Courtesy of our friends at the Brighton Benefits Campaign, what follows is a list of companies in Kent, Surrey and Sussex that have taken advantage of mandatory work placements through the Government’s Work Programme in which unemployed people are forced to work without pay. The placements are arranged by a private company called Avanta Enterprise Limited:

Servest     
DC Cleaning     
Poundland
Carillion
Wilkinsons
Savers
Town and Country Cleaners
Mr Gleam
Romney Resource    
Asda
Oxfam
British Heart Foundation
Bernados
Go Response     
Olympic Glass
The Range
Pizza Hut
99p Store
Holiday Inn

The following companies have used unpaid labour in the past or are due to start taking placements in the near future:-

F&S Interiors
DB Accident Repair
Whittingtons Silk Flower & Plant Centre
Medway Tyres
Westvic Enamellers
Southern Membranes Ltd
southern Roofing & Building Supplies
Southern Metal Services
Jessup Electrical Wholesale Ltd
Kent Space
Payless
Process Plant Services Ltd
JA Glover
Kent Flooring Supplies
JJ Vickers & Sons Ltd
Omnico Plastics Ltd
Diamond Glass Medway
Signs & Imaging Ltd
RNR Performance Cars
Plumbase
Stephens Fresh Food
Envirostream
Regency Guillotine
Mayhem Paintball
Alpha Stream
Poundstretcher