The people of Kenilworth and the rest of Warwickshire are set to benefit from a major new job website dedicated to the region.

The site 'Coventry and Warwickshire Employment Solutions' has been launched this week to enable people to search free of charge for local jobs.

Unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire increased from three to seven per cent between March and August this year, and this new resource is designed to help rectify this trend.

The site also offers advise for individuals who have been made redundant or are looking for a change in career.

The resource has received funding from the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP), Warwickshire County Council, Coventry City Council, the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce and the FSB.

Current vacancies are collated daily from a number of sources and brought together into one platform.

Nick Abell, chair of the CWLEP, said on the company's website Employment Solutions was the latest in range of measures to help the area's businesses get through the Covid crisis as well as possible.

He said: "The CWLEP, through its Growth Hub, has created Employment Solutions in a very quick time and we are linking with partners including Warwickshire County Council, Coventry City Council, Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce and FSB to ensure that – as much as is possible – it is the definitive "go-to" place for those offering posts and people seeking jobs.

"Covid has had a huge impact on our economy, and the CWLEP has been working hard to formulate an effective reset strategy which will allow Coventry and Warwickshire to recover as well as is possible.

"The Employment Solutions website is one of the many key components in that strategy and to have the maximum impact we need local businesses who are recruiting to use this new site, providing further evidence of how well our region can pull together to help each other."

The website can be found by following this link.