Bexhill’s first ever Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair has got off to a flying start with over 50 companies and organisations already registered to take part.
Bexhill Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair taking place at the De La Warr Pavilion on Friday 29 April is a unique community-led event. All the companies and organisations who have registered to take part will have an actual offer for delegates attending the Fair. The offers range from live jobs and apprenticeships, work experience opportunities to offering support with CV writing and interview skills.
Bexhill MP, Huw Merriman, recently visited local company, Marshall-Tufflex, who were one of the first businesses to register for the Fair and become a headline sponsor. Marshall-Tufflex is a British manufacturing company based at Castleham and Churchfields Industrial Estates in St Leonards-on-Sea providing cable management and pre-fabricated wiring solutions for commercial, industrial, healthcare and education build projects across the world.
Chief Executive Paul Hetherington, Group Personnel Development Manager Steve Baldry and Production and Assembly Manager Keith Graham took Huw on a guided tour of the factory to show how their products are made. Steve explained to Huw that people often don’t realise that manufacturing offers a wide range of careers both within the factory and office-based. The Bexhill Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair is an ideal opportunity for industry-leaders Marshall-Tufflex to demonstrate that British manufacturing offers interesting and rewarding careers plus unique opportunities to learn new skills.
Steve said “Marshall-Tufflex is delighted to be a headline sponsor of the Bexhill Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair. We need to inspire tomorrow’s generation of young people and encourage the view that manufacturing can offer those leaving school, college or university a world of opportunity and space to develop, grow and contribute across a range of skill disciplines.”
Huw said “I was keen to visit Marshall-Tufflex and to see their products being made on the factory floor to get an insight into their business. It was fascinating to learn how the company has grown and developed since it was established in 1942. It continues to provide a diverse range of interesting and rewarding careers for local people so I am delighted that they are a headline sponsor for the first ever Bexhill Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair.
“I am really looking forward to launching the Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair to the students of Bexhill College this Friday. The Fair is going to be a great opportunity for local people of all ages to discover the wide variety of career and training opportunities in our area. The fact that over 50 organisations and businesses have already registered to take part in the Fair clearly shows that there is a real demand for our local talent!”