COMPANY NEWS
Graduate Interns are a tremendous benefit
At the opening ceremony for Malvern’s third centre of excellence in India in Delhi, in 2010
Malvern Instruments wins Queen’s Award for second year in succession
UK-based materials characterization company Malvern Instruments is celebrating winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in two successive years. Details of the 2011 awards were announced on 21st April, with Malvern receiving the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of International Trade. While this is a considerable achievement in its own right, it is all the more noteworthy for being the seventh time that Malvern Instruments has been recognised in the Queen’s Awards. “I don’t normally boast about our successes, but this really is an achievement that should make everyone working for, or associated with, Malvern Instruments proud,” said Managing Director Paul Walker. “Two Queen’s Awards in two successive years, at a time of considerable economic uncertainty, should see every member of our teams giving themselves a pat on the back.” Paul Walker attributes much of Malvern’s continuing international trading success to the company’s focus on building and broadening the range of materials characterization products it offers, delivering the same high quality service and applications support to every customer in every area, and being innovative in promoting the Malvern brand and its values around the world. “For many years we have exported more than 90 percent of our production, so developing effective routes to market has been critically important in extending our ability to serve and support our customers,” continued Paul Walker. “We now have direct operations in all key markets and strong partnerships with exclusive distributors elsewhere. Our close working relationships in all areas ensure that the customer experience is consistent the world over. Added to this, our investment in web-based delivery of information and support provides universal access to the wealth of experience and expertise that resides within Malvern’s global organisation.” Malvern Instruments is headquartered in Malvern, Worcestershire, UK, and is part of Spectris plc
www.spectris.com www.malvern.com
Three graduates employed in November 2010 have provided Guttridge with the resources to analyse, review and improve on- going processes. Whilst performing specialised research, they have also become involved in a new R & D project, making presentations to potential customers and partners. Anushka Devaser, Edozie Nnoruka and Alex
Jen Ken, all from the Leicester University Graduate Internship Program, recently graduated in subjects directly relevant to the roles they carried out at Guttridge. Within this exciting new project they had a very specialised, highly qualified and well- motivated approach to the three month projects they completed.
The whole process could not have been
simpler. The roles were defined and sent to the University and advertised. The shortlisted CVs and letters of application were then sent to Guttridge for review. A number of graduates were then selected for interview by Guttridge and the successful applicants joined the company a few weeks later. The university dealt with all the administration, including payroll with no tax or national insurance costs as the internship is a training program. The graduates were responsible for their own accommodation and expenses although Guttridge did assist with locating suitable accommodation and voluntarily paid 50% of the graduates’ accommodation costs. The University staffs were extremely helpful and working relationships between the company and the University were very good, as highlighted by Edward Moseley, Enterprise Learning Coordinator, Leicester University Student Development: “Guttridge worked really hard to make the graduates feel welcome and took the extra steps of helping to source accommodation and subsidising rent costs for their graduates. This made a real difference to the graduates and ensured that on commencing the internship they were able to focus on the project in hand. The internships have been a tremendous learning experience for the three graduates and each one of them has gained a wealth of commercial awareness, confidence and
industry knowledge which has made a massive difference to their
employability and career prospects. Guttridge provided
Anushka Devaser
a fantastic learning environment and as such had three very motivated and successful graduates who were able to offer Guttridge new ideas, perspectives and invaluable high quality resource with minimal risk and investment.”
The graduates themselves have been considerate, adaptable and have gone out of their way to fit in to the organisation with 100% effort and attendance and they have reported a huge benefit both to their career and personal development, as emphasised by Edozie: “The Graduate internship has given me a giant leap into the industry, exposed me to real industrial research and has also made me more marketable in the ever-competitive labour market. During my internship, I had to report my findings to the management of the company on a weekly basis and this has really enhanced my presentation skill and boosted my confidence in public speaking. In a nut shell, it was a wonderful opportunity to further develop and prove myself.”
The internship process is a very low risk, low cost method of hiring highly qualified individuals who have specialised in the areas in which you wish them to work. The short term contracts enabled Guttridge to hire graduates to complete specific projects with no commitment to providing long term employment. However, the proficiency of the graduates was such that the company have now placed Anushka within the sales department as Sales Engineer and Edozie’s contract was extended. Guttridge is also advertising within the Leicester University Internship Program for a further internship role to commence employment in June 2011. Tel: +44 (0)1775 765 300 Email:
sales@guttridge.co.uk www.guttridge.co.uk
New safety passport dates added
Mentor have increased the availability of their quarry safety passport training, releasing new open course dates for standard and renewal courses running until December 2011.
Since introducing the course in September, Mentor have been providing health and safety
training relevant to the extractive and mineral processing industry through the SPA Quarry Safety Passport course. Particularly valuable to contractors, the qualification demonstrates to clients an awareness of sector-specific health and safety. To view the full list of course dates visit:
www.mentortraining.co.uk/mentor/training/ quarry_safety_passport For further information or to book a place on any of the safety passport courses – the basic course, one day renewal course or one day quarry specific course (for those exempt from day one) – please contact Mentor on 01246 555222.
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