Summary
Parkdean Holidays has grown from one park in 1999 to owning and operating 20 across the UK, with a workforce at the height of the season of around 2,400 people. In our regular focus on the winners of the North-East Business Awards 2006 James Barton looks at the thriving North-East Business Award 2006 Learning, Training and Skills winner.
Parkdean Holidays is a business that has learned to cope with huge seasonal fluctuations in its workforce without compromising on the quality of the training of its staff.See the full content of this document
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The Newcastle-based park operator has a season that starts in March and reaches a peak of 2,400 staff over the summer months, which then return to a base of 456 full-time workers over the Christmas period.
Phil Richardson, human resources manager for Parkdean, says: "It is not as dramatic as it sounds, we are w...See the full content of this document
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