People are at the heart of our business. Our commitment to clients, our staff, suppliers and the communities in which we work is to operate the business in a manner that meets or exceeds the ethical, legal, commercial and public expectations and to seek to deliver sustainable economical benefits through the work that we do.
While doing this we aim to improve the quality of life of our staff and their families, the local community and society at large.
We are very proud of the many initiatives undertaken in the past by the company and it’s staff aimed at putting something back into the communities we work in and examples include the following:
Examples of initiatives undertaken include:
• Donations made annually around Christmas to a variety of local, national and international charities.
• Staff involvement in a variety of fundraising/sponsorship events either individually or as teams for local and national charities.
• Company sponsorship of local amateur sports clubs, junior football, rugby and cricket teams and local theatres.
• All staff have the option to purchase bicycles for travel to work at much reduced costs via our Flexible Pay scheme and we provide shower and changing facilities at certain offices.
• We have a dress down day each Friday with donations made by staff donated to charities.
• Many of our offices are located close to public interchanges to ease the use of public transport and season tickets are provided to many staff.
• We welcome young students on work experience placement at our offices and our staff support visit local schools, colleges and universities to assist in a variety of activities.
• Implementation of an Environmental Management System in accordance with ISO14001, which includes commitments to energy efficiency, various recycling schemes, and the review of the potential to build in environmental benefits on the projects that we work on.
• Many Projects which deliver social and environmental benefits.
We thank all our staff for the valued contribution they make, both to the company and to our local communities.
Alan Bramwell
Chief Executive
April 2008