizon, so we are now looking for Software Engineers to join our innovative Leeds based development team. In terms of developers, we're expanding across the board! As a company, we work with multiple languages including JavaScript, Java, PHP and C# and are committed to keeping our tech suites up to date. We offer a friendly and varied working environment (not to mention we're a family-oriented business), and place huge value on offering all employees' the room to progress and grow as developers.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

As a valued member of the development team, you will have the opportunity to deliver solutions to a multitude of big UK clients using your JavaScript skills. Whilst no two days will be the same, your role will generally cover a variety of responsibilities including project delivery, software development and quality assurance. Working within a fast-paced agile environment, you will be creative and innovative to deliver high quality results. You will help to provide support, knowledge and guidance to other members of the team and help bring any new junior team members up to speed with development techniques. This role would suit an experienced Software Developer with a strong understanding of JavaScript.

YOU NEED TO HAVE…

  • A minimum of 3 years' working experience in a Software Engineering role
  • Solid JavaScript knowledge combined with one of the modern frameworks (Angular / React / Vue etc)
  • Ability to perform well under pressure and meet challenging deadlines
  • Excellent communication skills

IT IS NICE TO HAVE…

  • Experience in an agile environment
  • RESTful Web Services / Apache / SQL / SASS / TDD
  • UX experience

TO BE CONSIDERED…

Please either apply by clicking online or emailing me directly to (url removed). For further information please call me on (phone number removed). I can make myself available outside of normal working hours to suit from 7am until 10pm. If unavailable, please leave a message and either myself or one of my colleagues will respond. By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process & submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.

KEY SKILLS:

JavaScript / Agile / React / Angular / Vue

  • Didcot
  • £25,000 - £35,000/annum
    • Permanent
  • 05 Mar 2020

Position: Junior Dev Ops Engineer
Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire. OX11 0QX
Hours:
Permanent position, full-time
Salary:
competitive between £25,000 and £35,000 yearly gross (to be defined depending on candidate’s experience)
Benefits:
Company Pension

Our client, siHealth Ltd, is a fast-growing SME company focused on smart solutions in Health & Wellness. The main mission is to use satellite data and smart diagnostics tools to provide innovative services on mobile devices supporting healthy lifestyles and disease prevention & treatment.  

POSITION

We are looking for a full-time Junior Dev Ops (Development Operations) Engineer to join our IT team on a permanent basis, providing operational support mainly to our backend development team, but also the Front-end and R&D teams as and when required.

Candidates should enjoy debugging, troubleshooting and solving technical problems, and have an interest in developing their knowledge and experience of the various dev. ops. technologies they will be working with. Support will be provided by more senior colleagues but you will be expected to be able to deploy and provision cloud resources on your own. All candidates will be evaluated fairly, on their merits and suitability for the role.

Main Responsibilities:  

  • Actively supporting the Back-end team with the configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting of core backend infrastructure, under the supervision of and liaising closely with the Back-end Software Engineer and the IT Manager;
  • Supporting the Front-end and R&D teams as and when necessary;
  • Keeping up to date with and learning emerging technologies of relevance or interest.

Skills & Experience:

Required

 

A sound working knowledge of:

  • Python - Python scripting, runtime environments and command line tools (pip and virtualenv);
  • Git - we are looking for someone who is comfortable with all the most commonly used Git operations (init, add, status, commit, log, branch, checkout, remote, push, pull, fetch, merge, stash);
  • Linux - Linux shells and shell scripting (Bash preferred), and key command line tools and services; bonus points for some understanding of the Linux kernel, services and OS architecture.
    • At least one cloud service (Azure, AWS, GCP);
    • At least one CI technology (Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, Travis, Circle).
    • Candidates should be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Desirable:

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other STEM subjects;
  • Flask or Django web service frameworks;
  • Docker containerisation;
  • Ansible, Chef, Puppet;
  • Apache 2, NGINX;
  • Big data models and file formats, such as NetCDF4, HDF5;
  • In-memory databases, such as Redis;
  • Python testing tools and frameworks, e.g. Tox, Pytest, Coverage, Hypothesis;
  • Sphinx or other Python documentation tools.

For this position, no recruitment agency support is envisaged.

If you’re the ideal candidate, please send your CV today by clicking the APPLY button!

Keywords: Junior Dev Ops Engineer, Dev Ops Engineer, Development Operations Engineer, IT Engineer, Linux, Python, Sphinx, Computer Science, Software Engineer, Software Development

  • Didcot
  • £25,000 - £35,000/annum
    • Permanent
  • 05 Mar 2020

Position: Junior Dev Ops Engineer
Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire. OX11 0QX
Hours:
Permanent position, full-time
Salary:
competitive between £25,000 and £35,000 yearly gross (to be defined depending on candidate’s experience)
Benefits:
Company Pension

Our client, siHealth Ltd, is a fast-growing SME company focused on smart solutions in Health & Wellness. The main mission is to use satellite data and smart diagnostics tools to provide innovative services on mobile devices supporting healthy lifestyles and disease prevention & treatment.  

