New Job Centre Plus in Hastings town centre to open ‘very soon’

The service - housed at the former New Look store in Priory Meadow Shopping Centre - helps people move from benefits into work, and helps employers advertise jobs. It also deals with benefits for people who are unemployed or unable to work.

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A spokesperson for the Department for Work and Pensions, which runs Job Centre Plus, said they do not have a precise date for when it will be open, but said it would be “very soon”.

A gym is due to be opened on the first floor of the building.

Together, they are expected to create than 90 new jobs.

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