Thames launches bid to create 1,000 new jobs

Thames Water has launched a recruitment programme that will seek to create1,000 jobs and boost access to careers in the water industry.

The company reported that it had employed more than 750 new starters since the beginning of the pandemic and plans to upskill people made jobless by the pandemic helping to “increase social mobility in London and the Thames Valley."

Thames said it will triple its apprenticeship offer, support 50 unemployed young people as part of the government’s Kickstart Scheme and launch sector work-based academies in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions.

Thames Water chief executive, Sarah Bentley (pictured), said “We know having a diverse, inclusive and engaged workforce benefits our customers, communities and business.”