NORTH West firms have been urged to join the Shell Step scheme, which provides summer work placements for young students, in advance of the July 6 deadline.
Last year, the scheme saw almost half (48%) of Step students add more than £5,000 worth of value to their host business, while 17% added more than £30,000.
Students benefit from the opportunity to gain relevant and meaningful work experience tailored to their individual skills and career ambitions. Shell UK chairman James Smith said: “Shell Step has been boosting businesses’ bottom lines and students’ employment prospect for the past 23 years.
“I hope that small firms which may find themselves stretched in the current economic climate will step forward and sign up.”
FOR more information on how to get involved in the scheme, businesses can visit www. shellstep.org.uk
