LandSec announces job initiatives at City office developments

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Article posted: 14 Sep 2011

As unemployment rates in London remain high, out-of-work Londoners are being given the chance to help build the Capital as part of a unique employment agreement announced today by Land Securities, the UK’s largest commercial property developer.

Land Securities has brought together partners in the public and private sectors to ring-fence jobs and offer training opportunities in construction at new developments across its £5.27bn London property portfolio, including new offices in the City of London.

A network of partners including the Greater London Authority, Job Centre Plus, The London Probation Trust, the City of London Corporation, and major UK contractors, will help Londoners access training and employment opportunities with a focus on the long-term unemployed, young people, offenders and ex-offenders. 

In the first instance, Land Securities will set aside 100 job opportunities, 60 National Vocational Qualifications [NVQs], and five full time apprenticeships at the new 525 ft tall tower being built at 20 Fenchurch Street, a partnership with Canary Wharf Group Plc, supported by the City of London Corporation. Jobs will also be ring-fenced at 30 Old Bailey over the next three years, a new development in the City of London incorporating 375,000 sq ft of new retail and office space in the Square Mile. 

The launch of the strategy follows the completion of a successful pilot with contractors Sir Robert McAlpine at a Land Securities development of office space in Victoria, SW1, at 62 Buckingham Gate. Over a two month period, 51 unemployed Londoners received training and now have skills to take to the job market. Of these, 23 trainees were offered permanent jobs.

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