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BCF: THE BRITISH COATINGS FEDERATION BCF opens the door to new talent with launch of Coatings Careers Hub The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has launched their new Coatings Careers Hub, a digital resource promoting the careers opportunities in the coatings, printing inks and wallcoverings industries. This initiative was stimulated following increasing support from BCF members for a better, more accessible resource to careers in the industry. LIVE 2020 22 A focal point of the hub is the jobs board, which showcases vacancies at BCF member companies. Advertising vacancies on the Careers Hub is free for current BCF members. The hub also works to promote apprenticeships and the Coatings Training Institute, helping aspiring students to explore the industry in a way that best suits their needs. Finally, the hub features a video series of coatings industry professionals, demonstrating what a career in coatings actually entails. sectors, amongst the sea of job postings on jobs board platforms. With the Coatings Careers Hub, we now have one resource to direct interested individuals towards and will, going forward, make the hub an integral part of our promotional strategy in our talks with students and job applicants.” Commenting on the hub, BCF’s Head of Marketing Tania Morrill said: “As a crucial part of our remit as a Federation, we are increasing our efforts to promote opportunities in the coatings, printing inks and wallcoverings industries to the next generation of talent. Regular feedback that we receive from students, is that it’s often difficult to find opportunities within our Anyone interested in more information about the hub is asked to contact [email protected]. The hub is now live at www.coatingscareershub.com with specifi c URLs for those in the printing inks and wallcoverings industries – www.printinginkscareers.com and www.wallcoveringscareers.com Surface World Live 2020 will be returning to Hall 11 at the NEC in Birmingham. The next show will be held on the 18th & 19th March 2020. - we have everything covered MAY 2019 If you are interested in booking a stand then call Nigel Bean on 01442 826826 or send him an email at [email protected] twitter: @surfaceworldmag