‘After four years of applying, I finally landed a job’
Tough jobs market but, thanks to Starting Point Recruitment, Aundray now works at Foot Asylum Aundray Gow spent four years job-hunting before landing.
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£570m UK-wide investment in essential skills training for next generation
Students at colleges, including in the West Midlands, to benefit The government is investing £570m in expanding training facilities in local colleges, including.
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Ray of hope despite jobless levels in West Midlands being worst in UK behind London
SPR is bucking the bleak jobs market trend The unemployment rate for the West Midlands is the highest in the UK outside of.
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Multi-sector jobs agency Starting Point Recruitment celebrates its most successful year
Based in Walsall and Birmingham, SPR got 1,100 people into work in 2025 A West Midlands recruitment firm landed nearly 50% more people.
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Government scheme to encourage youngsters to work in aviation
The government is allocating £750,000 to various projects, including one in Birmingham, aimed at inspiring young people to pursue careers in aviation. The.
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Job opportunities abound despite bleak market
While ONS data shows a worsening jobs market, Starting Point Recruitment says there are still “numerous opportunities” There are “numerous opportunities for motivated.
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JLR launches STEM programme
West Midlands manufacturing giant Jaguar Land Rover has launched ‘Create Possible’ – a skills programme for schools designed to close the UK’s skills gap.
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Mayor to get 93,000 working
‘West Midlands Works’ seeks to lower WM region’s unemployment rate by 5 percentage points by 2035 West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker has unveiled.
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‘Big picture’ view overcomes headwinds
Staring Point Recruitment says a different approach is needed A multi-sector West Midlands recruitment firm attributes its recent success in the face of.
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UK targets illegal gig work
Crackdown on illegal working The government has pledged to end illegal working in the gig economy by forcing delivery and ride-hailing platforms to.