press release
Encore Aims to be the Best
April 2008
Encore Personnel Services have achieved �First Class� One Star status within the Best Companies Accreditation Standard for 2008, making them one of the best companies to work for in the UK. As featured in the Best Companies Guide, the Best Companies Accreditation recognises organisational excellence in the area of workplace engagement.
The �Best Companies to Work For� survey uses key questions to gain a comprehensive view of employee engagement across eight factors and performance is defined solely by employee response. Out of the 558 organisations that participated only 307 achieved accreditation this year, with just 142 achieving One Star status.
Greg Latham, Managing Director, comments �We are delighted that we have been awarded with this prestigious accolade. An excellent place to work seems to be a true reflection felt by our colleagues across the organization, meaning we are achieving our policy to create the best working environment we can.
�In return we attract talented and committed people to work with us, which ensures consistent and sustainable growth for our business. We realise that staff are the heart and soul of any business and no where is this more prominent than in recruitment - this is a great achievement for a company committed to being the best.�
The presentation evening was held at The Cumberland Hotel, London and was followed by an exclusive �Michelin style� tasting lunch at Rhodes W1, a Gary Rhodes restaurant.
The company, which now employs over 85 people, were also recently re-awarded the Investors in People accreditation.
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Further information please contact:
Jo Shorrocks
Marketing Executive
Encore Personnel Services,
3rd Floor, 15 Middle Pavement
Nottingham, NG1 7DX
T: 0115 9596930
Email: [email protected]
Notes to the Editor
The Best Companies Accreditation
The Accreditation, developed by Best Companies is based on a star rating system where one star is first class, two stars are outstanding, and three stars are extraordinary. Organisational successes have been defined using data from the 2008 Best Companies to Work For survey which involved surveying over 140,000 employees from 558 companies. The Best Companies survey is designed to measure employee engagement and uses 66 questions to gain a comprehensive view of employee engagement across eight factors. Every company that goes for Best Companies Accreditation is given a Best Companies Index score (BCI). This score (on a scale of 1 to 1000) is defined from employees� responses to the sixteen key questions within the Best Companies survey. �Star Status� is determined by the �BCI� score and the specific cut-off points for One, Two, and Three Star Accreditation remain constant year on year.
Accreditation in 2008
This year, 653 organisations entered the Best Companies Accreditation. This is a 33.5% increase from the number of organisations entering last year. Of these companies 558 completed the final process and Best Companies received survey responses from over 140,000 employees since September.
Overall, 307 organisations achieved accreditation this year.
- 48 organisations achieved Three Star Status
- 117 organisations achieved Two Star Status
- 142 Companies achieved One Star Status
About Best Companies Ltd
Best Companies Ltd. is dedicated to `Helping make the World a better Workplace�. This is achieved by providing organisations that participate in the research with high quality data about how engaged their employees are with their business. The data is compiled by utilizing highly academically rigorous methodology that has been created using more than 700,000 responses from employees about their workplace experience.
Best Companies researches and compiles The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For lists, and have a wealth of real-life examples of best practice, that can show how to give your business a better chance in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
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