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Allen & Overy's lawyers in London advise the world's leading businesses, financial institutions, governments and private individuals. They regularly work on complex cross-border transactions, groundbreaking legal solutions and products, and help clients resolve their most difficult disputes. They employ employ 5,200 people in 44 offices across 31 countries.

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Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services.

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The airport offers both domestic flights within the UK, and international flights to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, North America and the Caribbean. The Flight School offers a unique and exciting learning environment where the airport runways and associated activities can be viewed.

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Brewin Dolphin is one of the UK’s leading providers of personalised, discretionary wealth management services, offering investment management and financial planning services to investors and intermediaries. With origins dating back to the mid-18th century, they were one of the founding firms of the London Stock Exchange. They have 28 offices throughout the UK & Ireland and have a wealth of experience dealing with investment markets. [updated 20160606 by BD themselves via SA]

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Clarion Housing Group is one of the UK’s largest housing associations, with 125,000 homes nationwide. We are a business with social purpose. With our charitable foundation Clarion Futures, we use our strength and scale to create opportunities that change people’s lives.

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Edge is an independent education charity dedicated to shaping the future of education in the UK. They believe a coherent, unified and holistic education system can support social equity and enable all young people to fulfil their potential.

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Eversheds Sutherland is a British multinational law firm head-quartered in London. It is one of the world’s largest corporate law firms, with over 40 offices based in the world’s major economic centres. They employ just under 3,000 people, which includes around 1,220 lawyers.

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Fidelity UK Foundation makes grants to registered charities and organisations of charitable status for charitable purposes, as recognised by the law of England and Wales.

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Four Acre Trust was founded in 1995 by John Bothamley with profits from the building industry. Current programmes support schools' extracurricular projects, early intervention work, international eye and water projects.

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is a leader among international law firms and is a member of the Magic Circle of elite British law firms. Founded in 1743, it is a multinational law firm head-quartered in London, providing business law advice of the highest quality throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US.

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The Gatsby Charitable Foundation is an endowed grant-making trust, based in London, founded by David Sainsbury in 1967. The organisation is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, set up to provide funding for charitable causes.

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Global Media is a British media company formed in 2007. It is the owner of the largest commercial radio company in Europe having expanded through a number of historical acquisitions, including Chrysalis Radio, GCap Media and GMG Radio. Global owns and operates seven core radio brands, all employing a national network strategy.

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Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated or JLL is a professional services and investment management company specialising in real estate. JLL employ more than 58,000 people in more than 1,000 locations in 80 countries. Alongside construction, development and property management, JLL also offers a range of financial services.

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KPMG Foundation seeks to bring about systemic change in business and society-specifically, an increase in the diversity of ideas.

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L&Q is one of the UK's leading housing associations and one of London's largest residential developers. We own or manage over 90,000 homes in London and the South East. We build high quality homes to meet a range of needs and incomes. We also provide other services for our residents, such as managing their homes and investing in local communities.

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With over 55 years' experience, Lendlease is a leading international property and construction company with operations in Australia, Asia, Europe and the Americas. They create positive legacies from funding a project right through to developing and constructing state of the art buildings and infrastructure, including hospitals, roads and bridges.

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Luton Borough Council is the local authority of Luton in Bedfordshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association.

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M&GPrudential is the UK and European savings and investments business of Prudential plc. They manage the long-term savings of millions of people in the UK and across Europe. Their customers include individual savers and investors, life insurance policyholders and members of pension schemes.

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Established in 1924, MFS is an active, global asset manager with investment offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Mexico City, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto. We employ a uniquely collaborative approach to build better insights for our clients. Our investment approach has three core elements: integrated research, global collaboration and active risk management.

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PIMCO is a global investment management firm with a singular focus on preserving and enhancing investors’ assets. PIMCO manages investments for institutions, financial advisors and individuals. The institutions we serve include corporations, central banks, universities, endowments and foundations, and public and private pension and retirement plans. We also serve advisors and individuals set on personal financial goals, from preparing for retirement to funding higher education.

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Quintain are the team behind Wembley Park, one of London's most exciting new neighbourhoods. During their 26-year history Quintain have transformed locations across the Capital into places where people want to live, companies want to grow and neighbourhoods can come alive.

