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Business Excellence Awards winners celebrate success
8 November 2006 |
Ten high-performing organisations from throughout the region are celebrating success after being announced as winners in the prestigious North of England Business Excellence Awards 2006.
The winners, which include both private, public and not-for-profit businesses, were announced at the annual awards dinner, which was held at Bolton's Reebok Stadium and attracted around 500 people. They are:
Private sector - fewer than 250 employees
Identislot CIC / Wigan
Private sector - 250 employees or more (joint winners)
Littlewoods Shop Direct Group, Shaw distribution centre / OldhamRobert McBride Limited - Burnley site / Burnley
Public sector - fewer than 250 employees
Business Link Tees Valley / Middlesbrough
Public sector - 250 employees or more
Liverpool Direct Limited / Liverpool
Special Award for Leadership (joint winners)
Greater Merseyside Connexions Ltd / LiverpoolShieldyourself / Manchester
Special Award for People and People Results
Academee / Wilmslow
Special Award for Customer Results
Calico Housing Ltd / Burnley
Brian Redhead Award for Environmental Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
UPM Shotton / Deeside
Established in 1994, the awards judge organisations against the Business Excellence Model, which covers the whole spectrum of business performance from financial results, quality of management and the efficiency of procedures and processes to staff and customer satisfaction and corporate social responsibility. All were required to place their organisation under a 'business microscope' and undergo a rigorous assessment over a number of months by a team of independent, specially trained assessors.
Paul Evans, chairman of organisers North of England Excellence, said: “The awards have once again attracted strong competition and the winners represent the best of their type in their particular sectors. It is good to see that organisations in the region are so committed to achieving business excellence to help them deliver better goods and services and continually improve their whole operation".
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For further information contact Pauline Rawsterne on 0161 860 6063 or Jill Hulme on 01298 25246 or email pauline@turquoisepr.co.uk.
About the winners:
Identislot CIC is a Community Interest Company
- or 'CIC' - created in 1997 to develop a unique, innovative and sustainable solution to bogus caller crime against older and vulnerable people.
www.identislot.co.uk
Littlewoods Shop Direct Group's Shaw Distribution Centre is currently the largest warehousing function within the Littlewoods Shop Direct Group, covering 23 acres and with a workforce of over 650 permanent employees.
www.lwsdg.co.uk
Robert McBride Ltd is Europe's largest manufacturer of retailer brand household and personal care products. A production factory within a group of fourteen companies, Robert McBride's Burnley site is part of its Household Division and produces in excess of 400 different products.
www.mcbride.co.uk
Formed in 1995, Business Link Teesside Ltd brought together the main business support providers in the area into a partnership charged with supporting Tees Valley businesses and with meeting the government's requirements for a "one-stop-shop" offering a full range of business support services.
www.tees.businesslink.co.uk
Liverpool Direct has taken access to Liverpool City Council services back into the community by developing a network of one stop shops, a multi service contact centre and a comprehensive e-government provision.
www.liverpooldirectlimited.co.uk
Greater Merseyside Connexions was formed in September 2001 when the careers services serving Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral were amalgamated. Connexions Partnerships work with all relevant partner organisations and stakeholders to deliver a comprehensive youth support service.
www.connexions-gmerseyside.co.uk
Shieldyourself is a leading health and safety, food safety and fire safety legal compliance provider. It supports the catering, retail and food manufacturing sectors. It is also a facilities management specialist.
www.shieldyourself.co.uk
Academee creates unique, leading edge learning solutions that bring tangible benefits to a wide range of organisations in both the public and private sectors.
www.academee.comCalico Housing is the biggest landlord in the Burnley area with around 5000 homes for rent. It is a social landlord, providing affordable housing for people who need it.
www.calicohousing.co.uk
UPM Shotton, located in North Wales, is the largest manufacturer of recycled newsprint in the UK. It produces newsprint for national and regional press and has a capacity of more than 500,000 tonnes a year.
www.upm-kymmene.com |
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Finalists announced for Business Excellence Awards |
Seventeen high-performing organisations from throughout the region have been selected as finalists in the prestigious North of England Business Excellence Awards 2006.
