millennials

SMEs in SW say ‘growth relies on millennials’

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 08/20/2015 - 10:31am

Small and medium sized businesses in the South West believe future success relies on their ability to recruit so-called millennials – those born between 1980 and 2000 – but recognise that they need to do more to attract them, according to new research by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

More than three quarters (79 per cent) of SMEs across the region said that the growth of their business relies on their ability to recruit millennial talent. In fact more than a third (35 per cent) said they want a millennial to take over their business one day.

It is estimated that...

Twentysomething: a reading list (part of Exeter Ignite)

Event Date: 
04/06/2014 - 6:00pm to 06/06/2014 - 9:15pm
Venue: 
The Rusty Bike, Exeter

A new, intimate play about Millennials and trying to get on in that 'real life' thing that everyone harps on about...

4th (6pm), 5th (8pm) and 6th (6pm) June 2014 Tickets available now from ignitexeter.org.uk £7 (or cheaper the more shows you book - 5 shows for £25)

Relationships are complicated. So is University. And so is ‘real life’ afterwards. Over a third of graduates have to move back home after University, and not by choice. Almost half remain unemployed or on minimum wage. ‘Twentysomething: a reading list’ is a new play about ‘Generation Y’ and life before...