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The Royal Sun Alliance Group (or RSA) is a British multinational general insurance company that has existed in the UK for over 300 years. With head offices in London, they are now the UK’s largest commercial insurance company with a Global Network that provides services for 17 million customers.

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Savannah Wisdom is an independent foundation committed to social change for a better world.

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Societe Generale is a French multinational banking and financial services company head-quartered in Paris. They are one of the largest European financial services groups. As a universal bank, Societe Generale not only offers Retail Banking in France but also International Banking, Financial Services and Corporate and Investment Banking, worldwide.

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The Careers & Enterprise Company exists to prepare and inspire young people for the fast-changing world of work by creating career opportunities and connections.

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The Funding Network is an open network which links potential donors to charitable cases and social entrepreneurs through live crowdfunding. They aim to raise money for small non-profits driving social change and help both individuals and businesses to combine their giving with others, to make a bigger impact.

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The Happold Foundation is a charity dedicated to using engineering skills and experience to make a positive impact on people’s lives. We work with young people, educators and researchers to shape a community who want to improve the built environment.

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Tideway is the company delivering the Thames Tideway Tunnel. It is owned by a consortium of investors, and more than two million pensioners have an indirect investment in Tideway through UK pension funds managed by those investors.

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UBS is a global bank, providing services in over 50 countries. Specialising in Wealth Management and Global Asset Management they provide services for high net worth individuals, private, corporate, and institutional clients all over the world. Worldwide, UBS employs 60,099 people who speak more than 130 languages and are citizens of 135 countries.

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Uber Technologies Inc. is a peer-to-peer ridesharing, taxi cab, food delivery, bicycle-sharing, and transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California, with operations in 785 metropolitan areas worldwide. Its platforms can be accessed via its websites and mobile apps.

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Our partner organisations apply the Skills Builder Framework within their work and provide additional support within the Partnership through resource collaboration, advocacy and shared expertise. Their unique contributions to the growth and impact of the Partnership is highly valued.

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Achievement for All is a leading not-for-profit organisation that works in partnership with early years settings, schools and colleges, improving outcomes for all children and young people vulnerable to underachievement regardless of background, challenge or need.

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Professional Pathways is an innovative programme of study for Ark BTEC students aged 16-18. Teachers are trained to develop a high quality vocational curriculum that is directly relevant to the workplace. The curriculum is made up of a work readiness curriculum which teaches students the essential skills. This programme is supported by leading corporations and charities who deliver masterclasses and mentor students through the application process to universities of apprenticeships.

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The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language; encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational co-operation with the United Kingdom.

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Business in the Community – The Prince’s Responsible Business Network - is a business-led membership organisation made up of progressive businesses of all sizes who understand that the prosperity of business and society are mutually dependent.

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Family Links works throughout the UK to support children, parents and teachers with their emotional health and wellbeing, with an emphasis on early intervention. Their Nurturing Programme is central to their work and some parent workshops on the essential skills have already been piloted. As members of the Skills Builder Partnership, they hope to collaborate further to help parents understand their role in skill development for their children.

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FORUM manages a tried-and-tested CPD process that enables Careers Leaders in schools to address key parts of the National Careers Strategy: 'work with subject teachers across the school so that careers provision is embedded within the curriculum' (Gatsby Benchmark 4), and 'offer every young person at least seven encounters with employers during their education' (Gatsby Benchmark 5)

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Founders4Schools provide a simple platform tool to connect students with local business leaders. Educators can search and filter results for their local area, subject or industry, to arrange encounters including guest speakers, workplace visits and support for careers fairs. Their mission is aligned with Skills Builder as the ultimate goal is to prepare students for the world of work. Our partnership should support teachers to see how these encounters can be enhanced through teaching the essential skills.

