{"id":54570,"date":"2015-03-02T14:42:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T14:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=0f2f71f1586005955caa2d31d1b5a19a"},"modified":"2015-03-02T14:42:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T14:42:01","slug":"news-story-financial-services-sector-in-bristol-hailed-by-economic-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=54570","title":{"rendered":"News story: Financial services sector in Bristol hailed by Economic Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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City Minister Andrea Leadsom today visited Bristol where she gave a keynote speech<\/a> about the importance of the south-west\u2019s financial services sector to the local economy. She also visited the Bristol Brunel Academy to see first-hand how one of Britain\u2019s biggest banks is helping to equip local young people aged 11-19 with the skills they need to succeed in the workforce. <\/p>\n

Leadsom gave the speech at a seminar organised by TheCityUK and hosted by KPMG, where she also met with senior industry representatives and hailed the area\u2019s growing and dynamic financial services industry. <\/p>\n

This is particularly true in Bristol, where the sector employs over 30,000 people, and a number of major financial companies, including Hargreaves Lansdown, have a significant presence. <\/p>\n

Whilst at the Bristol Brunel Academy the City Minister met with representatives of Barclays to discuss their Life Skills programme, which is benefitting over a million young people. Leadsom then attended a session on \u2018people skills\u2019, which is one of three areas the programme focuses on, and spent time interacting with students to gain a deeper understanding how the programme is helping them to succeed. <\/p>\n

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury Andrea Leadsom said:<\/p>\n

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A key part of our long term economic plan is to support a competitive financial services sector, not only in London, but also in the rest of the country where around two-thirds of people who work in the sector are employed, across a huge variety of roles.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I\u2019m delighted to see the success of Bristol\u2019s financial and professional services hub, which is boosting job creation and supporting the local economy.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also had a chance today to visit the Bristol Brunel Academy and witness first-hand how Barclays and the Transformation Trust is helping to equip young people with the skills they need to succeed in the workplace through its Life Skills program.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Today\u2019s tour continues a series of visits by the City Minister to witness firsthand how the financial services industry is thriving outside the square mile and contributing to the wider economy.<\/p>\n

Chris Cummings, Chief Executive of TheCityUK, said:<\/p>\n

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The south-west is an important financial services cluster, with over 150,000 employed in the sector and Bristol at its heart. Bristol has a thriving financial and related professional services industry with 3,600 new jobs created over the past year. The importance of the industry to the region is clear, with a contribution of over \u00a312million in GVA (gross value added) in 2013.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Economic Secretary hails Bristol\u2019s financial services sector and takes part in Life Skills session at local school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}