According to online business news service Bdaily, the Fat Hippo Group is aiming to open up to nine new burger restaurants over the next 18 months, with the first set to open in Cardiff city centre at the end of May.

The Newcastle headquartered group’s next restaurant will then follow in Birmingham a few weeks later, with its first restaurant in Scotland, which will be in Glasgow city centre, opening soon after that.

Around 70 new jobs will be created across the three new venues, taking the total number of people employed across the group past the 300 mark, and up to a further 150 new jobs are then expected to follow by the end of next year.

Elsewhere, UK travel group Barrhead Travel has announced it is recruiting for more than 50 roles across the country. 

Positions available vary from travel consultant to store manager and sales, administration, marketing and IT roles for young people.

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