Minister Celebrates Investors in People Success Stories
The Investors in People Standard continues to be key in ensuring the competitiveness of local businesses
This was the message from Employment and Learning Minister Angela Smith as she met representatives of 35 local organisations who recently achieved the Investors in People Standard.
Paying tribute to their efforts, during a presentation ceremony at Hillsborough Castle today, the Minister said: “Investors in People is a means by which local employers can help ensure bottom-line business results. It is only by equipping their staff with the skills and flexibility they require to do their job that businesses can effectively maximise their output.
“I am pleased to see so many organisations here today who have shown the commitment to developing their people. It is a promising sign for the local economy.”
Stressing that Investors in People recognition was not the end of the journey for Award recipients, the Minister added: “In many regards, today’s ceremony is the start of a process for these organisations. It should not be seen therefore as the culmination of a project, but rather the beginning of a sustained commitment to workforce development, leading to improved long-term business performance.”
During the ceremony, HM Prison Magilligan was also recognised with the Investors in People UK Award for Work-Life Balance.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
1. Investors in People is a business improvement tool that helps organisations to compete and succeed through improved people performance. The framework is designed to help organisations develop the knowledge and skills of their people so that what they can do is what the business needs them to do. A new version of the Standard, designed to meet the changing needs of business and industry, was launched on 17 November 2004 and came into effect in January 2005.
2. The organisations receiving Awards as Investors in People during this special ceremony were:
Organisation Location
Ashfield Girls' High School Belfast
Belfast City Council – Waste Management Service Belfast
Belfast Education & Library Board – Catering Services Belfast
Belfast GEMS Belfast
BIFHE - Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Belfast
Campbell's Centra Banbridge
Charis Consultancy Services Belfast
Cruse Bereavement Care Belfast Area Belfast
Donacloney Primary School Armagh
Dunclug Primary School Ballymena
Edenderry Nursery School Belfast
Foyle View School Derry
La Mon Hotel and Country Club Comber
Lisburn City Council - Central Services Depot Lisburn
(Operational Services)
Loreto College Coleraine
Mayfair Business Centre Ltd Portadown
Moorfields Primary School Ballymena
NI Regional Medical Physics Agency Belfast
Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) Belfast
Oakwood Integrated Primary School Belfast
OFMDFM - Executive & Legal Services Directorates Belfast
Omagh County Primary School Omagh
Openwave Systems (NI) Ltd Belfast
Portaferry Integrated Primary School Portaferry
Review of Public Administration Belfast
Rosemount House Limited Belfast
Royal British Legion - Bennet House Portrush
South & East Belfast H.S.S. Trust Belfast
St Fanchea's College Enniskillen
St John Bosco Primary School Ballynease Portglenone
St Mary's High School Downpatrick
St Mary's Primary and Nursery School Bellaghy
St Mary's Primary School Greenlough Portglenone
Triangle Housing Association Ballymoney
3. The organisation receiving the Investors in People UK Award for Work-Life Balance:
HM Prison Magilligan Limavady
4. Media enquiries to the Department for Employment and Learning’s Press Office on 028 9025 7790.