Ben Mannion has worked in recruitment for over 15 years following a degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He is a Director of Hewett Recruitment, a Worcestershire based agency that supplies permanent, temporary and contract solutions. Alongside its specialist Permanent divisions covering the Commercial, IT, Engineering, Finance and Executive sectors, Hewett supply a large number of blue collar workers to local businesses. Their clients range from large household names such as Vax and Specsavers through to a variety of SME manufacturers, and Ben has an in depth knowledge of this market place.
Away from his day to day work, Ben is a Board Director and President of Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Future Skills Board for the Worcestershire LEP, a member of the Employment & Skills Board for Worcestershire LEP and a Worcestershire Ambassador.
Ben is passionate about the skills agenda, in particular regarding careers advice and young people, along with the wider challenges facing the UK labour market. Through his career in recruitment and his roles with the LEP, Chamber and Hewett, Ben has an expert understanding of the labour market challenges that businesses of all sizes face in a Post-Covid and Post-Brexit world.