Jobs in Long Eaton

Long Eaton is a town of roughly 38,000 in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, on the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border between Nottingham and Derby. Its defining industry is upholstered furniture. When the lace mills declined, the empty factories and a ready workforce turned the town into what is now the UK Centre of Quality Upholstery Manufacture, with more than 50 upholstery firms plus the frame and spring makers that supply them in a small area. Around 2,700 people work in the trade locally. Vacancies reflect that: machinists, sewers, frame-makers, upholsterers and the warehouse and logistics roles tied to making and shipping sofas, alongside retail, care and distribution work.

The furniture trade is the anchor. Sofa Brands International, which owns Duresta and Parker Knoll, manufactures in Long Eaton, and the Long Eaton Guild groups nine of the higher-end furniture makers. Beyond furniture, the town's industrial estates carry most of the other employment. Forbes Park on Fields Farm Road holds Screwfix, Toolstation, Greggs and Subway units; the older estates around Station Road and Mark Street house engineering, distribution and trade-counter operators. New Stanton Park, the 200-acre industrial and warehouse scheme between Long Eaton and Ilkeston, is bringing more logistics floor space onto the market. Recruitment for the factory and warehouse roles runs heavily through local agencies, so registering with a couple of them is the practical route into shift work.

Transport is a real advantage. Long Eaton station is on the Midland Main Line, with trains to Nottingham in around 12 to 18 minutes and Derby in roughly 9 to 11 minutes; East Midlands Parkway is one stop south for onward Sheffield and London services. M1 Junction 25 sits on the town's north-western edge, with Junction 24 a few miles south, and East Midlands Airport, a major employer for ground handling and DHL distribution, is a short drive via the A453. The postcode district is NG10, which despite the Nottingham post town covers Long Eaton and the surrounding Erewash area.