The boost will ensure the existing team at the four-star Abbey House Hotel and Gardens has the additional support needed as it enters one of the busiest periods of the year.

The management of Abbey House Hotel and Gardens adds any member of the temporary staff who proves themselves to be a Christmas star may be offered a permanent role in the new year.

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