Following the success of it’s first Hereford jobs fair in October 2021, the charity is hosting a larger Spring event at the Shell Store in Rotherwas on Wednesday, 27th April 2022, at the iconic Shell Store in the Rotherwas area of Hereford.

The free event will bring together national, regional, and local organisations that are actively recruiting, as well as providing job seekers with support and advice on their search. The event is open to all ages, skills and abilities so if you are looking for full or part time, temporary or permanent, your first job or even a job change, please come along and find out more.

 The free event is being delivered in partnership with The Marches Growth Hub, Hereford Enterprise Zone and Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce and doors will open to the public from 12 noon until 4pm.

***FREE RETURN TRANSPORT TO THE HEREFORDSHIRE SPRING JOBSFAIR 

 We have just managed to secure FREE TRANSPORT for anyone wishing to attend the Jobs Fair event and this will be with Yeomans Travel.

Your Herefordshire are supporting the promotion of the event across Herefordshire on social media. Please keep a look out on both our website and https://yourherefordshire.co.uk/ for further update, changes and additions to the event.

The Jobs Fair will cover vacancies across many employment sectors and all skill levels and we will also have a range of apprenticeship vacancies and training courses.

Landau and their local partner organisations will be on hand to discuss how they can support you in your journey into employment, including work preparation and job search options.

Please see below for further details of the event and who you can meet:

Herefordshire Spring Jobs Fair.

Location: The Shell Store, Canary Drive, Skylon Park, Hereford HR2 6SR

Date: Wednesday 27th April 2022 12 noon until 4pm

Who can I meet?

1 Kemble at Home  

2 Wye Cylinder Engineering  

3 Aspire Living Ltd 

4 Services for Independent Living 

5 Avara Foods 

6 Ornua Ingredients Europe 

7 Hoople Group 

8 Orbis Education and Care 

9 Ultra Horizon 

10 Balfour Beatty 

11 Connexus   

12 NMITE  

13 Herefordshire & Worcestershire Group Training Association   

14 Clearview Cleaning

15 ETL Systems 

16 Herefordshire Council Fostering Services 

17 Wye Valley NHS Trust 

18 National Star 

19 Recruitment Direct 

20 Katherine Harriet  

21 Herefordshire Council, Herefordshire Cares 

22 RE Recruitment and Safehands Recruitment Joint Stand 

23 Babington 

24 Norman Allen Group Travel 

25 Herefordshire & Ludlow College 

26 ITS  

27 Holme Lacy House Hotel 

28 Astute Graphics Ltd 

29 Sequani   

30 Hewett Recruitment 

31 The Green Dragon Hotel 

32 Catch-22 (NCS) 

33 Wye Valley Group 

34 The Beefy Boys  

35 Allpay Limited 

36 CLEAN Linen & Workwear 

37 Lidl 

38 HFT Forklifts Limited 

39 Barclays Bank 

40 JD Wetherspoon 

41 West Mercia Police 

42 Kingspan Insulation 

43 Home Bargains 

44 Army Careers

45 The Coffee Cart Company 

46 HR Smith Group

47 Berry bpi 

48 Good Intents

How to get to the Shell Store:

BY CAR The Shell Store is situated at Skylon Park, Rotherwas in the south-east of Hereford. It is easily accessible both from the city centre and from motorways. Once on the Holme Lacy Road Straight Mile, at the first roundabout before the BP garage, turn off on the first exit left in to Vincent Carey Road, where you see the Yellow Flexspace building and sign. Follow the road to a T-junction where you will see Western Power Distribution in front of you, turn left at the junction and head to the bottom of the Skylon View, continue along Canary Drive and you will see the Shell Store building straight ahead.

Satnav: Please use an alternative postcode HR2 6ST (Clean My Biz) and carry on straight along the Skylon View to get to the Shell Store

Google maps: Search for “Shell Store Incubation Centre” or postcode HR2 6ST what3words: ///forced.museum.roofs  (navigate via Google Maps only)

Ample free parking available on site.

***FREE RETURN TRANSPORT TO THE HEREFORDSHIRE SPRING JOBSFAIR 

 We have just managed to secure FREE TRANSPORT for anyone wishing to attend the Jobs Fair event and this will be with Yeomans Travel.

 First bus from town centre bus station at back of Tesco- 11.30am 

Last bus from The Shell Store 4pm 

Buses will run every 30 mins approx. and will be a RETURN journey

Pick up stops: https://bustimes.org/services/78x-hereford-rotherwas

please remember that the bus will have a Jobs Fair flyer in the window, exclusively for the Jobs Fair and not the 78X bus

 Bus stop at Tesco in town is where the normal Rotherwas 78X bus departs but this will be a private bus and will have a Jobs Fair flyer notice on it

 The buses will leave from the main bus station– Tesco stores in Hereford city centre at the 78X stop for Rotherwas, which is situated along the back wall at the back of Tesco store. The bus will have a Jobs Fair flyer in the window as this will be an exclusive bus for the Jobs Fair only.

 It will be a FREE RETURN BUS for anyone wishing to attend the event and the bus will stop to pick up ANY BUS STOP EN ROUTE TO THE SHELL STORE, therefore ideal for anyone living in the South Wye area

 The buses will run approx. every 30 mins between 11.30am and 4pm.

 Stops will include some of the following, but will be any designated bus stop between the Town centre and Rotherwas

It will be a private bus exclusively for the Jobs Fair, but will follow the same route more or less, as for the 78X (see link below):

https://bustimes.org/services/78x-hereford-rotherwas

BY BUS Buses 78 and 78X run to Rotherwas, starting from Hereford City Bus Station, Fryzers Court behind Tesco Supermarket in the city centre and the 454 bus – Hereford to Holme Lacy via Rotherwas – starts from the Country Bus Station (Stand 7), Commercial Road, Hereford. Shell Store nearest bus stop is Vincent Carey Road/ Straight Mile (opposite the BP garage). From the bus stop head back towards the roundabout, at the roundabout turn right onto Vincent Carey Road, walk along Vincent Carey Road until reached a T-junction where you will see Western Power Distribution in front of you, at the T-junction turn left onto the Skylon View and head to the bottom of the road where it merges into Canary Drive – the Shell Store will be straight ahead. It’s approx. a 9 minute walk. For more information visit: Herefordshire Council Bus Travel

WALKING/ CYCLING FROM HEREFORD TRAIN STATION Shell Store is a 40 minute walk/ 13 minute cycle (2.0 miles) from Hereford Train Station via the Greenway walk/cycleway or about 55 minute walk/ 17 minute cycle (2.7 miles) on pavements alongside the road route.

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You can also access the Shell Store off the Canary bridge walk – access under the railway bridge off the main walkway, follow signs for Rotherwas East and it is a 2 minute walk away from the path.

The Hereford walking and cycling map shows cycling routes in blue, from the centre of Hereford to Rotherwas. Head to Skylon View to get to the Shell Store.

There are covered bike racks available on site.

 

One confirmation we received at the last minute will be the very special presence of TV presenter Richard Hammond!