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Grofar is the award-winning Careers Management Solution for Careers Leaders in schools and colleges. Grofar provides Careers Leaders with a comprehensive suite of tools which supports them make better use of their limited time, reduce the administrative burden of careers management and facilitate the delivery of high-quality careers guidance. Students are provided with a digital careers passport which allows them to access resources, create action plans, log careers activity and track essential skills developed. Grofar supports schools and colleges to embed careers as part of the full school or college strategy, the innovative solution engages staff, students, parents, businesses and alumni whilst providing detailed evidence and reporting of progress towards the Gatsby Benchmarks and, since joining the Partnership, the essential skills.

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LifeSkills, created with Barclays, helps young people get the skills and experiences they need to enter the world of work. LifeSkills and the Skills Builder Partnership have worked together to develop a Toolkit for a 21st Century Mindset to help support students to adapt to the challenges of the future workplace. It’s packed with a variety of case studies, practical activities and maps LifeSkills 21st century skills to the Skills Builder framework, to give teachers a starting point and journey as to what stage a student is at in terms of developing these critical skills.

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Movement to Work inspires young people to change their lives through positive encounters with work.

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NCS is a government backed programme established in 2011 to help build a more cohesive, mobile and engaged society. By bringing together young people from different backgrounds for a unique shared experience, NCS helps them to become better individuals, and in turn better citizens. The Skills Builder Framework is perfectly positioned to help the 100,000 young people taking part in NCS every year to understand and develop the eight essential skills that will underpin success for them at every stage of their lives. These eight skills are already central to what NCS aims to achieve and this partnership will bring this into even greater focus. These are the skills which employers, colleges and universities are looking for in young people and building this work and life readiness is a shared goal of both organisations. As well as reinforcing the common language of the skills needed for future success, the partnership will equip each NCS cohort with resources for building these skills through approaches such as guided reflections and personal goal-setting.

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STEM Learning’s vision is to achieve a world-leading STEM education for all young people across the UK. Supported by a unique partnership of Government, charitable trusts and employers, they are dedicated to raising young people’s engagement and achievement in STEM subjects and future employment. STEM Learning work to provide CPD for teachers, help schools access STEM Ambassadors, provide thousands of free STEM teaching resources, and much more. STEM Learning are working collaboratively with the Skills Builder Partnership to raise awareness of essential skills and using Skills Builder’s expertise, STEM Learning’s courses and other programmes are designed to place STEM Learning as the leading provider of STEM careers support for schools, colleges and youth groups.

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Street League is the UK's leading sport for employment charity. This means that development of the essential skills is core to their strategy to use sport to support young people entering and staying in employment. In joining the Skills Builder Partnership, Street League aims to further enhance their fantastic programmes and endorse use of a consistent framework for skills development.

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Teach A Man To Fish helps young people to gain the knowledge, skills and experience that will enable them to get a decent job or create their own job when they leave school. They guide students and their teachers, step by step, to set up a fully-functioning school business that is both educational and profitable. They have started using the Skills Builder Framework for students and teachers to measure their progress through the programme in South Africa, and are planning to use it in other countries in the near future.

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A movement of leaders in classrooms, schools & society working together to address educational inequality.

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U-explore support schools and colleges with careers and employability guidance and tracking. Their digital platform, Start, is used across the UK for students to learn about different career paths, qualifications and employability skills. Teachers can also monitor students' progress and support their engagement. In joining the Skills Builder Partnership, U-explore will using the essential skills with Start and creating content to support development aligned to the framework.

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Addleshaw Goddard is an international, corporate law firm headquartered in London with offices in Leeds and Manchester. They employ 750 lawyers focusing on commercial, corporate and employment law.

Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Age UK believe in a world where everyone can love later life and work every day to achieve this.

Aon is a global professional services firm that advises clients on the topics of risk and people. The company is a provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human resource solutions and outsourcing services. It employs 72,000 people in 500 offices in more than 120 countries and has its headquarters in London. Until 2014 Aon was the principal partner and global shirt sponsor of the Premier League team Manchester United F.C.

Argent are high-end property developers involved in the full development process – from identifying and assembling sites, developing designs and obtaining planning permission through to financing, project management of the construction process, letting, asset management and sometimes selling.

Argos is now part of Sainsbury’s group and is the second largest digital retailer in the UK. The Regional Fulfilment Centre (RFC) in Heywood, north of Manchester, is a key part of the Fast-Track Delivery Service, which allows their customers to get same-day delivery across 20,000 products.

