b'Partner News Winter 2023 31Corporateshowcasing the diversity in backgrounds ofthrough its Skills City operation, enablingI believe this is the new order of business. the individuals who have been supportedmore than 600 people to access skills andThe balance sheet of your business should with access to the tech sector. career development opportunities every year.be as strong as your social impact, and a IN4 also operates innovation hub HOST, thecompany must be viewed through the lens Figures from the report also revealed: Home of Skills & Technology in MediaCity. of being both commercially successful and sustainable, but also making a significant Skills Citys Skills Bootcamps generatedProfit with a purpose social impact on our communities.12.7m of social impact and out of theMo Isap, CEO of IN4, said: We established 623 interns, 60% secured new tech jobs. IN4 Group with a mission that was profitRichard Dickins, MD Social Value There has been an investment of overwith a purpose. Uniquely operating twoBusiness, said: The significant social 600,000 and a contribution of more thanbalance sheets, one commercial and onevalue IN4 is driving through Skills City 2,200 hours dedicated to the CyberFirstsocial, equally successful and operatingand CyberFirst are outstanding examples North West programme from across thein unison. Four years into this journey,of how the tech industry can support public and private sector, including itswe are well on track with this mission.young and underrepresented people into Apex partners: IBM, Northrop Grumman,digital careers. IN4 show a consistent KPMG UK, QinetiQ, Roke, and BT. Sharing this success with our clients,passion and commitment to driving CyberFirst North West achieved 1.6mpartners, and stakeholders, and achievingprosperity at a community level.of social impact in less than 12 months,over 14m in social impact further drives establishing 13 local schools andour ambition to continue changing livesThe Social Impact Report can be colleges from Lancashire and Greaterfor the better through technology. viewed here: in4group.co.ukManchester as among the best in the UK for cyber and STEM education.IN4 has created a unique innovation blueprint that unlocks the potential of highly skilled local talent through technology, delivering sustainable prosperity in communities. It has designed and established several programmes to empower people, particularly young girls, and women, and those from disadvantaged and underrepresented communities in launching successful tech careers. The Group has successfully secured several government contracts worth over 3.5mSkills City Graduation, with CEO of IN4 Group Mo Isap pictured in middleSkills City: Widening the tech talent poolCase StudyAfter applying for a range of aerospacehad to adapt to a difficult situationsaid: Skills City has been a huge opportunities while unemployedafter her teammate had to leave thesuccess in the North West and the UK, and not seeing any success, Aminahprogramme. Having persevered, hersupporting the adoption of advanced Ahmed from Blackburn felt anxiousfinal project was one of the mosttechnologies and creating new about what the future would hold. successful to date and is regularly usedcapabilities in the supply chain. This in current training at BAE Systems.improves overall productivity in the UK.She joined Skills Citys AWS re/Start cloud engineering bootcamp to gainAminah is now a DevOps Engineer atSkills City talent can provide instant work experience and focus on herthe UK Home Office, she explained: Iproject support and there are a personal development, as she believedapplied for various grad schemes, butrange of flexible recruitment options these were holding her career backdue to my lack of industry experience, Iavailable, including permanent when it came to securing employment.had no luck. While working on a projectrecruitment and a contractor model.with a high-profile company was nerve-Aminah enjoyed the skills bootcamp,wracking at first, it was invaluable. IveEmployers interested in accessing working on an intern project with BAEgrown as an individual, become resilientdigital talent to support the growth Systems and taking on responsibilityand much more confident in my abilities. of their businesses or would like in an industrial setting. While sheto find out more about IN4 are lacked confidence in her abilities,Iain Minton, Technology Capabilitywelcome to get in touch with Laura she found the work challenging andDelivery Director at BAE Systems,Cleverley: laura@in4group.co.uk'