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Winners and Finalists of the Employer of the Year Awards 2003

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Winners of the Employer of the Year Awards 2003 were:

The BT Carers in Employment Award, in association with Carers UK
Telford and Wrekin Borough Council
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presentation of the Carers in Employment award.
"Winning two Employer of the Year titles at the 2003 Awards really helped to put our organisation on the employment map. Many job candidates have contacted us because of the Awards and we are now working with a number of partner organisations nationally, as a direct result of Working Families publicity."
Michael Frater, Borough of Telford & Wrekin

The Ford Motor Company Driving Diversity Award
The Birmingham and Solihull Job Centre Plus

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presentation of the Driving Diversity award.
"The Award has given us a real sense of pride in what we have achieved, and also credibility within the labour market, particularly amongst potential job applicants who have traditionally felt excluded from the public sector."
Margaret Tovey, Jobcentre Plus, Birmingham & Solihull

The Lloyds TSB Scotland Scottish Award
Central Scotland Forest Trust

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presentation of the Scottish award.
"We were thrilled to receive the Scottish Employer of the Year Award last year and have continued to be astonished by the level of interest in it and ourselves since we won. From a purely business perspective, the award has been fantastically useful in raising our profile and promoting ourselves, and our cause, to partners and stakeholders."
Simon Rennie, Central Scotland Forest Trust

The NSPCC Family Friendly Award (joint winners)
Happy Computers

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Telford and Wrekin Borough Council

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presentation of the Family Friendly award.

The Working Families Innovation Award (joint winners)
Citigroup

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Farrelly Engineering & Facilities
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presentation of the Innovation award.
"This award has helped raise our profile as an Employer of Choice and promote internal and external awareness of our enhanced family-friendly policies, childcare facilities, innovative working patterns and employee driven networks."
Michael Kirkwood, Citigroup

"Winning the Innovation Award in 2003 was not only an encouragement for our staff, but has also resulted in excellent PR and less costly recruitment and retention."
Gerry Farrelly, Farrelly Facilities & Engineering Ltd

 


Finalists of the Employer of the Year Awards 2003 were:

Carers in Employment Award

Hertfordshire County Council
Telford Borough Council
Achievement Training Ltd
Inland Revenue
DIAL Barnsley

Driving Diversity Award

Ecologic Chartered Architects
Suffolk Acre
Tees & North East Yorkshire NHS Trust
Inland Revenue
Job Centre Plus

Family Friendly Award

St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals Trust
Telford Borough Council
Linda Taylor Associates
Comet
Happy Computers
Soha Housing

Innovation Award

Farrelly Facilities & Engineering
Citigroup
Loreburn Housing Association
BP
Scottish Legal Aid Board

Scottish Employer of the Year Award

RJ Cuthbert Associates Ltd
Central Scotland Forest Trust
Scottish Crop Research Institute
Scottish Legal Aid Board
Royal Bank of Scotland
North Ayrshire County Council

 

photo of Simon Rennie, Chief Executive of the Central Scotland Forest Trust, with the Scottish award.
Simon Rennie
Chief Executive Central Scotland Forest Trust

 

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