Ministry Of Defence
This collaborative project is delivered by Defence Relationship Management and Cobseo (The Confederation of Service Charities). The Hub enables forces-friendly organisations across all sectors to showcase the continued value of the UKs highly skilled veteran community.
Latest news
New plans to boost veterans employment launched
Veterans Strategy Action Plan launches, including more than 60 commitments to help veterans with employment and healthcare.
Veterans strategy action plan.
Top commitments in the Veterans Strategy Action Plan include:
employment and skillshealthcareunderstanding the veteran community
You can Download the full report.
What is a veteran?
Veterans are defined as anyone who has served for at least one day in Her Majestys Armed Forces (Regular or Reserve) or Merchant Mariners who have seen duty on legally defined military operations. There are currently 2.4 million Veterans in Great Britain.
Listen to our team of Veterans talk about their experiences transitioning from the UK Armed Forces and what the word Veteran means to them.
You can find and listen to all of our Being Forces Friendly podcast episodes on Anchor.
Partnering with defence
Career Transition Partnership
The Career Transition Partnership (CTP) is a partnering agreement between the Ministry of Defence and Right Management Ltd, who are global career development and outplacement specialists and part of the ManpowerGroup. CTP provides resettlement services for those leaving the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force and Marines. Regardless of time served, all members of the Armed Forces can benefit from CTP support when leaving Service.In addition, they operate as an intermediary service for employers wishing to hire Service leavers.
To date, they have assisted over 235,000 Service leavers with the transition to civilian life and supported thousands of organisations looking to employ ex-Service personnel.
Find out how CTP can help your organisation harness military talent
Join CTP for one of their 2022 employment fairs. View upcoming dates and register
CTP employment fairs connect employers with skilled and experienced individuals who have un-paralleled transferable skills in planning, communication, teamwork and leadership, along with adaptability, drive and resilience.
Why hiring veterans is good for business
Employer Voices
Employer Voices - Jaguar Land Rover
Our Employer Voices Campaign is led by the voices of our forces-friendly employers from the MOD Employer Recognition Scheme.
In the first series, Jaguar Land Rover, HSBC, BNY Mellon and Thames Valley Police lent their voices to the campaign, providing authoritative business-led reasons why they hire veterans and why others should do the same.
The full series is accessible via the Defence Relationship Management YouTube channel.
Veterans and small business
Veteran owned UK group signing the Armed Forces Covenant in March 2020. MOD Crown Copyright 2020.
Veterans: A Force for Business
X-Forces Enterprise (XFE) and the Federation of Small Business (FSB) have collaborated extensively over the last few years, beginning with an insightful report into the business landscape for service leavers: A Force For Business.
The report highlights the contribution of the UKs veteran population to the small business sector, with 6% of small business owned by veterans in Great Britain. However the report shows that there is scope for this to be increased, greater numbers of veterans starting, growing or working in Great Britains millions of small businesses would see benefits for individuals, businesses and communities.
(Copyright X-Forces 2021)
As proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, and with XFE attaining the Gold Award MOD Employer Recognition Scheme Award in 2017, both organisations have made a commitment to recognising the value that service leavers, serving reservists, veterans and military families bring to the UK small business community; FSB members and XFE beneficiaries alike.
Ren Kapur MBE (Founder and CEO, X-Forces Enterprise) said:
Military service; the education, the knowledge and the experiences this provides individuals, is a wonderful foundation on which they can build their own career in self-employment or business ownership.
Veteran owned business success stories.
Continued dedication to service
RE:ACT to provide 500 Games Responders for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Official Military Veteran Provider Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
RE:ACT will provide 500 trained Games Responders for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games taking place this summer, following the humanitarian organisations appointment as an Of