Flexible shift patterns, part-time working and long-term permanent contracts are just some of the measures being introduced by a Shropshire manufacturer keen to fill 24 vacant positions. Corbetts the Galvanizers, which has secured a string of new orders, has already taken on 25 new employees, but needs additional general operatives to help it meet increasing demand from the construction, perimeter fencing, street furniture, transport and utilities sectors. Management at the 161-year-old firm are lamenting a major lack of available candidates, fuelled by many migrant workers from the EU returning home.

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