Greggs to offer jobs to ex-offenders as soon as 'they walk through the prison gate'

Greggs have signed up to offer employment to ex-offenders as soon as 'they walk through the prison gate'

Greggs have signed up to offer employment to ex-offenders as soon as "they walk through the prison gate".Greggs have signed up to offer employment to ex-offenders as soon as "they walk through the prison gate" as part of a Government drive to help break cycle of crime.Bakery giant Greggs has become the latest household name to sign up to a Government scheme linking business bosses to prisons to provide advice on job skills.

More than half of prisons now benefit from business mentors, and almost 4,000 ex-offenders have been helped into work since the launch of the programme. Polling commissioned by the Ministry of Justice found that over 90 percent of businesses who employ ex-offenders said they are reliable, good at their job, punctual and trustworthy.

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