Recognition for investors in people
Headline - Organisations from across the region, including Castle Grove gathered at the Met Office in Exeter to collect their long term achievement awards from Quality South West, the Investors in People Centre.
As reported in the Tiverton Gazette -
The event marked Investors in People Week and saw Quality South West congratulating organisations that have been continuously recognised as an Investor in People for more than 10 years.
Among employers represented at the event were cheesemaker Quickes Traditional, Castle Grove nursing and retirement home in Tiverton, Exeter-based Education & Training Skills, Exeter City Council, Ellen Tinkham Special School in Exeter, Crediton-based circuit board maker Graphic Plc, engineering design consultancy Pell Frischmann and Veitch Penny solicitors.
The organisations were presented with certificates by John Hirst, chief executive of the Met Office, who hosted the event.
Mr Hirst said: “It was fantastic to meet so many people from organisations who have demonstrated their commitment to their people over such a long term.”
David Tew, operations director at Quality South West, said: “Investors in People provides organisations with a business tool to enable them to develop and value their key resource — their people.”