British Land is a leading UK commercial property company focused on high-quality retail and London offices. The work towards the creation of Places People Prefer - these are outstanding places that meet the needs of customers and respond to their changing lifestyles. Experts focus on creating great environments both inside and outside the buildings.
Company’s properties, worth around £18 billion, are home to over 1,200 different organisations, ranging from international brands to local start-ups.
65,000 people work across British Land’s office portfolio, while their retail sites receive 310 million visits a year, with the potential to reach 60% of the population. The company have also received the 2016 Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
Services
Asset management
Sustainability benchmarking
Retail portfolio
Offices portfolio
Residential portfolio
Property development
developments
WHAT YOU CAN DO?
graduate schemes
what's involved
British Land offers two Graduate Schemes
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1. Commercial Property:
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Successful candidates will play a key role in the company, gaining experience in Asset Management, Valuations/Investment and Property Management, as well as receive support through our structured ‘in-house’ training programme.
The scheme is for graduates with the desire to become accredited by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and obtain their Assessment of Professional Competence (APC).
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2. Strategy programme:
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You’ll tackle the high-level investment and financing issues that face our company. Much of your time will be spent analysing market trends and extrapolating their potential impact on our business (e.g. rents, future occupancy and development costs).
As a Strategy Graduate you will run a wide range of analysis and primary research for a range of strategy, investment and financing projects which are used to support the decision making at Executive Committee and Board level.
minimum criteria
Minimum criteria for candidates is:
- For the Commercial Property programme, you should have obtained, or are predicted to obtain, a RICS accredited degree.
- An excellent understanding of the property industry.
- Have a positive collaborative and open approach.
- For Strategy Programme you need to have outstanding academics, and your numerical and analytical skills will need to be second to none.
APPLICATION PROCESS
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Fill up online application form, submit a Cover Letter and CV.
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In your Cover Letter you will be asked to answer a particular question (max 300 words). Every year question will differ, so keep an eye on the updates.
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If your application is successful, you will be asked to complete online assessments.
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Show your best at the graduate assessment centre.
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The final stage is face to face interview.
DEADLINES
Commercial Property Scheme: Applications usually close in the end of May.
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Strategy Scheme: Applications open in October closing in the middle of December.
internships
OPPORTUNITIES
Summer internship allows you to sit with BL's Property and Finance functions. This internship has been designed to provide you with a broad spectrum of business areas within British Land to further inform your post-university career choices. During your placement you will work together on projects that will feed back into the business and support our expert teams across our assets.
Duration: 8 weeks beginning in July.
APPLICATION PROCESS
1
Fill up online application form, submit a Cover Letter and CV.
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2
In your Cover Letter you will be asked to answer a particular question (max 300 words). Every year question will differ, so keep an eye on the updates.
3
If your application is successful, you will be asked to complete online assessments.
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Show your best at the assessment centre.
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5
The final stage is face to face interview.
DEADLINES
TBC