Undergraduate and graduate programmes are really important to Boots because they are about the future leaders of the business and actually the future of the business in totality. Our mission is to be the world's best pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer. What makes a great Boots person is being able to collaborate and build real partnerships with each other, with suppliers and, of course, being absolutely customer obsessed. Our purpose is to help customers look and feel better then they ever thought possible. And being determined every single time to deliver for our customers and do the right thing for our customers and for our colleagues.
For graduates at Boots there is massive opportunity. This is a big business, it’s probably bigger than people expect, so for example we run brands. We manage No7 we manage Soltan, Botanics, 17 and of course, the Boots brand as well which is very important for healthcare. We run factories, we run lots and lots of pharmacies and retail shops, we’ve got a fantastic internet site and of course, we are now becoming an international business with another business alongside and in partnership called Alliance Healthcare, who operate in over twenty three countries. It's a big business and employs a lot of people - forty thousand people. This is a fantastic opportunity for any graduate to join a fantastic brand and a growing international business.
This is a people business and always has been, a hundred and fifteen thousand people work for the company Alliance Boots. Is it the right time to join retail? it absolutely is the right time for us to have you in our team. We are looking for fantastic people to secure the future of Boots. We are really committed to making sure that we attract and retain the very best people at all levels of the business. The deal from our point of view is if you come and join Boots and give your full commitment to Boots, we will make sure we give you a fantastic development opportunity and deliver to you legendary development in terms of graduate development and future career prospects.