POSITION

We are looking for a full-time Junior Dev Ops (Development Operations) Engineer to join our IT team on a permanent basis, providing operational support mainly to our backend development team, but also the Front-end and R&D teams as and when required.

Candidates should enjoy debugging, troubleshooting and solving technical problems, and have an interest in developing their knowledge and experience of the various dev. ops. technologies they will be working with. Support will be provided by more senior colleagues but you will be expected to be able to deploy and provision cloud resources on your own. All candidates will be evaluated fairly, on their merits and suitability for the role.

Main Responsibilities:  

  • Actively supporting the Back-end team with the configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting of core backend infrastructure, under the supervision of and liaising closely with the Back-end Software Engineer and the IT Manager;
  • Supporting the Front-end and R&D teams as and when necessary;
  • Keeping up to date with and learning emerging technologies of relevance or interest.

Skills & Experience:

Required

 

A sound working knowledge of:

  • Python - Python scripting, runtime environments and command line tools (pip and virtualenv);
  • Git - we are looking for someone who is comfortable with all the most commonly used Git operations (init, add, status, commit, log, branch, checkout, remote, push, pull, fetch, merge, stash);
  • Linux - Linux shells and shell scripting (Bash preferred), and key command line tools and services; bonus points for some understanding of the Linux kernel, services and OS architecture.
    • At least one cloud service (Azure, AWS, GCP);
    • At least one CI technology (Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, Travis, Circle).
    • Candidates should be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Desirable:

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other STEM subjects;
  • Flask or Django web service frameworks;
  • Docker containerisation;
  • Ansible, Chef, Puppet;
  • Apache 2, NGINX;
  • Big data models and file formats, such as NetCDF4, HDF5;
  • In-memory databases, such as Redis;
  • Python testing tools and frameworks, e.g. Tox, Pytest, Coverage, Hypothesis;
  • Sphinx or other Python documentation tools.

For this position, no recruitment agency support is envisaged.

If you’re the ideal candidate, please send your CV today by clicking the APPLY button!

Keywords: Junior Dev Ops Engineer, Dev Ops Engineer, Development Operations Engineer, IT Engineer, Linux, Python, Sphinx, Computer Science, Software Engineer, Software Development

  • London
  • 05 Mar 2020

Position Overview

Job Title: Java Engineer

Location: London

Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President

As Java Engineer you will work as part of a cross-functional agile delivery team within Global Transaction Banking, including analysts, developers and testers. You will bring an innovative approach to software development, focusing on using the latest technologies and practices, as part of a relentless focus on business value. You will be someone who sees engineering as team activity, with a predisposition to open code, open discussion and creating a collaborative environment. You will be ready to take a leading role in all stages of software delivery, from initial analysis right through to production.

What we’ll offer you:

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect

  • Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
  • 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
  • Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
  • A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
  • The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

  • Ownership of application delivery in partnership with Business and Operations stakeholders from initiation till production
  • Leading and promoting a DevOps/ Site Reliability Engineer culture and modern toolchains to help continuous delivery
  • Embracing automated unit/integration testing as a standard development practice
  • Mentoring and guiding junior team members
  • Creating a culture of learning and continuous improvement within your team and beyond

Your skills and experience

  • Ability to develop engineer  reusable robust and performant Java code solutions aligned with good architectural and design principles
  • Extensive practical experience with the Spring framework and Spring Boot in particular and experience of building services that integrate with Apache Kafka
  • Experience of frameworks like Spring (boot), Kafka for microservice development and working knowledge of building microservices with Representational state transfer
  • Practical experience with Continuous Integration  / Continuous Delivery tools (Jenkins, Maven, Git) and deployment to container environments (Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift)
  • Extensive experience in designing and building relational and non-relational database solutions "Relational Database Management System" database schemes for high capacity and throughput processing

How we’ll support you:

  • Training and development to help you excel in your career
  • Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
  • Coaching and support from experts in your team
  • A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

About us and our teams:

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Our values define the working environment we strive to create – diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.
We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

Click here to find out more about diversity and inclusion at Deutsche Bank.

