THANK YOU TO OUR 2026 SPONSORS
SPONSORS
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BARCLAYS
Barclays supports serving personnel, veterans, reservists, spouses and the wider armed forces family across the UK and US through its Military and Veterans Outreach (MVO) since 2010. The team at Barclays are passionate about supporting the military community and recognises the unique skills they can bring to an organisation. Barclays is an Armed Forces Covenant signatory and three times ERS Gold Award holder. -

BFBS
The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides radio and television programmes for Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and their dependents worldwide. Editorial control is independent of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces themselves.
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AMAZON
Amazon is a global technology leader committed to supporting the UK military community at every stage of their journey. Through our support programmes, we actively recruit veterans, reservists, and military spouses, recognizing the exceptional leadership, operational excellence, and problem-solving skills they bring. Amazon partners with the UK Ministry of Defence and leading military charities to create meaningful career pathways across our UK operations, from fulfilment centres to corporate roles and technical positions within Amazon Web Services. We offer dedicated support for transitioning personnel and flexible working arrangements that accommodate Reserve commitments and military family life, ensuring families can build sustainable careers. With major operations across the UK, Amazon continues to recognise the strategic advantage of employing the whole Armed Forces community. -

X-FORCES ENTERPRISE
X-Forces Enterprise (XFE) supports business aspiration in the military community: veterans, service leavers, reservists, spouses, family members and cadets are all eligible for free-to-access services. Since the organisation was founded in 2013, XFE has helped over 15,000 people to consider, start and scale their businesses, through enterprise training and, facilitating access to Start Up Loan funding.
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AMEY
Amey is a strategic partner to the UK Government and a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.
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PINNACLE
Pinnacle Group is a leading provider of housing, neighbourhood and community-facing services, including managing 49,000 service family homes across the UK. We work day-to-day with military families and are determined to support them in meaningful ways.
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Parkdean Resorts
Parkdean Resorts is the leading operator of holiday parks in the UK, welcoming in excess of 3 million holidaymakers each year. We own and operate 65 award-winning holiday parks, and have an unrepeatable freehold property footprint with 3,500 acres of land including forests, peat bogs, rivers, beaches and headlands in some of the UK’s finest beauty spots. We are committed to caring for our parks, people, and planet to create a positive environmental impact on nature and resources, and to acting responsibly for the long-term sustainability of our business. Our 33,000 pitches include a wide range of accommodation options, from static caravans to luxury lodges and glamping, as well as touring and camping pitches. We have 20,000 holiday home owners, and sell over 600,000 holidays a year, mainly to families.
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Vivo Defence Services
VIVO Defence Services delivers essential facilities management and infrastructure services across the UK Defence estates, ensuring the places where our Armed Forces live, work and train are safe, resilient and fit for the future. We are committed to enabling defence capability and modernising the lived experience for our Armed Forces to achieve, grow and thrive
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Hunter Stein Constructio
Hunter Stein Construction is a people‑focused commercial construction partner built on trust, reliability, and a genuine commitment to community. With a team deeply connected to the Armed Forces community and proud recipients of the Armed Forces Covenant Bronze Award, we champion a culture where people come first—whether that's our clients, our workforce, or the communities we serve. We deliver high‑quality residential construction solutions with integrity at the core of everything we do, creating strong partnerships and leaving a positive impact far beyond each project -

HBSC
Founded in 1865, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations.
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Serve and protect
Serve and Protect Credit Union is passionate about improving the financial resilience of those who serve and protect the nation. As a not-for-profit, we are there to help Service Personnel and their families save and borrow with repayments from their Military pay.
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CENTRICA
Centrica Business Solutions is part of Centrica plc – an energy services and solutions company that helps customers live sustainably, simply and affordably. Our business is founded on a 200-year heritage of serving people. Our family of brands also includes British Gas, Bord Gáis Energy and Centrica Energy Trading
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Mott MacDonald is an engineering, development and management consultancy and one of the largest wholly employee-owned firms of its kind. We plan, design, deliver and maintain the transport, energy, water, buildings and wider infrastructure that is integral to people's daily lives. Our core strength is using our expertise to overcome complex challenges to deliver benefits for our clients and the communities they serve. A DERS Gold Award holder and ranked highly in the Financial Times and Statista list of the UK's Best Employers, we value the strength and talent amongst the wider Armed Forces community and are committed to supporting them to develop meaningful careers

