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Emprise maintains employee excellences

company commended for employee welfare

November 15, 2007

Emprise Services plc has continued to meet the Investors in People Award Standard (IiP) in recognition of commitment to its employees.

Following a rigorous assessment, Emprise has been praised for its emphasis on employee welfare, strong training and development policy and overall respect for colleagues. Emprise has achieved continued recognition of this respected standard since it was first awarded in July 2004.

The company is one of the UK’s largest support service providers, employing over 5,000 employees across a broad range of support roles principally cleaning and security.

“When we first achieved the award, we had around 2,500 employees,” said Stephen Barrett, chairman of Emprise. “Since then, our workforce has more than doubled – but our flat structure and dedication to employee welfare has
remained consistent.”

Emprise encourages employees to undertake a number of qualifications, such as NVQ levels 1 & 2 in support services, as well as an Institute of Occupational Safety and Health qualification in Health and Safety, and Supervisory Development.

Stephen Barrett added: “The company has introduced a strong training and development programme, which has a considerable amount of resources allocated to it. This has ensured continuous improvement and opportunities for all colleagues. We are proud to receive the award for a second time and see it as testimony to the hard work of all Emprise employees.”

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“When we first achieved the award, we had around 2,500 employees,” said Stephen Barrett, chairman of Emprise. “Since then, our workforce has more than doubled – but our flat structure and dedication to employee welfare has remained consistent.”

About the company

About Emprise (www.emprise.co.uk)
Emprise is an independent support services company, which provides specialist outsourcing to ‘blue chip’ organisations and public bodies in the UK with a turnover in excess of £60 million and employees increasing to over 5,000.

Established in 1986 by Stephen Barrett, the business has developed its range of cleaning and support services and now operates four key divisions, which are retail, leisure, security and corporate.

Contact details

For further press information and photography please contact:
Anna Moseley at LEWIS, the PR agency
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7802 2626 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7802 2627
Email: annam@lewispr.com
Website: www.lewispr.com

For sales enquiries, please contact Rachel Faulkner, sales and marketing director:
Tel: +44 020 7549 0800
Website: http://www.emprise.co.uk


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