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Big Communications

Big Communications Group has been creating big ideas for ambitious brands for over 15 years and ranks in the top 50 best performing agencies in the UK.

We believe that big ideas are more important than individual advertising executions. They act as a platform for one strong marketing campaign after another, and beyond that as a platform for all communications. We have a strong focus on knowledge before assumption which means that all work produced is a result of real insight and obtains true audience engagement.

Big Communication Group is proud to have an enviable client list including WKD, Samsung, Holland & Barrett, Lil-lets, Miele, Blockbuster, Unilever, Domino’s Pizza and Jewson. 

Bright Futures

Bright Futures is an organisation that provides students the opportunity to get a competitive edge in the job hunting market.

Through our network of Bright Futures Societies at almost 40 UK Universities we provide career focused students (from all year groups and degree disciplines) networking events with graduate employers, from a broad range of sectors, and also provide lots of ways for students to develop the skills needed to secure internship and / or graduate roles. For any student that wants to get an ‘edge’ by taking personal responsibility for their career, then Bright Futures can help.

Hear what our students say about bright Futures on You Tube

Visit our website www.bright-futures.org.uk. 

Cancer Research UK 

Cancer Research UK offers a variety of graduate opportunities in all aspects of our work, in areas such as Press & PR, Fundraising, Marketing, HR, Finance, IT, Campaigning, Communications and Research support. We are looking for high-calibre graduates with a 2:1 degree (minimum) and 280 UCAS points.

Visit graduates.cancerresearchuk.org for more information.

Capgemini

Capgemini is one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. We are a fully integrated consulting and IT services business, with a presence in over 30 countries and over 100,000 employees worldwide. We work with many of the world's leading organisations in both the public and private sectors. We’re also won many awards for the way we work.

 We have three programmes: Management Consulting, Technology Consulting, and the Aspire Graduate Academy.

Whichever programme you join, you’ll be offered huge variety and challenge, and will be taking on live projects from the very start. You’ll also get to work alongside some of our leading experts, and will be given the support and learning opportunities you need to become an expert in your own right.

 Enterprise Rent-A-Car

The Management Training programme at Enterprise Rent-A-Car is often referred to as a "business school crash course" because from day one, you will actively participate in everything from sales and marketing, to customer service, to accounting and finance. Visit www.enterprisealive.co.uk for further information.

Freshfields

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is one of a handful of leading international law firms.

The firm’s clients are mainly big commercial businesses whose names are well-known.  The type of work it does divides into helping clients achieve what they want through doing deals, advising them on real and potential problems, and helping them sort out their disputes.

The firm wants its trainees to come from diverse backgrounds; and their choice of university or degree is immaterial.   Whatever their background, trainees need some non-negotiable qualities.  They need to be intellectually talented and have excellent English skills.  They need to enjoy working on difficult problems, working alongside others, and never doing less than the best they can.

IBM

If you’re looking for a year out as part of your degree, a summer internship or a graduate job, we offer first-class opportunities for top students and graduates across our business – from consulting to technology, business operations to sales, finance to human resources. If you’re full of great ideas and the energy to bring them to life, this is your chance to expand your world with a genuine global leader.Ready to put the knowledge and skills you’ve learnt at university into practice, and turn them into real results? Ready to expand your world?

Apply at ibm.com/start/uk

KPMG

At KPMG, the people make the place. The fact that we consistently appear in the top 10 of the ‘Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For’ list, speaks for itself.

What’s more, our firm is growing. Since a number of European firms merged to form KPMG Europe LLP, we’ve become the largest fully-integrated accountancy firm in Europe, offering Audit, Tax and Advisory services to everyone from oil companies to music gurus.

We think KPMG is a great place to start your career – and we’re sure you will too.

To find out more and apply, visit www.kpmg.co.uk/careers

Logica

Logica is a business and technology service company, employing 39,000 people. It provides business consulting, systems integration and outsourcing to clients around the world, including many of Europe's largest businesses. Logica creates value for clients by successfully integrating people, business and technology. It is committed to long term collaboration, applying insight to create innovative answers to clients’ business needs.

Mattioli Woods

Leicester’s AIM-listed Mattioli Woods PLC has enjoyed dynamic growth for almost two decades, advising high net worth individuals on investment and retirement planning.

This structured graduate training programme offers the opportunity for professional qualifications and fast-track career progression. Ongoing recruitment of graduates from various disciplines.

PwC

We help our clients and our people create the value they want. We work alongside our clients to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them. What’s more, we’ve been voted number one in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers survey for the last seven years. As well as training that helps you gain breadth as well as depth of knowledge, we’ll give you support to gain a professional qualification plus the chance to experience a range of clients and projects. If you have a 2:1 or above in any discipline, at least a 300 UCAS tariff or equivalent and the ability to make an impact. Visit pwc.com/uk/careers for more information.

RBS

NatWest is a member of The RBS Group a large international banking and financial services company. Throughout the UK NatWest provides a wide range of products and services to personal, commercial and large corporate and institutional customers. In Leicestershire it has a strong high street presence through its network of branches, and its business and commercial banking offices are the largest team in the county providing relationship management support to SMEs operating across Leicestershire.

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Santander

As an organisation, Santander invests heavily in the graduate market and our Programme has grown year on year. We are well-regarded and are proud to be one of the few retail banks to retain independence from the government. Our success comes from having firm banking principles; a retail banking focus, a prudent approach to lending, sensible capital ratios and spreading risk across geographical areas. Our customers and employees enjoy the peace of mind that comes from being with one of the strongest and most secure banks in the world.

Teach First

Teach First is an influential charity aimed at addressing one of the UK’s most damaging social issues – educational disadvantage. We recruit exceptional graduates into a two-year leadership programme during which they become inspirational classroom teachers in some of the UK’s most challenging schools. Teach First trains and supports these extraordinary people as they find their voice as teachers, mentors and role models to young people whose life opportunities are defined by the quality of the education they receive.

At the same time Teach First provides its participants with unparalleled opportunities to develop their own potential through skills training, leadership development and exposure to leading organisations across the spectrum of education, business and the third sector.

Working Links

Working Links is a unique public, private and voluntary background set up in 2000 to help disadvantaged people change their lives through training and employment. Since then, we have helped over 150,000 people move from social exclusion to social inclusion.  Our graduate programme will take you through each area of our company, allowing you the chance to work directly with our clients and promote our services to employers, finding suitable clients for positions. We will develop your management potential too so that you have the right skills and knowledge to be able to fast-track to a managerial position. We offer a competitive salary, bonus and benefits package.  For more information, please visit www.workinglinks.co.uk, email recruitment@workinglinks.co.uk or call 0800 917 9262