Aston is a leading UK university specialising in Business, Engineering and the Sciences with an international reputation – it has students from over 120 countries currently studying there. Situated on a 60-acre campus in the heart of the city centre of Birmingham, it offers accommodation to over 3,000 of its 10,000+ undergraduate students, along with excellent amenities to support studies, work and leisure for students and staff alike - making it a popular choice for further study.

Atkins is one of the world's most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies. Recent projects include Crossrail, Birmingham New Street Station and the diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus.

Axiom is a leading provider of tech-enabled legal services. With over 1,000 lawyers and 2,000 employees across three continents, Axiom work to improve the way legal, compliance and contracts work is done.

The Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund (BHSF) Limited is a market-leading not-for-profit health insurer which can trace its history back to a charity which started in 1873. Originally set up to help fund Birmingham hospitals, BHSF provide affordable health insurance for individuals, employees and intermediaries. Now, BHSF insures 400,000 people through 225,000 policies, most of which help customers with their everyday health costs.

As a global business operating in over 70 countries around the world, BP want to help all their people develop a shared understanding of how to get the best out of each other. The Skills Builder Framework neatly complements the employability skills sought in employees at BP, so they are mapping their free BP Educational Service teaching resources against the Framework, to make it clear where the resources can be used by teachers to develop particular skills at different levels..

Baker McKenzie, founded as Baker & McKenzie in 1949, is a multinational law firm.

Balfour Beatty Vinci is a leading international infrastructure group providing innovative and efficient services that underpin our daily lives and support our communities. One of their most recognised projects was building the Channel Tunnel.

Barratt London is the market-leading residential developer in the capital. Barratt London provides homes for all Londoners: from state-of-the-art apartments and penthouses in Westminster to riverside communities in Fulham, and complex, mixed-use regeneration schemes in Hendon.

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc is a British property developer based in Cobham, Surrey

Founded in 1846 Bird & Bird have over 1100 lawyers in 27 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia; their head office is in London. They have a focus on strategic commercial issues and have won numerous awards for the quality of the legal work they provide.

Bloomberg delivers business and markets news, data, analysis, and video to the world, featuring stories from Businessweek and Bloomberg News. Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world.

Bouygues UK has offices and sites across the country and draws on the heritage and support of the Bouygues Group, which operates in over 80 countries, spanning construction, civil works, energy, services, telecommunications and media. Bouygues UK delivers award-winning construction, development and regeneration projects to the most exacting standards across public and commercial private sectors. From mixed-used commercial developments and schools to luxury apartments and signature public buildings, they develop and build innovative and sustainable projects.

Bruntwood is a family-owned property company offering office space, serviced offices, retail space and virtual offices in the north of England and Birmingham in the United Kingdom. They own several high-profile buildings in the Manchester area, as well as in Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham. They own one-third of the office space in Manchester city centre and also donate 10% of all annual profits to arts, cultural and community charities.

Bullring is one of Europe's largest city centre shopping centres, attracting around 35 million visitors a year. It houses one of only four Selfridges department stores and the fourth largest Debenhams in the UK. Students will be working alongside volunteers from the Bullring to design new shopping centre features to encourage visitors to stay longer, putting their creativity and teamwork skills to the test.

BuroHappold Engineering is an international, integrated engineering consultancy operating in 23 locations worldwide, with over 50 partners and 1,800 employees including some of the world’s leading consulting engineers. For 40 years they’ve been building their reputation for delivering creative, value-led building and city solutions for an ever changing world.

CCLA is one of the UK's largest charity fund managers according to the latest Charity Finance Survey. CCLA manage investments for charities, religious organisations and the public sector.

Cabot Circus is a major shopping centre. The Cabot Circus development area contains shops, offices, a cinema, hotel and 250 apartments.The shopping centre has over 92,900 square meters of shop floor space containing retail outlets and leisure facilities.

Catalyst are one of the UK’s leading housing associations – a member of the G15 group, with over 31,000 homes in London and the South East

Cicero Group is a communications and market research agency. Cicero design and deliver award-winning corporate, brand, political and regulatory campaigns across all major business sectors from our offices in London, Brussels and Dublin. Cicero's clients include Royal Mail, Barclays and The Football Association.