The roll call covers private, public and non-profit organisations of all sizes. All were required to place their organisation under a ‘business microscope’ and undergo a rigorous assessment over a number of months by a team of independent, specially trained assessors. The finalists are:
Private sector – fewer than 250 employees
3663 First for Foodservice - Manchester Depot - Salford
Academee - Wilmslow
Identislot CIC - Wigan
United Utilities North West, Property Searches - Wigan
Private sector – 250 employees or more
Littlewoods Shop Direct Group - Shaw, Oldham
Robert McBride Limited - Burnley
United Utilities North West, Water Business Stream - Warrington
UPM Shotton - Deeside
Public sector – fewer than 250 employees
Business Link Tees Valley - Middlesbrough
Copeland Borough Council, Open Spaces Section - Whitehaven
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council Youth Service - Oldham
Public sector – 250 employees or more
Greater Merseyside Connexions Limited - Liverpool
Lancashire Constabulary, G Division - Preston
Liverpool Direct Limited - Liverpool
Merseyside Probation Area - Liverpool
National Probation Service for England and Wales,
Cheshire Area - Chester
Charity and not-for-profit sector
Calico Housing Limited Burnley |
The winners from each category will be announced at the annual awards ceremony in November.
Established in 1994, the awards judge organisations against the Business Excellence Model, which covers the whole spectrum of business performance from financial results, quality of management and the efficiency of procedures and processes to staff and customer satisfaction and corporate social responsibility. Paul Evans of organisers North of England Excellence said: “There has once again been keen competition for the awards and the finalists represent the best of their type in their particular sectors. It is good to see that organisations in the region are so committed to achieving business excellence to help them deliver better goods and services and continually improve their whole operation.”
The Awards Ceremony will take place on Tuesday 7 November at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, presided over by Dave Guest, Chief Reporter, BBC North West and featuring Philip Swash of Airbus as keynote speaker. For tickets to the event contact Suzanne House at North of England Excellence on 01925 715242.
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Important News from the Board of North of England Excellence
All Change at North of England Excellence |
We have three important announcements to make:
Firstly, August 31st 2006 marked the retirement of the North of England Excellence Chief Executive, Dr John Swaffield MBE. John has served this company with great distinction over the last six years, developing it through to the state of considerable stability that has made the transition to North of England Excellence possible. The Board is very grateful for John's superb contribution to the region through his stewardship of the company and wishes him well for his retirement in the knowledge that he will now be spending even more time at his home in Cyprus.
We are in the process of appointing a new CEO, who will become the founding CEO of North of England Excellence.
Secondly, our founding Chairman, Clive Jeanes OBE, has decided to step down after 12 years service. Everyone associated with the European quality and excellence movement recognises Clive as a giant amongst practitioner role models; he being the driving force behind Millken Europe's success as the second winners of the European Quality Award in 1993. A passionate believer in Excellence, Clive has put so much back into the movement since his retirement from Milliken and his contribution will be sorely missed.
We are delighted that both Clive and John have agreed to remain on the Board of North of England Excellence in a non-executive capacity through to the formation of North of England Excellence. |
Finally we are pleased to announce that Paul Evans has been appointed Chairman of North of England Excellence for the period up until North of England Excellence comes fully into being.
Paul is a long standing member of the Board, and Director of Business Excellence at Liverpool John Moores University. He has more than 20 years experience of quality and change management in industry and the university sector, and has worked extensively with the EFQM on various projects, including process benchmarking, model review, and assessment process review. He has also acted as a senior assessor for the EFQM Excellence Award for several years, leading assessment assignments throughout Europe. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and an Associate of the Institute of Quality Assurance. Paul, his wife Christine and their four dogs live in North Wales.
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North of England Excellence is on its way!
