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Merlin Contractor Gelder Group receive Investors In People Gold Certificate of Recognition
16/10/2009
One of Merlin’s contractor panel, The Gelder Group, has become the 5th UK Company ever to receive the Investors in People Gold Standard Certificate of recognition.
Since the Investors in People’s launch in 1991, only 40,000 of the UK’s 2.16 million registered businesses have achieved IIP status with only five achieving the gold standard. No UK building company has ever achieved the recognition. Investors in People introduced 3 new tiers of accreditation, bronze, silver and gold, to reward organisations for their additional achievements above the existing standard. The aim of the new award is to promote a higher level of achievement with companies undergoing re-assessment of their existing IIP standard.
Pictured receiving the award from left to right are:- Steve Gelder – Managing Director of the Gelder Group, David Melton – IIP Assessor and Mike Johnson – Gelder Group Training Manager.
Steve Gelder commented, “By any measurement, receiving this award is a fantastic achievement, only the 5th UK company to receive the award, the first building company to receive it and the 1st Lincolnshire company. It reinforces the fantastic team spirit that exists in this organisation, an organisation that I feel very proud to head”.
Other awards received by the Group during 2009 include The Learning and Skills Councils “best company to work for” award for the company’s commitment to training and the Lincolnshire Environmental awards for the company’s commitment to the environment. The company is also amongst the finalists at the National Recycling Awards to be held at London’s Park Lane, Hilton in October, the Lincolnshire Media Awards finals held at Lincolnshire Showground’s Epic Centre on 12 November and has just been voted in to the Building Magazines list of the Top 100 companies to work for.
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