Broadgate Connect

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Enabling diverse local hiring for our campus customers and suppliers.

Broadgate Connect is British Land’s employment and training partnership with East London Business Alliance (ELBA), which connects Broadgate businesses with local talent.

It has been helping East Londoners gain fulfilling jobs and apprenticeships in and around Broadgate since 2012, enabling diverse local hiring for our campus customers and suppliers.

An embedded ELBA project manager in the Broadgate team supports businesses to source, train and mentor candidates for free, and supports East London residents into employment with Broadgate businesses, through training, coaching, work placements and access to employment opportunities.

Broadgate Connect impact in numbers:

  • 839 East London jobseekers received employability training
  • 545 East London jobseekers supported into employment and apprenticeships
  • 67% of all candidates supported into work are Black, Asian or from the Global Majority

If you’d like to find out more, please contact our Project Manager, Musa.

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