With young people’s attitudes to education and employment formed at an early age by family role models, social business CXL has launched an innovative pilot in the Shadsworth and Whitebirk areas of Blackburn, which aims to break the unemployment cycle that can exist in families, leading to young people becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training).
Lancaster and Morecambe businesses are missing out by not employing young people, according to Lancashire recruitment experts CXL.
CXL’s Business and Meeting Centre has won a prestigious regional award for its first class service to customers.
Businesses in East Lancashire are set to benefit from nearly £1m to help them survive and thrive through the economic downturn.
Staff at CXL have smashed their own target by raising an amazing £3249.21 in support of their sponsored charity Nightsafe.
Blackpool South MP Gordon Marsden dropped in on a seminar showcasing an online careers package that’s been developed to identify and support students who are at risk of dropping out of college.
CXL MD Highly Commended in Chamber Awards
14 September 2008
The achievements of CXL Managing Director Karen O’Donoghue have been recognised by the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce in this year’s Chamber Awards.
Over 300 guests attended the President's Awards Ball at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel on Friday 12 September and celebrated the success of local businesses. Karen O’Donoghue was awarded a Highly Commended in the Woman of the Year category.
The former Chief Executive of Connexions Lancashire Ltd, Karen was a finalist in the 2007 Business Link Lancashire Business Woman of the Year Awards and is known for her commitment to the principles of social enterprise and ethical trading.
