Employer Award Winners
Sponsored by NOCN, this award celebrates employers that have used learning to develop and utilise the skills of their workforce to improve productivity, raise morale, increase staff retention and enhance their business performance.
Luton Community Housing
As part of its People Strategy, Luton Community Housing launched its management development programme ‘Bees Knees’.
The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations
The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations is a social science enterprise that supports sustainable change and ongoing learning in organisations and communities.
pladis, home of McVitie’s
In partnership with the College of North West London, pladis, the global snacking company behind McVitie’s, is using its Apprenticeship Levy at its Harlesden factory.
James Electrics Contracting
James Electrics Contracting works closely with local education and training providers to offer high quality work experience opportunities for learners. They offer training to around nine apprentices, trainees or work-based learners each year.
Organisational Learning Team, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
The successful project has been a pioneer for apprenticeships in the NHS.
Keoghs
Keoghs law firm pride themselves on investing in learning to support the development of home-grown skills and talent.
Busy Bees Childcare
Busy Bees Childcare has been providing childcare to families since 1983 and are one of the largest and longest-established childcare providers in the UK.
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to training and developing its 14,000 employees, delivering more than 700 in-house programmes each year.
Royal Pavilion and Museums
In 2012, Royal Pavilion and Museums designed a new workforce development programme to provide staff with regular and flexible learning opportunities.
Mrs Bridie Oakes-Richards – Governor HMP Dartmoor
The learning opportunities mean that staff are armed effectively to deal with the most challenging of offenders, making society safer in the long term.