Elizabeth Elandu Arinola, 23, finished her voluntary job in March and has been out of work since.

The Rt. Hon Chris Grayling MP, the Minister for Employment, the welcomed TNT Post UK’s plans to generate up to 20,000 new jobs across the UK over the next five years.  His comments came as he visited TNT Post UK’s newest delivery unit in Victoria, London, which began operating this morning with 70 new employees.

The jobs have been created as part of a End-to-End pilot delivering post to households and businesses throughout West London. Since mid-April, 400 jobs were created through TNT Post with over 50 per cent of TNT Posts positions taken by young people between 18-24 years old.

During the tour of the new delivery unit in Victoria Chris Grayling commented on the latest employment figures and highlighted the work that companies like TNT Post are doing to create jobs for 18-24 year olds who are finding it hard to find jobs. 

During the visit, Mr Grayling said:

“I am delighted to be meeting TNT Post’s newest employees on their first day of work.  The company is providing much-needed, new jobs in London and I look forward to seeing it create many thousands of new jobs across the UK in the next few years.”

Nick Wells, CEO, TNT Post UK, commented:

“It is a great pleasure to have the Minister of State for Employment with us on the day that we begin operations in Victoria where 70 new employees start work today.  We have created flexible jobs that allow people to get into or back to work in London and, with backing from the Government, look forward to creating 20,000 jobs across the UK.  That’s ten new jobs every single day over the next five years.”