This information was provided by Matthew Rusling of the Bristol Business School. It shows some of the destinations of Economics and Business undergraduates, providing you with ideas of where you could go. The length of the placements varied, some firms offer 3 weeks whilst others stretch to 12 months, the decision is yours.
Some of these sites have links straight to their intern / placement scheme. However, many firms do not have this information on their site. If this is the case you have been directed to the careers page where there is information on who to contact and what to send.
Due to where the information was sourced from, many of the firms are Bristol / Southern based. If you don't fancy living somewhere new then contact firms within similar sectors in your area. It is likely they would be willing to take on interns or could offer you an alternative.
This stands for any post. If you want to undertake a placement in a particular firm but they don't advertise to placement students, try anyway. Send a cover letter, explaining yourself and why you would be good in their firm, along with your CV, to the careers department. There is no harm in trying and you never know, they may take you on!
Economics
- Houghton Stone
- Airbus Aerospace Engineering
- Hargreaves Lansdown
- Hewlett Packard
- Inland Revenue
- Microsoft
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Call Centre Technology
- Oxford Economics
- Fujitsu
Finance and Services
- ADR Group
- Barclays Bank PLC
- Deloitte and Touche Accounting and Audit
- Ernst & Young Accounting/Finance
- Friends Provident Group
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Hastings Direct Insurance
- MBNA Bank
- Mortgage Movers
- Oracle Corp
- UK Post Office Financial Services
- Smith & Williamson Solomon Hare
- TLT Solicitors
- Withy King Solicitors
Media and the Arts
- 3 Monkeys Marketing PR Consultancy
- Arnolfini Arts Centre
- BSkyB Media
- Beanstalk Media Advertising
- EMS Event Management
- Memory Lane Cakes
- Music and Message
- News International
- Skan Pa HireLtd
- Spike Island Artspace ltd Art & design centre
- Stage Electrics
- Top Banana Events
- Tru Thoughts Independent Record Label
Industrial
- Agresso Business Systems
- BAE Systems
- BD UK Ltd
- BMW Group
- British Nuclear Group Energy
- British Telecom
- Computershare
- Delphi Automotive Parts Supplier
- DHL Transport
- Ernest Jackson
- GE Capital Solutions
- Ginsters Food manufacture
- Hygrade/Tulip Goods
- IBM
- ICI Paints
- Imperial Tobacco Ltd
- Jagex Games
- Jet Air Aviation
- Kraft Foods
- Magnox Electric Ltd
- Mercedes-Benz UK
- Mitchells and Butlers Hospitality Retailing
- Nutricia Ltd
- Oxford Instruments
- Panasonic
- Regus Office Services
- River Cottage
- Rolls Royce PLC Aerospace Engineering
- Stancold Cold Store Construction
- Sun Microsystems Computers
- TPS Consult Construction
- Virgin Atlantic
High Street
- Boots the Chemist
- Bristol Marriott Hotel
- Cosyfeet Footwear
- Disney Publishing
- Funkin Ltd Fruit Puree Company
- Mizuno Design
- Orange
- PWP Racketsport Mail Order
- STA Travel
- Waitrose
- Wakeboard Towers UK
Consulting and Recruitment
- Broadbean Technology Ltd
- Expw Consulting
- Kaisen Consulting Business Psychologists
- MITIE Support Services
- Potensis Recruitment Specialist
- T-3 Consulting
- Veredus Executive Recruitment
Marketing
- Base One Interactive Marketing
- BMRB Marketing Research
- MSI Reports
- Snap Surveys Research Software & Services
Public Sector
Housing
Education
Sport
Charity
Alternatively, have a look at these sites:
ratemyplacement.co.uk provides an opportunity to read reviews from other placement students along with searching for companies who offer placements.
fledglings.net was designed by students it provides details of placements and internships available to students.
prospects.ac.uk is a university careers advisor which allows you to create your own profile and search for placement opportunities.
globalplacement.com gives information on internships abroad.
uniplacement.co.uk aims to provide students with lists of companies, organised into sectors or regions who offer 12 month work placements.