Hastings to recruit 350 to meet expansion plans

Edward Fitzmaurice chief executive Hastings Direct

Bexhill-based insurance broker Hastings Direct has announced it is to recruit 350 members of staff in 2011.

It has given itself a deadline of summer 2011 to fill the first 150 roles. An initial 60 posts were scheduled to be filled by January from the Bexhill, Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton and Hove areas for an immediate start, with the remaining 90 roles expected to be filled by the end of the summer.

Hastings said the new recruitment drive was to meet expansion from growing customer demand. According to the broker, a new customer joined every 90 seconds last year.

In October 2010, CEO Edward

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