An important announcement from the Board of North of England Excellence |
North of England Excellence was formed in 1994 and has become one of the most successful regional excellence organisations in the UK. It has a strong and stable membership; a high profile and prestigious annual awards ceremony; the ever popular excellence forums; and strong, excellence related training and support products for members and non-members alike.
For some time now the Board of North of England Excellence has been considering how best to engage with the broader interests of the North of England. We are therefore delighted to be able to announce that we have agreed with the Board of Excellence Yorkshire to create a new company servicing the whole of the North.
To be known as North of England Excellence, the new company will be based around the existing infrastructure of North of England Excellence. We will continue as a “Not For Profit” organisation. As part of this development we will continue to secure our base of permanent staff whilst expanding our network of associates and establishing additional partnerships. All this is designed to create a new company with significant support and access to as wide a portfolio of services and products as possible for the benefit of all organisations in our expanded area. |
We are at the start of the process; we are creating the company, appointing the board, and carrying out all the other activities that are necessary to “get it all going”. With regard to a formal announcement, we envisage that this will take place at the North of England Excellence Awards ceremony to be held in Bolton on Tuesday 7th November 2006.
In the meantime, we continue to offer our usual level of support from our Warrington Office - North of England Excellence, International Business Centre, Delta Crescent, Warrington WA5 7WQ (telephone 01925 715245) - which will become the base for the new company. Please be assured that this period of transition will be seamless from the perspective of our members and clients, and that our services will continue uninterrupted through to the formation of the new company. Memberships will transfer automatically.
Thank you for taking the time to read this update. We will keep you in touch with developments. In the meantime, your continued support of the company is greatly valued, and we in our turn will continue to offer our support to your own pursuit of excellence.
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Former airports chief to lead North of England Excellence |
David Teale, the former Managing Director of Manchester Airport Aviation Services, has been appointed as Chief Executive of North of England Excellence.
David, who played a major role in the development of the Manchester Airports Group (MAG) over a period of almost 30 years, will be spearheading North of England Excellence's expansion into the Yorkshire and North East regions and helping to raise the profile of its annual North of England Business Excellence Awards.
Born and brought up in Lancashire, David studied history at Leeds University and started his career as a trainee at the Post Office Headquarters in London. He returned to the North in 1974 to join Manchester Airport where he worked in various roles until he retired in 2005, apart from a four-year period at the former Greater Manchester Council.
Apart from his most recent position, during his time with MAG he has been Director of Customer Services, Director of Operations, Director of Runway 2 and Chair of Humberside Airport.
He said: “Throughout my career I have always placed the utmost importance on continuous improvement and the pursuit of business excellence and I am delighted to be part of an organisation dedicated to this cause. North of England Excellence provides high quality services to its members and I am looking forward to working to expand the business” |
Paul Evans, chairman of North of England Excellence, said: “It's a real accolade to have someone of David's calibre to lead the team. His appointment comes at an exciting time for the organisation. Since its inception in 1994, North of England Excellence has played an important role in improving the performance of many businesses in the region. Due to increasing interest from outside the region, the organisation will soon be extending its services to cover the whole of the North and the annual awards have already been renamed to reflect this.”
David is also a non-executive director of the NHS Business Services Authority, chair of Parkway Green Housing Trust and a trustee of the Manchester Airports Group Staff Pension Fund. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and a chartered member of the Institute of Personnel and Development
David is married with four daughters and lives in Alderley Edge. His interests include travel, the arts and swimming and he is a keen supporter of Preston North End Football Club and Lancashire Cricket Club.
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Notes to editors: For further information contact Pauline Rawsterne on 0161 860 6063 or Jill Hulme on 01298 25246 or email pauline@turquoisepr.co.uk
North of England ExcellenceEstablished in 1994, North of England Excellence has been a driving force in improving the business performance of the North West and in raising its profile nationally as a region of excellence. As a not for profit, membership based, organisation, it aims to encourage and support organisations to add value and improve their bottom line by adopting the principles underpinning the renowned Business Excellence Model, recognized as the most powerful business management tool in Europe. For further information see www.excellencenorthwest.co.uk |
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