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June 2010

Peverel Retirement named an Investor in People

Peverel Retirement has been awarded the prestigious Investors in People accreditation in recognition of its performance in training and developing its 2,000 staff.  

The accreditation makes Peverel Retirement the third division within the Peverel Group to achieve the prestigious accreditation. Most recently Peverel Property Management achieved IIP status in December 2009. 

Keith Edgar, Managing Director of Peverel Retirement, comments: “Training and staff development are extremely important to us at Peverel Retirement, and we are tremendously proud to have been awarded Investors in People status. 

“In recent months we have started a number of new initiatives to help ensure our employee development programme is both relevant and effective. This is particularly important for our 1,300 House Managers who work in the field; they are instrumental to the smooth running of Peverel Retirement developments and fostering the community spirit found at the developments. The IIP accreditation is recognition of this success in training and communicating to this important employee group.”

The initiatives to support the development of House Managers include bi-annual road shows, regular conferences and full briefings outlining performance indicators.   

Keith Edgar concludes: “By investing in our staff we ensure that our Residents receive the highest possible level of care and we will continue to strive for excellence across Peverel Retirement.”

Trish Fraser, Managing Director of Quality South East, Investors in People, said: “Congratulations to Peverel Retirement for achieving Investors in People.  This success shows Peverel Retirement’s clear commitment to developing their people and to providing an excellent service for their clients. I hope that they continue to go from strength to strength as a business and as an Investor in People.”