  • London
  • 05 Mar 2020

Position Overview

Job Title: Java Engineer

Location: London

Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President

As Java Engineer you will work as part of a cross-functional agile delivery team within Global Transaction Banking, including analysts, developers and testers. You will bring an innovative approach to software development, focusing on using the latest technologies and practices, as part of a relentless focus on business value. You will be someone who sees engineering as team activity, with a predisposition to open code, open discussion and creating a collaborative environment. You will be ready to take a leading role in all stages of software delivery, from initial analysis right through to production.

What we’ll offer you:

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect

  • Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
  • 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
  • Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
  • A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
  • The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

  • Ownership of application delivery in partnership with Business and Operations stakeholders from initiation till production
  • Leading and promoting a DevOps/ Site Reliability Engineer culture and modern toolchains to help continuous delivery
  • Embracing automated unit/integration testing as a standard development practice
  • Mentoring and guiding junior team members
  • Creating a culture of learning and continuous improvement within your team and beyond

Your skills and experience

  • Ability to develop engineer  reusable robust and performant Java code solutions aligned with good architectural and design principles
  • Extensive practical experience with the Spring framework and Spring Boot in particular and experience of building services that integrate with Apache Kafka
  • Experience of frameworks like Spring (boot), Kafka for microservice development and working knowledge of building microservices with Representational state transfer
  • Practical experience with Continuous Integration  / Continuous Delivery tools (Jenkins, Maven, Git) and deployment to container environments (Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift)
  • Extensive experience in designing and building relational and non-relational database solutions "Relational Database Management System" database schemes for high capacity and throughput processing

How we’ll support you:

  • Training and development to help you excel in your career
  • Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
  • Coaching and support from experts in your team
  • A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

About us and our teams:

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Our values define the working environment we strive to create – diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.
We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

Click here to find out more about diversity and inclusion at Deutsche Bank.

  • spain
  • Salary negotiable
    • Contract
  • 05 Mar 2020

middleware,linux, java, support

I am looking to identify and experienced Middleware support engineer to join a leading European Client based in Seville on a long term contract

DESCRIPTION

Experience

  • Production systems monitoring. Troubleshooting and incidents analysis (first / second level).
  • Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery platforms (Jenkins)
  • Source code management systems (Git/svn)

Skills

  • Fluent English communication skills.
  • Linux (SUSE preferred). CLI and management interfaces. Platform administration and service operation.
  • Java applications technology (JVM, threads, resource management and use monitoring, troubleshooting).
  • Standard Linux shell scripts capabilities.
  • Jboss application server
  • Apache HTTP server
  • SSL certificates management.
  • Systems and software architecture concepts.

Nice to have

  • Documentation skills. (Operational procedures / How-to).
  • Websphere Application Server / Portal Server v8.x, v9.x
  • Splunk Enterprise Administration
  • Kubernetes knowledge
  • AWS knowledge

Personal skills

  • Ability to work in an international organisation (English communication skills are required)
  • Ability to deal with complex problems.
  • Proactivity
  • Team Player

Please send an updated CV for more information.

Please visit our website www.outsource-uk.co.uk

  • spain
  • Salary negotiable
    • Contract
  • 05 Mar 2020

middleware,linux, java, support

I am looking to identify and experienced Middleware support engineer to join a leading European Client based in Seville on a long term contract

DESCRIPTION

Experience

  • Production systems monitoring. Troubleshooting and incidents analysis (first / second level).
  • Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery platforms (Jenkins)
  • Source code management systems (Git/svn)

Skills

  • Fluent English communication skills.
  • Linux (SUSE preferred). CLI and management interfaces. Platform administration and service operation.
  • Java applications technology (JVM, threads, resource management and use monitoring, troubleshooting).
  • Standard Linux shell scripts capabilities.
  • Jboss application server
  • Apache HTTP server
  • SSL certificates management.
  • Systems and software architecture concepts.

Nice to have

  • Documentation skills. (Operational procedures / How-to).
  • Websphere Application Server / Portal Server v8.x, v9.x
  • Splunk Enterprise Administration
  • Kubernetes knowledge
  • AWS knowledge

Personal skills

  • Ability to work in an international organisation (English communication skills are required)
  • Ability to deal with complex problems.
  • Proactivity
  • Team Player

Please send an updated CV for more information.

Please visit our website www.outsource-uk.co.uk

  • Glasgow
  • Competitive salary
    • Permanent
  • 05 Mar 2020

BiP Solutions is Europe’s leading provider of procurement products, systems and solutions. As a market leader in procurement and supply chain, we have more than 35 years’ experience in facilitating engagement between private and public sector.

We are on the path of an incredibly exciting digital transformation and investment programme, experimenting with emerging technologies, new tools and services.

Your Role

Our Software Development Team play a critical role in designing, developing and testing own-brand products and bespoke client-driven solutions.