The Civil Service does the practical and administrative work of government. More than half of all civil servants provide services direct to the public. The Civil Service provides services directly to people all over the country, including: paying benefits and pensions, running employment services, running prisons, issuing driving licences. They also have staff working on policy development and implementation, including analysts, project managers, lawyers and economists.

Clifford Chance is a multinational law firm. It is one of the ten largest law firms in the world and employs over 3,400 lawyers.

Colliers International is a leader in global real estate, offering comprehensive services to investors, property owners, tenants and developers around the world. A subsidiary of FirstService Corporation, Colliers has 502 offices worldwide and employs over 16,000 people.

Costain Skanska is a joint venture between Costain Group and Skanska AB, two construction and civil engineering companies working on the Crossrail project. Projects on the build have included: civil engineering, advanced works, ticket hall fit-outs, the constructions of stations, as well as 30-metre deep shafts to house ventilation facilities and emergency exits.

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Dentons is a multinational law firm and the world’s largest law firm by number of lawyers. Dentons have consistently been recognized by the business and legal communities for exceptional client service and as leaders in law and business solutions, working across the world.

The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England. The department is also home to the Government Equalities Office. They work to provide children’s services and education that ensure opportunity is equal for all, no matter what their background or family circumstances. DfE is a ministerial department, supported by 17 agencies and public bodies.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to over 22 million claimants and customers.

Ernst & Young (known as EY) is a multinational professional services firm headquartered in London. Dating back to 1849, the firm now employs over 200,000 people in more than 700 offices in 150 countries in the world. It provides assurance (including financial audit), tax, consulting and advisory services to companies.

Equinor is an international energy company with headquarters in Norway. Equinor is the world's largest offshore operator, with 20,500 employees and operations in over 30 countries worldwide.

First State Investments is a global asset management business with experience across a range of asset classes and specialist investment sectors. They manage investments on behalf of institutional investors and pension funds, wholesale distributors and platforms, financial advisers and their clients. They employ teams of investors who are specialists in their respective fields and set their own investment style. They have offices in London, Edinburgh, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Jakarta, New York, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Beijing and Shenzhen.

GE is the world’s Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store," through which each business shares and accesses the same technology, markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels innovation and application across our industrial sectors.

Gowling WLG is a Global 100 legal practice, with over 1,400 legal professionals and a range of dedicated business support teams across 19 cities in the UK, Canada, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

The Chambers of Commerce have helped businesses in Greater Birmingham grow over the last 200 years. Over 3,000 businesses are members of the Chambers. From the largest, such as Jaguar-Landrover, to small businesses, the Chambers work with them to create more jobs in the city and campaigns for further government support.

Hammerson is an owner, manager and developer of retail destinations in Europe. The Hammerson portfolio of high-quality retail property has a value of around £10.6 billion and includes 22 prime shopping centres, 15 convenient retail parks and investments in 20 premium outlet villages, through Hammerson’s partnership with Value Retail and the VIA Outlets joint venture. Key investments include Bullring, Birmingham: Bicester Village, Oxfordshire, Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin; and Les Terrasses du Port, Marseille.

Hasbro is the third largest toy maker in the world with revenues of approximately $4.45 billion. Among its toy and game products are the iconic Monopoly board game, G.I. Joe figurine, Furby electronic stuffed animal, Transformers mechanical toys and My Little Pony.

Higgins Group is an award-winning, family-run construction company with over 50 years' experience in major housing developments. Throughout London and the South East the company currently has 27 live projects ranging from £5million to £150million.

Hilton is one of the largest and fastest growing hospitality companies in the world, with more than 5,200 properties in 105 countries and territories. The European Headquarters in Watford include a variety of departments which support the operation of this global company.

Hogarths are a new group of beautifully restored hotels based in the West Midlands. They cater for businesses, events and for whole families to relax and be together.

Part of Eurovia UK, Hounslow Highways is the highways service provider working on behalf of the London Borough of Hounslow. They are responsible for maintaining the roads, pavements and street lighting across the borough, as well as providing a number of other key services including street cleaning, winter maintenance and enforcement.

