Buckles Solicitors are looking for several roles including this role at their office on Station Road, Impington.
Front of House Associate to be responsible for providing a warm and professional greeting to all visitors, managing front desk activities, and overseeing various office administration tasks. This role requires excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to multitask effectively. You will play a key part in ensuring a positive experience for clients, visitors, and staff while maintaining a well-organised and efficient office environment. This position is a full-time permanent office-based opportunity (37.5 hours per week) and working Monday – Friday 08:30 -17:00 with a 1-hour lunch break each day.
Hain Daniels who make sweet spreads and jellies including Hartley’s jams and jellies, Gale’s honey, Rose’s and Robertsons marmalades in the Histon factory, are looking for several roles including this.
Fork Lift Truck Operative to work at the Histon Site working one week 6.00am to 1.48pm and second week 1.42pm to 9.30pm. FLT operators can be allocated to areas where the business risk in responsibility is supported by an area line manager, trainer and auditing feedback. This is determined by the senior operations manager and is typically but not exclusively packing operations.
Hain Daniels who make sweet spreads and jellies including Hartley’s jams and jellies, Gale’s honey, Rose’s and Robertsons marmalades in the Histon factory, are looking for several roles including this.
Senior R&D Manager – Fixed Term Contract (FTC) to lead a dedicated team to identify and execute cost-saving initiatives while maintaining product quality, manufacturing efficiency, and consumer satisfaction. Your work will directly support their mission to inspire healthier living and drive operational excellence.
Hain Daniels who make sweet spreads and jellies including Hartley’s jams and jellies, Gale’s honey, Rose’s and Robertsons marmalades in the Histon factory, are looking for several roles including this.
Senior NPD Technologist – Own Label the key responsibilities and accountability of this temporary role include Project Management, Concept Development, Process Development, Customer relationship & management
South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) have admitted that they wrongly excluded Histon & Impington and six other South Cambs villages from a funding scheme to support Net Zero initiatives across the District.
But HI HUB enquires with the ONS as to why that definition was applied revealed that Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority – who set the rules for the scheme – had based it on out-of-date information, rather than the 2021 census.
An ONS spokesperson told HI HUB: “It appears that the data… is from the 2011 Built Up Area (BUA) geography. Looking at both the 2022 and the 2024 version of the BUA classification, the village of Histon and Impington is a separate BUA. Please see the most recent version of the BUA classification which can be found here.”
Extended deadline
SCDC is responsible for managing the grant scheme for the Combined Authority. HI HUB challenged them with the ONS response, and this has resulted in Histon & Impington, Milton, Girton, Great and Little Shelford, Fen Ditton, Fulbourn and Teversham all being eligible to apply for the Net Zero Villages Grant – but not Orchard Park.
To correct the record, SCDC is now contacting these communities to invite them to apply for the grant.
Community groups, businesses and the Histon & Impington Parish council are now all able to submit applications for grants ranging from £20,000 to £100,000 to support “transformative, community-led projects” and help villages become low carbon, more sustainable and more resilient to the effects of climate change.
SCDC is also extending the window for applications until 2 February 2025.
They say: “To confirm a project’s eligibility, applicants should open the map, select Cambridge in the ‘Settlements’ table and confirm the community asset or project site is outside of the yellow shaded area. This area represents the Cambridge built-up area, as classified by the ONS using the 2021 Census figures.
“Potential applicants should email climateandenvironment@scambs.gov.uk to have any questions answered, or to arrange a time to discuss their application 1-2-1 with an officer.”
With the excitement of Christmas and new year celebrations behind us, and the cold, dark reality of January sinking in, the first month of the year can be a little on the depressing side. Here’s our top ten local blues-busting activities to give you a much needed new year boost.
1.Blooming marvellous
If there’s a Christmas tree-shaped hole in your home, consider treating yourself to a bunch of flowers to brighten the space and your mood. Local florists Gin House Flowers have beautiful blooms available by the stem and gorgeous plants galore. Alternatively, if your own house plants have been multiplying recently, trim off a few spider plant babies – or similar – and pot them up around your home.
2.Get out and about
Winter in Long Meadow. Photo Guy Richardson
We are lucky to be surrounded by lots of green space that is free and accessible such as Abbey Fields and Croft Close Nature Reserve. Walk across fields to Girton or Westwick, or follow the village sculpture trail through our parks and open spaces. Alternatively take photos on a wildlife walk or borrow a dog for all-weather walks.
3. Budget shopping fix
If you’re in need of a therapeutic post-Christmas shopping spree, many of our local shops and garden centres have January sales on. Head to Topiary Tree where you’ll find Christmas stock and ‘Chalk’ clothing half price, or hit the sales in central Cambridge via the number 8, or guided buses for £2 each way.
4. Time for a catch up
Being sociable is a great way to banish the Winter blues, even if you have vowed to do dry January! H&I has no shortage of cafes and pubs to catch up in, and many of them are offering seasonal discounts, so your wallet will thank you!
Here’s just some of what’s on offer locally this January: The Boot has 50% off mains in January; The Red Lion is offering a three-course set menu for £22; The Royal British Legion club has reduced price beer on Sunday lunchtimes; The King Bill is open later on Thursday and Friday; or watch football on the Barley Mow’s big screen if it’s too cold to get along to the real match.
5.Get moving!
Dance the dark days away and get fit in the process. Why not try one of the fitness or dance classes available at the St Andrews Centre, the Methodist Church, the Legion or Holiday Inn – from modern jive and line dancing, to pilates and yoga and clubbercise.
Why not take up a new hobby or join a club for the new year? Visit Exercise and Hobbies | HI HUB for details on what’s happening locally – everything from scrabble club to watercolour group.
6.Out with the old
Bargains galore at the Salvation Army shop. Photo: Bridget Davidson
Have a clear-out and donate unwanted clean clothing, toys and homeware to the Salvation Army Care & Share shop, or look out for charity donation bags coming through your door. And if you want to refresh your wardrobe on a budget, pick up a bargain from the charity shop’s rails – with prices starting from 50p!
7. Hunker down at home
If you can’t face the cold weather and would rather stay warm at home, why not keep busy with a jigsaw or board game – and if your selection is looking a bit tired, pick up a new game or puzzle on local swapping sites such as Histon and Impington Swap and Share at Histon and Impington Swap and Share | Facebook.
8. Time for a treat?
Don’t let December have all the fun… January can be glamorous too! We have lots of salons and specialists locally to help us face 2025 looking and feeling our best. Take a look at the range of beauty and therapy options available in H&I here Beauty and Hairdressing | HI HUB .
9. Lose yourself in a book
Pick up a book on your winter walk
Our local library is a haven from the cold, and this Saturday 11 January at 10.30am, Cambridge Storytellers will be at Histon Library to celebrate winter and welcome the new year through stories and rhymes. The event is aimed at families, but everyone is welcome and it’s free to attend.
Plus look out for children’s books deposited throughout the village for reading and replacing. Find a book, read it and re-hide it or pass on to a friend.
10.Do nothing!
If all else fails and you can always opt to stay in and save the pennies, put your feet up with a film or one of those Christmas box sets you didn’t get round to watching in the flurry of festivities. Plus, you could always start to make a dent in that leftover cheese mountain…
For more information on local, events, activities and businesses visit What’s on | HI HUB
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