The West Midlands Centre for Constructing Excellence (WMCCE) is delighted that Aspire Housing, winner of the regional Leadership in People Development award is due to be partaking in the national final of the Constructing Excellence awards, on 30th October 2008 in London.
The Constructing Excellence awards reward achievement from organisations and project teams that have achieved regional acclaim. Aspire Housing, who currently employ over 370 people, have established innovative courses to support management development, such as the Management Development programme “Aspiring Leaders”.
Winning the regional award has meant a great deal to Aspire Housing and the company’s Chief Executive Sinead Butters is looking forward to the national final:
“It is a great achievement for Aspire and it isexcellent that we can obtain this kind of recognition.
“The development of our staff is crucial to our success and we are keen to invest in all our employees. We deliver an accredited management and leadership development programme and feel that we have a responsibility to up- skill our people making sure we give everyone a good chance to compete for the jobs at Aspire.”
Phil Wilson, Operations Director for award organisers WMCCE says:
“This year the entries for Leadership in People Development Award were of an extremely high standard and I congratulate Aspire for their outstanding achievement. It is encouraging to see the diverse and well-established set of strategies they have in place and the investment in their staff is proving to be instrumental in the success of their business.”
Entries for the Constructing Excellence 2009 awards are now open. The awards represent the “Oscars” for the industry in the West Midlands region. It will be held the 24th April 2009 at the ICC in Birmingham and is organised by WMCCE, Birmingham City Council and the Chartered Institute of Buildings (CIOB). For more information please contact Victor Tsemo on 0121 488 4050.
Notes to editor:
WMCCE is one of the 12 regional Centres of Constructing Excellence across the UK which promotes best practice and innovation in the construction and the built environment industry.
WMCCE is part-funded by the University of Wolverhampton, Advantage West Midlands and the European Regional Development Fund. It can offer subsidised, or in some cases, free of charge business improvement services to eligible companies.
These aim to help companies increase productivity, improve business processes, implement innovative technologies, adopt best practice and train the workforce.
Media Contact:
WMCCE
Jenny Parker- T: 0121 688 4045 E: j.parker@wmcce.org
