Graduates offer young jobless chance to get off to a career flyer

Two Leeds Metropolitan University graduates have set up a company which helps young unemployed people get back into the workplace.

Entrepreneurs John Macleod and John Tetik launched Post Runner, a leaflet and flyer distribution service based in Leeds, after seeing a gap in the market for leaflets to be handed out in a supervised, professional and motivated way.

The pair, who graduated in 2010, came up with the idea after they were disappointed by other leaflet distribution companies.

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“We decided to speak to people who were doing this for a living and get their views about the job,” said John Macleod.

“The problem quickly became clear. Many people said they felt highly under-motivated and devalued due to poor wages, while some admitted to taking short cuts, delivering the leaflets or flyers late or at times not delivering them at all.

“We decided there was a real opportunity to provide businesses with a service they can rely on where the staff delivering leaflets and flyers on their behalf are smartly dressed in uniforms and are happy in their work.”

The pair launched Post Runner via Leeds Metropolitan’s business start-up scheme based at the QU2 Business Centre at the university’s city centre campus.

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John Tetik said: “We employ young motivated people at Post Runner and our community aims are at the heart of everything we do. We help the disadvantaged and young unemployed get back into the workplace, learning skills and attributes to forge a long-term career. Plus we pay them decent wages to ensure they remain motivated.”

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