IHS Markit is the leading source of information and insight in critical areas that shape today's business landscape. Customers in 140+ countries rely on IHS Markit to address strategic and operational challenges in areas including energy, maritime, chemicals and automotive.

ISG is an international construction services company delivering fit out, construction and engineering services. ISG has over 50 offices across Europe, The Middle East, Asia and South America.

The Insolvency Service administers compulsory company liquidations and personal bankruptcies and deals with misconduct through investigation of companies and enforcement. It also makes redundancy payments in cases where a company is insolvent.

John Lewis & Partners is a chain of department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom. The chain is owned by the John Lewis Partnership, which was created by Spedan Lewis, son of the founder, John Lewis, in 1929. The first John Lewis store was opened in 1864 in Oxford Street, London. There are no over 50 John Lewis stores in the UK.

KPMG is a multinational professional services network.

Since 2008, we have been committed to offering clients a fresh approach to wealth management. By drawing together in-depth knowledge and experience from across the industry, we provide a flexible, bespoke service adapted to each of our clients’ needs. LGT Vestra launched our internship programme in 2019 with the hope to engage students from different backgrounds and give them a flavour of the wealth management industry. We hope our work with the Skills Builder Partnership will enable these young people to not only take away industry knowledge but also learn invaluable skills that they can take back to University with them and use in throughout their professional life.

Two of Europe’s most prominent and innovative engineering and construction companies – Laing O’Rourke and Murphy – have come together to form LM, a powerful joint venture, working to deliver the northern section of HS2's phase one enabling works. Both companies are leaders in rail infrastructure delivery, tunnelling, bridge construction, civil engineering, offsite manufacturing and digital engineering. The combination of skills and strengths means that LM can offer a fully rounded service that builds on the best of each organisation and complements the diverse requirements of 21st century major project delivery.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the UK.

London Business School offers world class business masters and non-masters for postgraduates, giving them the advantage of global links and international recognition. Their programmes have been given the accolade of being amongst the world’s best, according to the Financial Times.

Founded in 1972 in Swindon, Lovell is a leading construction company building affordable homes in the UK. The company employs 1400 staff across 6 UK regions.

MHA MacIntyre Hudson is an established and successful independent Chartered Accountancy practice in the West Midlands. From their office in the heart of Birmingham’s business district they provide accountancy and business advisory services to a wide range of companies and organisations. They have built up a portfolio of clients that range across many sectors including manufacturing, property, law and not for profit.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the UK, employing over 20,000 staff.

Mazars is ranked as the 8th largest UK accountancy firm by audit fee income, and is one of Europe's largest accounting firms with a huge global presence.

McGuireWoods LLP is an international law firm who have been established for over 175 years. They work in 19 offices across the world and have considerable experience in international and domestic corporate and business law.

McMillan Williams Solicitors is one of the largest solicitor firms in the south of England. Established for almost 30 years with branches in London, Croydon, the South East and South West of England. They undertake a broad range of work including Probate and Professional Negligence, Family Law, Actions Against the Police and Criminal Law.

Mercia is one of the most active regional investors focused initially on uncovering the hidden value from across the North, Midlands and Scotland.

Metaswitch is a UK-based company that designs, develops, manufactures, and markets telecommunications hardware and software, solving complex communication issues for large organisations.

Metro Bank is Britain’s first new high street bank in over 100 years. Metro Bank offer a unique, customer-focused retail banking service. As a business they aim to make every effort to offer simpler and more convenient banking to their customers. Opening their 40th branch in December 2015 in Kent, Metro Bank aims to have 150 stores across the UK by 2020.

Michelmores is a Top 100 law firm with offices in London, Bristol and Exeter. They offer a wide range of services and specialise in providing expert legal advice in Finance and Investment, Private Wealth and Real Estate. They love Problem Solving on behalf of their clients and they'll make sure the level of service they provide is 'best in class'. They employ over 400 lawyers, professional advisers, paralegals and business services staff across their 3 offices.

Mott MacDonald is an employee-owned management, engineering and development consultancy working around the world.

