Britain’s Top Employers 2008 – Winners Announced

The results of the 2008 Britain’s Top Employers survey have just been released. The eagerly awaited rankings of companies in the annual survey, undertaken by CRF, were announced at a well-attended awards ceremony in London.

For the second consecutive year, Hydrogen, the professional services recruitment consultancy, took the prestigious award of Britain’s Top Employer. Hydrogen achieved an impressive average score of 86.87% against the research criteria.

In second place was RLB Rider Levet Bucknall (83.42%) and in third, Camelot Group (82.63%), who both received awards. GlaxoSmithKline finished 4th (81.91%) and GMAC-RFC 5th (80.97%).

CRF aims to recognise consistent achievement as well as outstanding achievement. This year there were also special Sustained HR Excellence Awards. These were given to four companies – Cadbury Schweppes, TNT, Johnson Matthey, Vanco – which have all featured in Britain’s Top Employers for each of the past five years.

The criteria that CRF uses in its research carefully combine the best in professional HR practice and the qualities that employees look for in a great employer. The criteria are Pay & Benefits; Career Opportunity and Training; Knowledge Management; Employee Relations; Diversity; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility; and Environmental Sustainability.

The top employers scored consistently highly against all of these criteria to produce a weighted score. Worthy of individual mention are Hydrogen (86.06% in Leadership); Camelot (80.51% in Career Opportunity and Training); RLB Rider Levet Bucknall (89.48% in Employee Relations); Irwell Valley Housing Association (100% in Diversity and 99.76% in CSR); and Huxley Associates (84.65% in Pay & Benefits).

Quotes

"A number of people have asked us how we achieved the no. 1 position for two years running. It’s about understanding what we are as an employer and what we’re not, what makes us great and what would make us even greater. We focus on getting better and better at these things every year and not diluting what makes us great by trying to be all things to all people. The results speak for themselves; being named Britain’s Top Employer for the 2nd year running, being named Britain’s No. 1 Employer for Leadership and the No. 1 Employer in our industry for Career and Training and Employee Relations. The rewards are the success our business and people share, but this external recognition is also a great way of validating everything we do."

Lucien Dulak, Head of Talent Management, Hydrogen Group Plc

The 2008 Awards ceremony was held at the British Library Conference Centre and was attended by over 150 people. Delegates were addressed by Dominic Knight, Regional Director CRF UK; Andrew Walker, Business Director of Croner Reward; Steven Veenandaal, Managing Director of CRF; with opening remarks by Guy Clapperton, Editor of BTE.

The initial research stage of Britain’s Top Employers 2009 is already underway. Companies wishing to participate should contact Arthur Wadsworth, Project Manager at sakina.najmi@crf-uk.com

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Notes

About CRF

CRF International (CRF) is a global publishing organisation with local publishing houses in the United Kingdom, China, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and South Africa. CRF has over 2,000 clients worldwide.

In each country, CRF produces exclusive publications based on research into business best practice. The research is based around critical areas such as leadership, strategy and human resources (HR).

From this CRF awards internationally recognisable quality marks to the top performers identified and lauds them at annual, high profile and prestigious awards events in each country.

Contact Details

For more information about Britain’s Top Employers, other CRF business projects, or CRF itself, please contact:

Sakina Najmi, Marketing Manager at sakina.najmi@crf-uk.com

More detailed information, including downloadable survey results, brochures, news, press releases, and details of participating companies, please visit the CRF International web site www.crf.com

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