The Jobs Foundation
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An independent charity that champions the role of business as a force for good.
UK
Joined March 2022
🌟 We’re delighted to welcome David Forbes-Nixon OBE to our Advisory Council! 🌟 With 34 years in investment banking & fund management — including as Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO of Alcentra ($40bn AUM) — David brings immense expertise. 💡 Founder of the DFN Foundation & DFN
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A fantastic piece in The Telegraph yesterday from our Advisory Council member Michael Lorimer, making the case that Britain’s prosperity starts with enterprise. Michael captures the heart of the Jobs Foundation mission: when businesses are free to grow, they create the good jobs
telegraph.co.uk
The UK has always been at its best when enterprise is allowed to thrive. It’s time to back Britain
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This is just one of the many case studies in our recent report, ‘Ladders of Opportunity’. You can read the report here:
thejobsfoundation.com
Profiling the top businesses across the UK that are creating pathways for disadvantaged people into work: the second volume of our foundational research.
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Over 30,000 people have taken part — some now leading teams, managing stores, or shaping the business in entirely new ways. Others have found their place in health & safety, colleague representation, or simply in a team that values them. 🌟
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It helps people who face barriers to employment gain real experience, learn retail skills, and build confidence alongside supportive colleagues. 🤝
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“He started through Marks & Start — and today, he’s running one of our stores.” It’s easy to talk about opportunity. It’s harder — and much more meaningful — to build it into the fabric of a business. At @marksandspencer, the Marks & Start programme has been doing exactly that
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It was fantastic to see the CEO of @marksandspencer in today’s @thetimes Times supporting our call for an Employer NICs holiday when hiring from long-term unemployment. M&S' Marks and Start scheme is one of the leading schemes in the country helping people into work, and shows
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This morning, we had a star-studded panel to discuss our latest report, 'Ladders of Opportunity: How top UK businesses create new routes into work', and some of the fantastic case studies that make up the report. We discussed how businesses across the country help support
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We closed conference season with a private Skills & Growth breakfast with @SPL_Strategies, joined by @RtHonRobHalfon, @matthew_elliott & @SpencerPitfield, exploring how to build real ladders of opportunity 🪜 across the country.
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Andrew Griffith MP gave a ringing endorsement of Matthew’s forthcoming book Prosperity Through Growth 📈 — a roadmap for boosting living standards & creating jobs across the UK.
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In Manchester for Conservative Conference, we teamed up with @CPSThinkTank for How Conservatives can work with businesses to boost growth and Get Britain Working. Speakers included: 🏛️ @griffitha 🗞️ @alysdenby 📘 @matthew_elliott
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At Labour Conference in Liverpool, we hosted a packed fringe with @SME4Labour on how Labour can work with businesses to boost growth and Get Britain Working. Speakers included: 👩💼 @stephenctimms 👨💼 @LeeBarronMP 📊 @DMcWilliams_UK 💬 @82bristol
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🌟 As party conference season wraps up, the Jobs Foundation has been at the heart of the national conversation on work, growth & opportunity. From Liverpool to Manchester, our message has been simple: 💼 Back business. Create jobs. Change lives. 🧵👇
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More digital, inclusive and efficient hiring will be crucial to Getting Britain Working — and Meganexus offers a glimpse of what that future can look like.
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It’s proof that tech can unlock potential, not replace it. By designing with inclusion in mind, Meganexus is showing how digital tools can open doors to opportunity rather than close them.
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@Meganexus_Ltd is using cutting-edge tech to help ex-Forces personnel transition into meaningful civilian work. Their AI-driven platform adapts to how people learn — making training more effective for neurodivergent and non-traditional candidates.
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📍 Technology that includes. Not all innovation is about automation — sometimes, it’s about inclusion.
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This story is just one of the many stories from our new report, Ladders of Opportunity, highlighting how leading employers across the UK are creating new pathways into work. You can read the full report here:
thejobsfoundation.com
Profiling the top businesses across the UK that are creating pathways for disadvantaged people into work: the second volume of our foundational research.
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The @Barnardos Jobs Project with @IKEAUK shows what happens when employers and charities work together to create real routes into work. 🤝Practical training, mentoring, and paid placements — a model that works for people and for business. 💼
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