Mount Anvil is a London-based property developer, established in 1991.Mount Anvil focus on the most desirable locations, work with internationally-acclaimed architects and search the world for the best materials - all to create homes which add to London’s world-class reputation. The company has won numerous awards including having the highest Health and Safety rating of any company in the UK.

Multiplex has been delivering landmark property, commercial structures and infrastructure assets for more than 55 years, with a focus on sustainable growth.

National Westminster Bank Plc, commonly known as NatWest, is the largest retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom. Since 2000 it has been part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, ranked among the top 10 largest banks in the world by assets.

Newman University is an inclusive Catholic university with smaller than average class sizes, an interactive teaching style and outstanding graduate employment. Founded in 1968 and based 8 miles south west of Birmingham city centre, the University offers degrees in teacher education and a broad range of human and social sciences.

Oliver Wyman is an international management consultancy company, helping businesses to solve their biggest challenges. Most recently, this has included the re-branding of Starbucks and McDonald's.

DescriptionOnfido is a software company that helps businesses verify people's identities using a photo-based identity document, a selfie and artificial intelligence algorithms.

Prologis is a global provider of industrial real estate. Prologis develop, own and manage around 2,900 properties across the Americas, Europe and Asia. They employ about 1,500 employees worldwide, including around 45 people at their Solihull office.

Rathbones is one of the UK’s leading providers of investment management services for private clients, charities and professional advisers. The original business was founded by the Rathbones family back in 1742, however, has been listed on London Stock Exchange since 1988. Today, they have 15 offices throughout the UK and Jersey.

Royal HaskoningDHV has been connecting people for 135 years. Together, through our expertise and passion, they have helped contribute to a better society and improved people’s lives with work underpinned by our sustainable values and goals. They are an independent international engineering and project management consultancy leading the way in sustainable development and innovation.

The Rural Payments Agency is part of the Civil Service.The agency manages over £3 billion each year to support a thriving farming and food sector in the UK. The Rural Payments Agency make payments to farmers, traders and land owners. They also manage over 40 schemes to help ensure we have a healthy rural economy and strong rural communities.

Save the Children run world-class programmes to save children’s lives and challenge world leaders to keep to their promises to give children a brighter future. They work in more than 120 countries, including the UK.

Selfridges Birmingham is one of the city’s most distinctive landmarks and the in-store experience is equally show-stopping, with the hottest new designers and most-wanted brands.

TUI Group is the largest leisure, travel and tourism company in the world, and owns travel agencies, hotels, airlines, cruise ships and retail stores.

Tata Consultancy Services Limited is an Indian multinational information technology service, consulting company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is part of the Tata Group and operates in 46 countries. It employs around 15,000 people in the UK.

Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater services company, and supplies 2.6 gigalitres of drinking water per day, and treats 4.4 gigalitres of wastewater per day. Thames Water's 15 million customers comprise 27% of the UK population.

The Mall is a large shopping centre in the centre of Luton. The centre has 128 shop units occupying 70,100.5 m2 and parking for 2,300 cars. Stores include Argos, Boots, Debenhams, TK Maxx, Wilko, Marks & Spencer, Primark, GAME WHSmith and Shoe Zone.

Turner & Townsend are an independent professional services company specialising in programme management, project management, cost management and consulting across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.

UK Power Networks own and maintain electricity cables and lines across London, the South East and East of England making sure your lights stay on. They maintain and upgrade power equipment and move and connect new electricity cables.

Our member organisations are determined to achieve a greater collective impact as part of this growing coalition. They are provided with training and support around the Skills Builder Framework which they apply to their own work, engaging with young people in a wide variety of ways to work towards the overall mission of developing the essential skills.

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Our employer partners periodically host visits to their workplaces by groups of students, who get a chance to meet employees and ask questions. Volunteers and students then get to work on a challenge that gives a flavour of what the organisation does.

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Addleshaw Goddard is an international, corporate law firm headquartered in London with offices in Leeds and Manchester. They employ 750 lawyers focusing on commercial, corporate and employment law.

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Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Age UK believe in a world where everyone can love later life and work every day to achieve this.

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