Bright Grey celebrates Investors in People gold status
23 April 2010
Staff at Edinburgh based insurance provider, Bright Grey, are celebrating after it was awarded Investors in People (IIP) gold standard following a recent assessment.
IIP is a national standard which aims to increase the productivity of the UK economy by helping organisations achieve success by engaging their people. To reach the standard an organisation must show that it is committed to improving the learning and development opportunities for all employees.
Achieving IIP standard was an aim of Bright Grey's employee engagement programmes which are designed to improve the way people are led, managed and developed throughout the company.
Ross Ainslie, Managing Director for Bright Grey said:
"We are delighted to have been awarded IIP status and to win a gold award at our first assessment is a huge achievement. The award is testament to a real team effort and input from colleagues across the Royal London Group.
"Our people are at the heart of our business and our challenge now is to keep on improving the organisation as a great place to work for all our people, which in turn will help us to deliver better customer service."
Laura Peacock, Corporate & Public Sector Consultant at Investors in People said:
"For Bright Grey, the rationale behind working with Investors in People was always about improvement, creating excellence and ensuring they were doing their best for and with their people. IIP was never about a badge or a logo, rather about ensuring that the organisation was performing as well as possible both for its people and its customers."
For further information please contact:
Bright Grey
Fiona Holmes
Tel: 0131 247 1506
fiona.holmes@brightgrey.com
Notes to Editors:
Royal London Group is a specialist financial service provider. Its businesses focus on those sectors of the market which value quality propositions, operating through a number of brands:
- Scottish Life – UK pensions market
- Bright Grey – UK protection market
- Scottish Provident – UK protection market
- Royal London 360° – offshore investment markets
- RLAM – fund management
- RLAS – life and pensions administration
- Fundsdirect / Ascentric – funds supermarket; Wrap platform
Royal London also distributes life and pensions products through Santander's UK branch networks.
Royal London is the largest mutual life and pensions company in the UK with Group funds under management of £35.9 billion. Group businesses serve around 3.4 million customers and employ 2,800 people. Figures quoted are as at 31 December 2009.