Thursday 13/3/25 (8.30am - 10.30am)
Join us at Leeds City College for the launch of the 2025 Leeds Manufacturing Festival. Find out more about the festival programme, how you can get involved and hear how manufacturers, education providers and key decision-makers are working together to address the challenges of recruitment, skills and workforce development.
Confirmed speakers include Chris Black, managing director of Sound Leisure and president of West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, Poppy Bramford, senior policy manager from training and skills charity Enginuity, and Matt Booth, associate director at E3 Recruitment.
Leeds Manufacturing Festival is sponsored by: E3 Recruitment, Enginuity, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds City Council, AW Hainsworth, Facultatieve Technologies, Greyhound Box, Kirkstall Precision Engineering, Leeds Welding Company, MA Ford Europe, MPM, Saftronics, Sound Leisure
Thursday 13/3/25 (11am to 4.30pm)
This careers fair follows on from the morning launch event and provides a platform for manufacturing employers in Leeds to showcase their companies and meet students from the School of Engineering at Leeds City College, UTC Leeds and other local schools. It offers a great opportunity to highlight the roles and career opportunities available in manufacturing to the next generation.
The event will include break-out sessions on CVs, interview preparation and work readiness and concludes with careers panels for students and teaching staff.
If you're an employer and would like to take part, please contact: Faron.Convey@aheadpartnership.org.uk
