After spending two weeks on work experience at Yellow Buses, Elton Musson was offered a full-time job – and he now has been with the company for 30 years.
Slow businesses are missing out on talent
Businesses are missing out on the best staff because they are taking too long making decisions, Berry Recruitment Group has warned.
Laurie drives bus
Bus driver Laurie Blewer has notched up a remarkable 40 years’ service working for Yellow Buses – and he only joined for a temporary job. In that time the popular 69-year-old has driven approximately 865,000 miles around Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and East Dorset. That is equivalent to driving 35 times around the earth.
Rebecca joins cyber firm
Cyber-security company C3IA Solutions based in Poole, Dorset, has appointed Rebecca Rogers as its new ‘Cyber Essentials and Security Management Plan delivery manager’.
Stellar growth for Stellamar
An employment solutions specialist in southern England has signed up to a further year at an innovation hub in Southampton as part of its expansion plans. Stellamar has grown over 30 months from two desks at Ocean Village Innovation Centre (OVIC) to five open-plan offices with 11 staff. Led by managing director Alasdair MacMillan, a former University of Southampton student, … Read More
Employment boost for students and graduates
The University of Winchester is appealing for recent graduates looking to start their own business to join a major project aimed at boosting business opportunities for people not in work.
Sam drives through the glass ceiling
For the first time in its 115-year history Yellow Buses has a female driving instructor – and it wants more to follow her. Sam Bowen joined the Bournemouth-based company a decade ago and later became a mentor for new drivers before applying to become an instructor. Now she is helping to drive recruitment as Yellow Buses aims to put more … Read More
Five-star academy celebrates jobs accolade
It’s already been dubbed the most enterprising academy in the country and now Bournemouth’s Avonbourne Trust has been awarded five stars for preparing young people for work. Avonbourne has become the first in Dorset to be awarded the Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (BDP) Employment and Education Charter to add to its many other entrepreneurial accolades. The Trust – which is … Read More
Racer turned farmer Jody roars in for conference
Former Formula 1 World Champion Jody Scheckter will be racing in from his hugely successful Laverstoke Park Farm to be guest speaker at a Hampshire Chamber of Commerce conference.