
THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 SPONSORS

HEADLINE SPONSOR
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Opening opportunities with connected thinking. We search out the connections others fail to make to solve the world’s most intricate challenges.

SPONSORS
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BARCLAYS
Barclays is a British universal bank. Our vision is to be the UK-centred leader in global finance. We are a diversified bank with comprehensive UK consumer, corporate and wealth and private banking franchises, a leading investment bank and a strong, specialist US consumer bank. Through these five divisions, we are working together for a better financial future for our customers, clients and communities.
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BFBS
The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides radio and television programmes for Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and their dependents worldwide. Editorial control is independent of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces themselves.
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CENTRICA
Centrica Business Solutions is part of Centrica plc – an energy services and solutions company that helps customers live sustainably, simply and affordably. Our business is founded on a 200-year heritage of serving people. Our family of brands also includes British Gas, Bord Gáis Energy and Centrica Energy Trading
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AMAZON
Amazon is the world's largest on-line retailer and cloud service provider. Amazon is a committed supporter of the whole military community, providing a diverse range of employment opportunities and support to the service leavers, veterans, reservists, military spouses and their families. Amazon recognises the unique challenges of service and provides support though portable careers allowing military spouses to maintain employment when posted with their spouse.
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Forces Employment Charity
The Forces Employment Charity provides life-long, life-changing support, job opportunities, and training to Service leavers, veterans, reservists and their families, regardless of circumstances, rank, length of service, or reason for leaving.
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HBSC
Founded in 1865, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations.
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X-FORCES ENTERPRISE
X-Forces Enterprise (XFE) supports business aspiration in the military community: veterans, service leavers, reservists, spouses, family members and cadets are all eligible for free-to-access services. Since the organisation was founded in 2013, XFE has helped over 15,000 people to consider, start and scale their businesses, through enterprise training and, facilitating access to Start Up Loan funding.
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AMEY
Amey is a strategic partner to the UK Government and a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.
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Serve and protect
Serve and Protect Credit Union is passionate about improving the financial resilience of those who serve and protect the nation. As a not-for-profit, we are there to help Service Personnel and their families save and borrow with repayments from their Military pay.
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PINNACLE
Pinnacle Group is a leading provider of housing, neighbourhood and community-facing services, including managing 49,000 service family homes across the UK. We work day-to-day with military families and are determined to support them in meaningful ways.
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BAE Systems
BAE Systems is a global leader in defence, aerospace, and security, employing 100,000 people across 40+ countries, including around 40,000 in the UK. With 2,000 veterans among our workforce, we actively recruit ex-forces personnel, support reservists, and champion the Armed Forces Covenant.
We honour our commitment to the armed forces through veteran recruitment, military charity partnerships, and initiatives such as D-Day80, Armed Forces Week and UK Remembrance Day. Over the past decade, we've contributed £35M to military charities, earning a Lifetime Achievement Award from Combat Stress. Our long-standing partnerships with SSAFA, ABF The Soldier’s Charity, and others reflect our dedication to those who serve. We work closely with SSAFA, ABF The Soldier’s Charity and the RAF Benevolent Fund, supporting service members and their families
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Parkdean Resorts
Parkdean Resorts is the leading operator of holiday parks in the UK, welcoming in excess of 3 million holidaymakers each year. We own and operate 66 award-winning holiday parks, and have an unrepeatable freehold property footprint with 3,500 acres of land including forests, peat bogs, rivers, beaches and headlands in some of the UK’s finest beauty spots. We are committed to caring for our parks, people, and planet to create a positive environmental impact on nature and resources, and to acting responsibly for the long-term sustainability of our business.
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WINCANTON
Wincanton is a leading British supply chain solutions company. The Group provides business critical services including storage, handling and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer ‘dark stores’; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK’s best-known companies.