Future Talent & Recruitment Expo for Small Businesses Hull & East Yorkshire
This event is ideal for owners & leaders of small businesses who are looking to bring fresh talent into their organisation
About this event
This event is ideal for owners & leaders of small businesses who are looking to bring fresh talent into their organisation
Calling all small businesses! Are you looking to recruit new talent? Are you unsure who to speak to with regards to building your business workforce? Would you like to know more about many different talent and recruitment pathways?
Then why not come and join the HEY Growth Hub and HEY Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) team during Humber Business Week for our 'Future Talent & Recruitment Expo for Small Businesses"?
The expo will provide a full overview of the region’s talent acquisition and recruitment support opportunities that are available for small businesses across Hull and East Yorkshire, all of which will help small firms to grow their teams, develop new talent and future-proof their workforce.
Attendees will have the opportunity to discover:
- How apprenticeships and industry placements can work for their business
- Information on the newly launched 'Business Growth & Skills Levy'
- New government backed employer incentives for recruiting young people and apprentices, including the 'Youth Jobs Guarantee'.
- Other routes to local talent, including student placements, internships and degree apprenticeships, amongst many others.
- The free advisory and support services that are available from local organisations including business support agencies, councils, Job Centre Plus, colleges and training providers, and many more.
This event will be the single largest gathering of colleges and training providers, employer support and business support organisations in Hull & East Yorkshire in 2026.
Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with young talent, nearly twenty local training providers and business support organisations that will be in attendance as part of the event’s exhibitor marketplace, including the Department for Work & Pensions, Skills Bootcamps Hull & East Yorkshire, the University of Hull, Hull College and Bishop Burton College.