Joining our business, you will have exposure to the whole software development lifecycle (SDLC), from the design of new application or features, to the release of code to a production environment.

We don’t expect you to know or have used all of our tech stack, but it’s great if you already have experience with a few things on the list below:

Our Stack

Frontend

  • HTML, JSP
  • Javascript and jQuery

Backend

  • Java 8+
  • Spring Framework, Spring Boot
  • Maven, Ant
  • Oracle SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQ

Infrastructure

  • Tomcat
  • Apache
  • Linux

Tools

  • Azure DevOps (Task management and CI/CD)
  • Git Version Control

Digital Transformation

As part of our digital transformation programme and commitment to work with new technologies, we would love for you to bring expertise in the following:

  • Experience in building and maintaining apps for the cloud
  • Microservice architecture
  • Docker
  • RESTful Services
  • Message Queue services (RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Kafka)
  • NoSQL
  • Working with CI/CD tools

Working at BiP

We understand that the Software Developer job market is extremely candidate-driven and as a SME business, we are realistic about the fact that we can’t always directly compete with large corporations. What we can say, however, is that you will be joining our business at an extremely exciting period of change and transformation and will be given the space and autonomy to make a real impact.

We regularly review the external market and over recent months have made investment in further developing clear, structured routes for career progression which are directly linked to salary bands. We pride ourselves on our track record of developing our talent internally and giving our people the chance to shape a rewarding and varied career path with us, with no limitations. However, we do acknowledge that more can always be done and as such, are committed to listening to our colleagues’ ideas… whether that is to make improvements to our working environment or make suggestions for future product development.

The Good Stuff

We are fortunate to have a fantastic office location at the heart of Pacific Quay and we continue to invest in creating a modern working environment with great views of the river.

  • Clear, structured routes for career progression which are directly linked to salary bands
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Annual company performance bonus
  • Dress for your Day
  • 30 days annual leave (increasing with length of service)
  • Option to buy / sell up to 5 days annual leave
  • Health cash plan
  • Flexibility with working hours
  • On-site parking
  • Access to SSE Hydro Club
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Quarterly social nights and an annual awards night
  • Glasgow
  • Competitive salary
    • Permanent
  • 05 Mar 2020

BiP Solutions is Europe’s leading provider of procurement products, systems and solutions. As a market leader in procurement and supply chain, we have more than 35 years’ experience in facilitating engagement between private and public sector.

We are on the path of an incredibly exciting digital transformation and investment programme, experimenting with emerging technologies, new tools and services.

Your Role

Our Software Development Team play a critical role in designing, developing and testing own-brand products and bespoke client-driven solutions.

Joining our business, you will have exposure to the whole software development lifecycle (SDLC), from the design of new application or features, to the release of code to a production environment.

We don’t expect you to know or have used all of our tech stack, but it’s great if you already have experience with a few things on the list below:

Our Stack

Frontend

  • HTML, JSP
  • Javascript and jQuery

Backend

  • Java 8+
  • Spring Framework, Spring Boot
  • Maven, Ant
  • Oracle SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQ

Infrastructure

  • Tomcat
  • Apache
  • Linux

Tools

  • Azure DevOps (Task management and CI/CD)
  • Git Version Control

Digital Transformation

As part of our digital transformation programme and commitment to work with new technologies, we would love for you to bring expertise in the following:

  • Experience in building and maintaining apps for the cloud
  • Microservice architecture
  • Docker
  • RESTful Services
  • Message Queue services (RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Kafka)
  • NoSQL
  • Working with CI/CD tools

Working at BiP

We understand that the Software Developer job market is extremely candidate-driven and as a SME business, we are realistic about the fact that we can’t always directly compete with large corporations. What we can say, however, is that you will be joining our business at an extremely exciting period of change and transformation and will be given the space and autonomy to make a real impact.

We regularly review the external market and over recent months have made investment in further developing clear, structured routes for career progression which are directly linked to salary bands. We pride ourselves on our track record of developing our talent internally and giving our people the chance to shape a rewarding and varied career path with us, with no limitations. However, we do acknowledge that more can always be done and as such, are committed to listening to our colleagues’ ideas… whether that is to make improvements to our working environment or make suggestions for future product development.

The Good Stuff

We are fortunate to have a fantastic office location at the heart of Pacific Quay and we continue to invest in creating a modern working environment with great views of the river.

  • Clear, structured routes for career progression which are directly linked to salary bands
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Annual company performance bonus
  • Dress for your Day
  • 30 days annual leave (increasing with length of service)
  • Option to buy / sell up to 5 days annual leave
  • Health cash plan
  • Flexibility with working hours
  • On-site parking
  • Access to SSE Hydro Club
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Quarterly social nights and an annual awards night