Big names join drive to get more young black men working in construction in London

By Jordan Marshall2021-06-22T08:27:00

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Kier and ISG join Laing O’Rourke and Balfour Beatty in push to recruit from under-represented demographic

ISG, Kier and Skanska are among a second group of firms to have joined an initiative aiming to attract more young black men into the construction sector in London.

Design Labs is a 12-month programme helping construction and infrastructure businesses to tackle the under-representation of black men aged 16 to 24 years in the sector. Overall, the unemployment rate among young black men in London is 33%, compared with 15% for young white men.

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