Nottingham's first Youth Guarantee Jobs Fair, reported by the Department for Work and Pensions on 19 October 2026, drew around 770 young people to Meadow Lane Stadium, the home of Notts County Football Club. According to the department, almost 65 of the UK's largest businesses took part, including Amazon, Boots, PureGym, East Midlands Railways and Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, offering more than 600 vacancies and opportunities across retail, manufacturing, hospitality and healthcare.

The event included workshops, among them a Google session on using AI to improve CVs and prepare for interviews. Minister for Employment Andrew Western said the fairs let young people meet employers with live vacancies; the release attributes the figure of over 600 vacancies to the event as a whole, not to any single employer.

The department said jobs fairs had already been held in Blackpool, Glasgow, Cardiff, London and Leeds, with more than 1,000 young people moving into jobs, work experience or training through them. It described the fairs as part of youth employment support backed by £2.5 billion, aimed at supporting almost one million young people and creating 500,000 opportunities, with at least one fair planned in every region of Great Britain.