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Giving Something Back

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Mangar International

They have Commitment to Welsh Green Dragon environmental programmes. They Work towards full recyclability of all their products and have Commitment to expanding employment opportunities in there local area.

They provide an active Health and Safety Committee and have a policy and pension scheme and advice. They also offer an open door policy and offer support for any issue whether work related or not.

All employees have full communication of the vision and goals the business has going forward. They also encourage employees to feel able to make mistakes, learn from them and move on. The Managing Director is accessible to anyone at any time for any issue no matter what.

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Foster Care Associates Group of Companies

FCA offers secondment opportunities to other areas of the business for learning and development experiences. They also offer buddying and mentoring programmes by experienced managers to support others. Promotion is often from within and vacancies are advertised internally.

Foster Care Associates have team away days together with team building and team meetings to enhance communication channels. The Vision and Values of the company encompass the importance of working as one team.

Celebrating success forms part of the company's values and staff are rewarded for outstanding achievements through honorariums, internal promotions, long service awards and celebrating success stories using the intranet and local FCA news-letters. In addition FCA is currently running a company wide 'Employee of the Year' award and 'Accolade' award.

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Dartington

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals

BMS support the Secure the Future foundation which provides care and support for women and children infected and affected by HIV and AIDS in Africa. In addition to this there is a day of giving policy where employees are given one paid day off per year for charitable activities.

Any individual who is identified as a potential future leader goes through the Aspiring Manager Programme to help with their personal development needs and provide core management and leadership training. Six months after an individual takes their first managerial role they go through a New Leaders Integration scheme to get feedback on performance and highlight areas for improvement.

There are a range of awards to recognise a variety of individual and team performances throughout the year. These include awards for contributions or initiatives that affect a department, the UK or an entire continent and the winners are published on the company intranet and rewarded financially or through experiences and trips.

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Big Lottery Fund

A company wide Green Champions group has been established to support the companies work in reducing BIG's carbon footprint and sustainability. The company encourage working from home and video conferencing to reduce the amount of travel between sites and therefore the level of pollution.

A company wide Green Champions group has been established to support the companies work in reducing BIG's carbon footprint and sustainability. The company encourage working from home and video conferencing to reduce the amount of travel between sites and therefore the level of pollution.

The Employee Assistance Programme offers support to staff by providing a confidential counselling service for any problems that they may experience both in work and in their life outside work. Health screens are also available to all staff in the health care plan.

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Airwave Solutions Limited

Airwave Solutions have introduced voluntary work in line with their customers needs: Special Constables, first responders and retained fire fighters. Time off in lieu is provided to encourage people to take up the opportunity.

Airwave has introduced a specific management development programme called Managing Growth: Developing Managers for a New Era. This is a modular training programme which focuses on the fundamentals of managing people and provides support following the training through emails, text messages, booklets and e-learning.

Airwave has introduced a specific management development programme called Managing Growth: Developing Managers for a New Era. This is a modular training programme which focuses on the fundamentals of managing people and provides support following the training through emails, text messages, booklets and e-learning.

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EcoSecurities

EcoSecurities is a very dynamic and exciting place to work with a very friendly and interactive workforce.

EcoSecurities is a very dynamic and exciting place to work with a very friendly and interactive workforce.

EcoSecurities support local university students through the provision of scholarships. They also give donations to disaster funds and match any offsetting done by employees.

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Yorkshire Forward

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The Institute of Cancer Research

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Slimming World

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Motability Operations

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learndirect scotland

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EQUIP

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St Ann's Hospice

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Honda UK

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Highlands and Islands Enterprise

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Grundfos Pumps Ltd

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The Ridings Housing Association Ltd

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St. Joseph's Hospice

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Pfizer Ltd

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Feilden Clegg Bradley

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Eli Lilly

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Eaga Partnership Ltd

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Aventis (Commercial Operations)

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ASDA Stores

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SEC Life Sciences

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At the end of each week, an all-staff meeting discusses successes from the past week, highlights key pieces of work, gives out prizes and announces incentives, along with strategies for the coming week. The "wrap-up" is hosted by a different team member each time and everybody is invited to contribute a topic or think piece.
After the last staff survey, SEC introduced changes in response to what staff said they wanted. The company brought in a dress-down policy, increased holiday allowance, reviewed and increased salaries and launched a mentorship scheme.
Last year, in partnership with In2ScienceUK, the company launched the SEC Scholars initiative, a five-year programme that will provide at least 50 young people with the guidance, mentorship and practical skills for a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It supported 11 students through the programme and this year will help 11 more.
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