Business seminars to stem "brain drain" and boost economy (From Hereford Times)
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Business seminars to stem "brain drain" and boost economy
5:40pm Thursday 13th September 2012 in News By Bill Tanner
HEREFORDSHIRE must DIY to train and retain the talent needed to take its future into the 21st century, according to those behind a major series of business seminars launching this week.
Organised by Rotherwasbased recruitment specialists Define Risk Solutions (DRS) – and backed by both Allpay and the Hereford Times – the seminars set a template by which business in the county can forge talent and develop careers for – and between – themselves rather than relying on the whims of outside influence.
“The successful and seamless growth of Herefordshire hinges upon the attraction, retention and development of talent in the local area," said Stuart Blake, a DRS director.
“There has been stagnation in the employment market for four years now and as a matter of course employers will look to freshen up their teams and employees will look to expand their levels of experience as they develop their careers."
Allpay MD Tony Killeen, currently overseeing a £5 million expansion of his Whitestone-based operation, said stopping the so-called “brain drain” is one of the biggest challenges faced by the county, and one for which it is now vital that businesses come together.
There are already plans to expand the seminars into tackling unemployment and job stagnation.
- The first seminar is set for October 18 at a venue yet to be confirmed.
bobby47 says...
9:40pm Thu 13 Sep 12
Two of my kids left Hereford a long time ago because there was nothing to do, no opportunity for the future and no area of work that carried with it a good salary.
We in Hereford grow and pick fruit, we process chicken, we brew illicit vodka and we have the opportunity to buy cheap tobacco.
That's it. I know I'm negative but that is the best I can say about my beloved City Hereford.
We are completely dominated by cheap East European labour and when new jobs are created our kids won't get a look in. That's the way it is and that's the negative reality I have now accepted.
In short, despit the buzz words, slogans, gimmicks and management speak, we are done for so.....don't ever tell me again about the brain drain.
The only drain I ever want to hear about, is a huge deluge of Wye and Lugg water that washes away every single Councillor who, through incompetence and greed, has brought my City to its knees.