BP & Deloitte Reveal Plans For 1,000 Jobs

Deloitte and BP, two of the London 2012 official partners, have joined forces with Business in the Community to launch arc, a campaign to create 1,000 jobs for local people in the Olympic Host Boroughs.

Arc has been launched to create a social legacy post Olympics that is financially sustainable.

Olympic Host Boroughs, including Hackney and Newham, are among the most deprived in the country, and the high levels of unemployment make them effective areas for arc to focus upon.

Arc will combine the expertise and resources of BP and Deloitte along with Business in the Community – who have 30 years of experience campaigning to make business more responsible socially.

BP Europe region head Peter Mather said: ‘BP is delighted to be a founding partner of arc. We believe in supporting the development of communities in which we operate and, as an official partner of London 2012, we are working hard to deliver a sustainable legacy from the Games’.

‘Through arc we will be helping to support the creation of 1,000 new jobs in the Olympic boroughs, including practical support from BP employees to the social enterprises involved’.

Deloitte’s chief executive, John Connolly, added: ‘As a leading business we believe it is our responsibility to ensure Deloitte contributes to a sustainable and prosperous society’.

‘I would say that most innovation that is good for society is also good for business. The pioneering spirit of entrepreneurs and innovators has a direct ability to help build a better society, enhancing the quality of human lives’.