Gold and Silver Speedy
27 February 2024
Speedy Hire’s commitment to training and personnel development has been recognised by accreditations from top industry bodies.
The company has been awarded Silver membership via The 5% Club’s 2023-24 Employer Audit Scheme. The recognises Speedy’s contribution to the continued development of its employees through ‘earn and learn’ schemes such as apprenticeships and graduate programmes.
The audit validates an employer’s activities, assesses their future plans and commitments, and examines their approaches to quality, social mobility, diversity and inclusion.
Speedy has also achieved accreditation from Investors in People for its involvement in the ‘We invest in apprentices’ programme, with which it started working in late 2023. Actions included ensuring a robust audit and accreditation process, as well as interviewing apprentices and around 20 colleagues from all levels of the business, including Speedy’s Executive Board.
The Investors in People accreditation recognised the company as being committed to its apprentices, developing a programme of continual improvement as well as providing a pathway to make a significant contribution to the organisation, with clear channels of communication and support for each participant.
Gillian Roberts, Emerging Talent Lead at Speedy Hire, said: “We are thrilled to be awarded with these two prominent accreditations, which highlight the work and progress made in providing emerging talent programmes that offer exciting opportunities within the business. At Speedy Hire, we are committed to supporting our young talent at every stage of their journey, providing the structure and environment for continuous development, which enables them to further their careers.”
Mark Cameron OBE, Chief Executive at The 5% Club said: “Our Employer Audit scheme recognises the efforts of all those employers who invest in their workforce through a broad range of workplace learning schemes. It is fantastic that in these challenging times so many are able to commit to the Employer Audit and to gain the credit for their efforts, and that the majority are striving to expand their schemes over the coming years. Their efforts and achievements are to be applauded.”
Paul Devoy, CEO of Investors in People, said: “We’d like to congratulate Speedy Hire. Being accredited with ‘We invest in apprentices’ is a remarkable effort for any organisation, and places Speedy Hire in fine company with a host of organisations that understand the value of delivering high quality apprenticeships.”
Speedy offers graduate roles alongside nationwide apprenticeships across a diverse range of areas within the business from engineering and operations to sales, as well as new degree apprenticeships that offer apprentices the opportunity to continue their studies while they work.
The company recently launched a Mentoring and Skills Transfer programme which pairs recent entrants with someone with long industry experience for two-way sharing of knowledge, as reported previously.
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