Retail opportunities exist across the region, but are mainly focussed around Cambridge, Peterborough, Ely, St Ives & St Neots
Retail is the sale of goods in shops and online. It is the UK’s largest private sector employer, providing a livelihood to three million people. The sector offers a range of jobs providing early responsibility and impressive graduate salaries. The sector includes shops, department stores, supermarkets, market stalls, door-to-door salespeople, and internet retailers, and is linked with manufacture and distribution.
Roles can be customer-facing, dealing with customer care and generating sales to office-based administration and marketing roles to influencing trends, buying, procurement and making strategic business decisions.
The sector operates in city centres, out of town retail parks and in small independent shops and online retail businesses. Often seen as a ‘stop-gap’ for workers, there are excellent career opportunities and comprehensive training available with the right employers.
Home to the UK headquarters of major global firms
Employers recruiting the highest number of people include:
Tesco
Co-Operative Group
Specsavers
Aldi
Retail jobs
Retail apprenticeships
Retail and business courses
