Twenty more new jobs are up for grabs at a booming bakery.

The award-winning Village Bakery need extra staff for a new gluten-free bakery that’s being launched later in the year and to put two extra shifts on at their existing bakeries.

The latest batch of recruits will be on top of another 20 people taken on over the summer.

The company currently employs more than 400 people at their two bakeries on Wrexham Industrial Estate and Minera.

They are spending £12 million on converting the former Caparo Wire factory on the industrial estate into a state-of-the-art production facility for a new Gluten Freedom range.

The family-run firm will be among the 50 exhibitors taking part in the careers fair being run by Wrexham Glyndŵr University on October 18 and will also be holding two open days for job seekers who are unable to attend.

The first session will be at their headquarters on Wrexham Industrial Estate between 8.30am and 5.30pm on Tuesday, October 23, and at the bakery in Minera during the same times on Thursday, October 25.

Everybody who attends the open day is guaranteed a job interview.

HR manager Emma Stevens said: “Due to our expansion we are looking to put on two additional shifts and we are also recruiting staff for when the new gluten-free bakery opens in December.

“We have new rates of pay so new recruits will be earning £8.50 an hour initially and then £8.75 once they successfully complete their three-month probationary period.

“These are exciting times at the Village Bakery and there are fantastic career prospects for people who are willing to work hard and apply themselves.

“We have a track record of growing our own and most of our supervisors and managers started out as apprentices and worked their way up the ranks.”