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Following EPS being awarded a contract with Transport for Wales, the Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport, Lee Waters visited our site 2nd May 2019. TfW is awarding contracts to social enterprises within Wales, due to the positive impact they have within communities. They are at the beginning of an exciting journey which will see over £5 billion invested in Wales’ transport network. The not-for-profit company, wholly owned by Welsh Government, is fully aligned with the Well-being of Future Generations

Josh O’Leary, from Tredegar is encouraging pupils from his former secondary school to consider apprenticeships as a chosen career path. Josh is a Recycling Operative at ELITE Paper Solutions, he attended Bishop Hedley RC High School until he was 16 years old. He wanted to stay in the local area and knew he wanted to gain professional qualifications. Josh struggled with the traditional classroom learning, so after leaving school he looked into more practical ways to gain qualifications. He applied for

Cardiff Council has appointed EPS as their new provider to dispose of more than 70,000kg of confidential waste it produces each year. Following a successful tender exercise, ELITE Paper Solutions, has been appointed to collect confidential waste documents from more than 75 sites throughout the city of Cardiff including schools, community hubs and Council offices. Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation and Performance, Cllr Chris Weaver, said: “We want to do business with organisations who share our principles around promoting social

It’s that time again, where we’d like to share a journey of one of our staff members, telling their story about working at ELITE. Our journey today is with Luke O’Neill, who originally joined ELITE back in 2015, being one of the first volunteers to walk through our doors. Luke was a shy individual, and came to us low on confidence. Quickly progressing into an important team member, Luke was given a 16-hour a week contract after just 6 weeks

We’re currently offering numerous volunteering opportunities at ELITE Paper Solutions, and would love to hear from anyone interested in joining our team! Participants will be encouraged to take part in the many volunteering opportunities available at ELITE, which will aim to improve their confidence within the workplace & also build employment skills. Through the ‘New Opportunities Project’ you could access valuable work experience in the following areas; Warehouse – Sorting, shredding, bailing paper.Office – Answering the phone, data inputting, scheduling

As we love good news stories here at ELITE, we thought it would be a good idea to share with the world some of the journey’s our staff have made with us. Every month, we’ll upload a new story about one of our staff members to our latest news page. We will also share the stories on our social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn. Our first journey will be with Karen Evans, our document sorter. Karen has been with

Back in October 2018, we were given the amazing news that we had been shortlisted as 1 of 3 finalists for the Traineeship Employer of the Year Award by PeoplePlus Cymru. The Awards were held at the National Assembly building in Cardiff Bay earlier this morning (6th Dec 2018). Following an introduction to some fantastic candidates and employees working throughout Wales, we were proudly awarded Traineeship Employer of the Year! Shane Tucker, who is now an important staff member at EPS, came

It was announced yesterday by Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford that £2.9 million will be funded for specialist employment and training services for people with sensory loss. The JobSense project – supported by £1.8 million of EU funding and £1.1 million of  Welsh Government funding – will work with 390 economically-inactive and long-term unemployed people with hearing or sight problems. ELITE Supported Employment are very proud to delivering the JobSense project alongside Action on Hearing Loss Cymru and the Centre of Sign Sight

With our brand new Luton van arriving a few weeks back, the recruitment process for new drivers & drivers mates followed shortly after. We’re now very pleased to welcome Wayne, Peter, Stephen, Patrick & James to the ELITE team! Our newest members will be involved in the delivery & collection of the confidential sacks & bins, so if you see them when collecting your waste, don’t forget to say Hi! They’ve already managed to integrate themselves fantastically within the team