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Overcoming challenges

Ilaria Cantelli, Education Manager at Uptree on the importance of improving social mobility through education and more inclusive recruitment practices In the UK today, your social background still highly impacts your opportunities in life. Compared with other developed countries, the ...

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Upskilling the unemployed

Amey’s People Director Stephanie Johnson describes a raft of recruitment and training strategies that aim to bring back the long term unemployed to the workforce The UK workforce has been changing dramatically over the last few years as a result ...

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Compass’ chief people officer joins industry leading group for social mobility

Carol Sommerville, Compass Group UK & Ireland’s Chief People Officer, has joined the Social Mobility Commission’s Employer Advisory Group (EAG), which works to support organisations to create better socio-economic inclusion in their workforce. The Social Mobility Commission is an independent ...

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Sodexo joins new coalition of companies connecting refugees to jobs

Sodexo UK & Ireland is one of 70 major businesses joining Tent UK, a new coalition of companies which aims to advance the labour market integration of refugees in the UK. In recent years, the UK has welcomed more than ...

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ABM launches sixth year of its Junior Engineering Engagement Programme

Facility services provider, ABM, is inviting the sixth cohort of students to take part in its Junior Engineering Engagement Programme (J.E.E.P.) ABM’s continued investment in creating a pipeline of technical talent comes as SVP and President of ABM UK and Ireland, ...

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Sodexo supports The Purpose Coalition Awards

The Purpose Coalition has launched The Purpose Coalition Awards 2023 – Breaking Down Barriers. The awards, which are sponsored by leading Purpose Coalition partner, Sodexo UK and Ireland recognise leaders who have made remarkable contributions to levelling up and breaking ...

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Amey joins DWP SWAPs initiative

Amey is working with the Department for Work and Pension’s (DWP) to deliver a Sector-Based Work Academy Programme (SWAPs). Launched by the DWP in 2013, SWAPs provides people with the opportunity to learn new skills and gain real-life experience in ...

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Compass launches career hub for people struggling to gain employment

Compass Group UK & Ireland has launched the Social Partner Hub which will support candidates from a range of backgrounds who are facing barriers to entry into the job market. These include ex-offenders, care leavers, long term unemployed and people ...

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Compass ‘Changing One Million Lives’ event: Driving forward social mobility in the UK

Compass Group UK & Ireland has hosted over 100 clients and stakeholders to discuss the importance of enabling social mobility, alongside learnings and insights, at an event, which marked the anniversary of the launch of the company’s ‘Our Social Promise’ ...

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Compass becomes a patron of the Multicultural Apprenticeship Alliance

The Multicultural Apprenticeship Alliance, powered by Pathway Group, has named Compass Group UK & Ireland as its latest patron. Formed in 2017, originally as the ‘BAME’ Apprenticeship Alliance, The Multicultural Apprenticeship Alliance strives to promote social mobility, diversity, inclusion and ...

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