Exhibitors
Currently we have the following great employers exhibiting - as employers book stands we will update the list.
- Herefordshire Council takes care of the county. Responsible for a range of vital services for people and businesses within the area, including social care, housing and planning, waste collection, licensing, business support, registrar services and pest control to name a few.
- We offer a range of early career opportunities including work experience placements and apprenticeships.
- We are really pleased to be able to support the event again this year and look forward to sharing further information on the day.
- Wye Valley Group consists of several companies: Wye Valley Metals, Wye Valley Skips, Wye Valley Demolition, Warehouse 701, Auto-Breakers, Hereford Quarries, Sigeric Ltd and Hereford Self Storage.
- The Group employs over 150 local staff, and is the single largest waste recycling facility in Herefordshire. Wye Valley Group handle national recycling contracts, with companies such as Network Rail, and supply material to steelworks and foundries across the UK.
- Each individual business supports the others in their operations, and all form part of the recycling chain.
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire Group Training Association (HWGTA) is an independent training provider with an Ofsted outstanding rating.
- We offer apprenticeships in accountancy business administration, customer service, engineering and management. Priding ourselves on supporting learners to gain knowledge, skills and behaviours in their chosen pathways, while meeting the needs of local employers.
- Education resources for outdoor learning and the Early Years-KS2 and SEN sector.
Herefordshire Council SAFE team
- The SAFE Team provide support for young people who are at risk of contextual safeguarding outside of the home and online. We provide resources for young people, parents, carers, and professionals
- The University of Worcester is a close-knit and high-achieving community where students are supported to succeed at every level. The University is ranked first in the UK for Quality Education in the Times Higher Education's University Impact Rankings 2024 and has been in the top five every year since its inception in 2019.
- Worcester Business School (incorporating the Department of Computing) is interdisciplinary and outward-looking. Our strong emphasis on business enterprise and work-related learning delivers immediate benefit for our graduates, their organisations and the regional economy.
- Based in the Herefordshire village of Much Marcle, Westons Cider is an independent cider-making company, making premium award-winning ciders since 1880.
Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College
- Further education provider with extensive range of courses. From A Levels to apprenticeships, vocational courses to higher education – there's something for everyone. Our five colleges boast excellent, modern facilities including specialist workshops, professional training restaurants, salons, science labs, equestrian centres, domestic and exotic animals and more. There's been recent investment and renovation across all campuses.
- We are a family-run company with over 55 years of experience in the aerospace industry. As a fully vertically integrated organisation, we excel in design, manufacture and testing of aerospace products, underpinned by significant investments in research and development. With cutting-edge facilities and a skilled workforce across multiple disciplines, we don't just collaborate with you – we become your fellow engineers, from concept to qualification.
- Burroughs are a trusted partner in civil and structural engineering and are known for our innovative design solutions. Our journey is defined by an unwavering commitment to engineering excellence, evident in our successful execution of numerous complex projects.
- We help local authorities and businesses minimise the amount of waste landfilled by transforming it into valuable resources, reducing its impact and creating social value in the process. We focus on retrieving the full value of everything we collect so materials can be used again, and transform what's left into energy.
Newton Farm Community Association
- We are a local charity with a community hub and community shop, which funds the hub.
- Encouraging people to volunteer to gain confidence, skills and some to move onto paid work
- Hereford Cathedral has been at the centre of Christian Worship in Herefordshire since the seventh century. Today, the Cathedral has a thriving congregation and welcomes over 120,000 visitors a year.
- The Cathedral's Library and Archives have a varied collection including from the eighth century Hereford Gospels, the Mappa Mundi and the Chained Library. The Mappa Mundi and Chained Library are on permanent display in an exhibition which welcomes over 30,000 visitors a year.
Civil Service
- Civil servants are recruited on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition. Regardless of who you are or where you're from there will be a Civil Service career for you. Our roles are varied, and all contribute to delivering vital services to the public.
- The Civil Service is divided into departments. Whatever your passion – from the environment to welfare – there's a department to match.
- Our work touches all aspects of life in the UK, from education and the environment, to transport and defence.
- You could make a real difference to people's lives with a career in the Civil Service
- An 83 bedroom hotel in the heart of Hereford City. Offering food, drink, bedrooms, events and meetings.
- Discover NMITE, a growing revolution and UK breakthrough in university education. Designed for the change-makers, the forward-thinkers, the progressive, and the doers. We've flipped traditional education on its head, dropped the lectures and traditional exams, and made way for hands-on studio learning, in teams, on real-world challenges, set in collaboration with actual employers. Our aim? To ensure you graduate career-ready, and fast. Welcome to the real world. Welcome to NMITE.
- If you are aged 16 to 24 our local hub is dedicated to helping you into employment, education or training.
- Whether it is help searching for a job or apprenticeship, careers advice, workshops on confidence, money management, wellbeing and more.
- For more than 170 years, Hereford College of Arts has trained aspiring artists to make their mark on the world. Today the college is recognised as one of the UK's leading institutions dedicated to providing students with outstanding arts education through an individual approach to teaching and discovery.
- Our two campuses are home to more than 600 students across post-16, foundation, degree and post graduate courses.
- Government-approved training provider with a wealth of apprenticeship knowledge gained over 25 years of experience in the industry.
- We work nationally with a very broad and diverse range of organisations from primary schools through to the NHS, providing them with a range of apprenticeship programmes and recruitment services. We have worked with over 500 businesses and our clients have included BMW, Close Brothers, Balfour Beatty, Eurostar, Anchor Hanover and Portman Dental.
- The 12-week residential Foundation Course is open to everyone age 16+ from the UK and overseas. The Foundation Course is the starting point for those completing full-time education. No academic qualifications are required and learners can follow either a riding or a non-riding pathway. This course is tailored to accommodate those with no previous horse experience through to those with considerable horse experience but limited or no racing experience.
- Upon successful completion of the Foundation Course learners are secured a six-week work placement in a racehorse trainer's yard. There are over 500 racehorse trainers in the UK, the placement is chosen in consultation with the learner and their family. It is anticipated the work placement will become a permanent, full-time position where learners will be employed as a Racing Groom. The opportunity to progress onto a Level 2 Apprenticeship in Racehorse Care will also present. Accommodation is typically provided along with employment in a racing stable.
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care System bring together all organisations involved in providing health and care services to make things better for patients and residents. Our NHS Trusts provides community and hospital-based services from three main sites across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust is the main provider of mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages experiencing both physical and mental health conditions.
- Hoople is a public sector owned company based in Hereford, specialising in providing support services to the public sector as well as commercial customers. We currently employ over 600 employees and cover a vast range of service areas including IT services; training; education; recruitment; HR and payroll; finance; revenues and benefits; care; building, cleaning and maintenance; school MIS support services.
- Respite care for families and children with disabilities.
- The British Army has 76 different job roles that can be applied for which then opens up to 200.
- The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Information, Advice and Support Service (IASS) covering Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
- Voluntary service organisation.
- Constituent Club of Rotary International based in Hereford and supporting charities in and around Hereford.
- Amongst other activities, upporting education, and working with schools and colleges.
- Encouraging volunteering to support others less fortunate than ourselves.