Adventure Travel has leveraged the government’s Kickstart scheme to recruit two new staff after Chambers Wales South East, South West and Mid identified it as an opportunity for the Cardiff-based business.
Adam Rose (pictured) has joined as Marketing Assistant. He will support the operator’s Marketing Executive with tasks related to social media content, print advertising and internal communications. Meanwhile, Cole Evans has come onboard as Commercial Operations Assistant. He will cover a more varied role focusing on administrative, commercial, marketing and operational duties.
Says Adventure Travel Recruitment Manager Lauryn Tunnell: “We are excited to welcome Adam and Cole to the team and look forward to supporting them in their career development.
“We couldn’t have done this without the Chamber, which brough the Kickstart scheme to our attention. It helped us with the application and selection process so that we could find these two suitable candidates, who have solid skills and help us to continue expanding our ever-growing team.”
Adds Director of Partnerships and Customer Support for the Chamber Nina Slevin: “The Chamber is delighted to support businesses with the Kickstart scheme, particularly with the current challenges being faced by many around skills and staff shortages.
“Kickstart not only helps businesses like Adventure Travel to fulfil their staffing needs, but also highlights the important of developing skills in the workforce.”
Kickstart pays 100% of the national minimum wage or national living wage (depending on the participant’s age) for 25 hours per week for six months. Funding also covers associated employer’s National Insurance contributions and minimum automatic enrolment pension contributions. Kickstart closed to applications on 17 December, but job start dates can extend to 31 March 2022.
Earlier in 2021, fellow ComfortDelGro subsidiary Metroline also used Kickstart, to create 30 new paid job placements at its London bus garages.
