Lyndon Timings-Thompson and James McBride were named on the latest 30 under 30 Forbes List in Europe. Mr Timings-Thompson, 29, and Mr McBride, 28, run their company, We are Social Enterprise Recruitment, from Nexus, the innovation business hub on the University of Leeds campus. As company directors, the business partners and their team trade as an agency that finds employees for the construction industry.
“We operate a traditional business model but commit profits to achieve a social goal,” said Mr Timings-Thompson. “We work with third party organisations such as those who help ex-offenders to fund qualifications or offer workshops that help them build their CVs and interview techniques.” The qualification most people have to have in the construction industry is the Construction Skills Certification Scheme card which indicates those individuals have appropriate training.
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