Bauder has become the first to achieve the Investors in People (‘IIP’) Platinum standard, the most sought after status in the National scheme, within the Construction of Buildings category.

The Platinum accreditation is the highest accolade that can be achieved and is currently held by only 1% of IIP accredited organisations. There are currently just 78 organisations accredited Nationally and only 23 of these are located in the South of England (figures at September 2018). The accolade clearly demonstrates Bauder’s commitment to its strong Culture and inherent staff wellbeing, personal development and embedded leadership practices.

Andrew Mackenzie, Managing Director, said:"This is a remarkable achievement for everybody in our Company, we are truly delighted. We never forget that our continued success is reliant on our brilliant staff and I am so proud of the team here and everything they do. It is only right that the Company strives to provide the best possible culture and working environment for all employees and the Investors in People accreditation is a great way of seeing how we are doing and where we should focus to make Bauder an even better place to work."

Angeline Barnes, Head of HR, added:"We are absolutely thrilled, we work hard to ensure our people focussed culture provides a fulfilling and empowering environment. Alignment of employee initiatives to Company objectives enables sustained success and this award will see us continue to work even harder as that journey continues."

The Investors in People Framework is a four stage performance model with nine performance indicators which enable measurement and benchmarking across key business areas such as; Leading and inspiring people, Living the organisation’s values and behaviours, Empowering and involving people, Managing performance, Recognising and rewarding high performance, Structuring work, Building capability, Delivering continuous improvement and Creating sustainable success.