Barclays backs BHA jobs drive
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Barclays has partnered with the British Hospitality Association (BHA) to help tackle youth unemployment and create 60,000 jobs.
The two will work together to help young people prepare for work in hospitality through a series of events and the LifeSkills programme.
Through the partnership the BHA hopes to double the amount of jobs it can create to 60,000 by 2015. Around 10% of the UK’s workforce is in the hospitality sector, which spans hotels, restaurants, tourism and the leisure industries.
“Working together with Barclays enables the BHA to continue the industry’s biggest ever job creation drive where we aim to find opportunities for thousands of unemployed young people across the UK,” said Ufi Ibrahim, chief executive of BHA and now Travel Daily columnist.
Mike Thompson, head of employability at Barclays, added: “We’ve learned from our own successful apprenticeship programme what a great impact that investing in young people can do for your business. Now by partnering with the BHA we hope to take that approach to an industry level and make a really big impact on tackling youth unemployment in the UK.”
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