Wolverhampton South West MP Paul Uppal has visited Carillion to see how the integrated support services provider is promoting local apprenticeship and job training opportunities.

Carillion is one of the largest employers in Wolverhampton, last year Carillion supported the Wolverhampton Jobs and Skills fair organised by Mr Uppal at the Molineux Stadium, which attracted around 1,500 job seekers who were able to speak with and get advice from organisations like Carillion, Jaguar Land Rover and Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust.


During his visit to the Birch Street office, Mr Uppal met staff and senior managers responsible for delivering a range of training programmes.

He heard how Carillion provided 19 work placements last year for students across Wolverhampton, and that 36 local homeless people had been given work experience opportunities through Carillion's partnership with the Business in the Community's Ready for Work programme.

Carillion's sustainability team also gave an update on how locally based staff contributed almost 640 hours of their time supporting young people and local schools.

Mr Uppal said: "I was delighted to visit Carillion to see how they support their local community and the leading role they are playing in training.

"Providing our young people with the skills and confidence they need to gain employment is vital and I will certainly be looking to Carillion and other leading businesses in this region to help develop and deliver a range of training and apprenticeship initiatives that I have planned over the coming months and years."

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