British Gas pledges 1,000 green jobs to help tackle youth unemployment crisis

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Utility joins with Accenture and Global Action Plan to train up to 1,400 young people and help them find green jobs

British Gas will today launch plans to do its bit to help tackle the UK's youth unemployment crisis by creating 1,000 new green jobs for its nationwide home insulation programme. The energy giant announced...

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