Wendy Morton MP visits Pertemps office in Aldridge to see how its commitment to breaking down barriers is making a difference in the West Midlands

MP for Aldridge-Brownhills, Rt Hon Wendy Morton, visited her local Pertemps office in Aldridge to meet staff and get an insight into how the business is helping to break down barriers for people in the West Midlands.

Morton met Group HR director Tracy Evans and Operations Director Will Hodson and spoke to staff about the challenges facing the labour market and how Pertemps is helping to get people back into work.

Pertemps is the UK’s largest recruitment agency, with over 200 offices across the UK. It directly employs 1,550 members of staff, manages up to 40,000 temporary workers for clients at any one time and places around 12,000 candidates in permanent roles each year.

It has been working in partnership with the Purpose Coalition to deliver a positive social impact for its colleagues, clients and communities across the country. As part of that work, it published a Levelling Up Impact Report which highlighted how the company is boosting social mobility, showcased its best practice and considered how it could go even further.

Pertemps subsequently hosted a series of roundtable discussions for major private sector employers and public bodies which formed the basis of a report, The Workforce of the Future. This presented solutions for businesses to help them to connect the opportunities they can offer with talent, to find and develop the right skills for these roles and to increase engagement with their colleagues while building for the future. It highlighted the importance of:

• Promoting resilience and a proactive response to economic shocks;

• Adapting to the post-pandemic workplace shift;

• Investing in the workforce of the future;

• Fostering long-term economic resilience.