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Mitie Make Times Top 50 Employer for Women List For
Fifth Year Running Mitie has been named as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Women, for the fifth year running.
The FTSE 250 facilities management company places huge importance on attracting, developing and retaining the best female talent, whilst providing a supportive and inclusive environment for its people.
Both its Chief Executive, Ruby McGregor Smith, and Finance Director, Suzanne Baxter, are female – a rare double act for a large listed company.
Inclusion in the list, published in partnership with Opportunity Now, the workplace gender campaign from Business in the Community, demonstrates Mitie’s strong leadership in workplace gender equality and its culture of diversity and inclusion.
Mitie recognises diversity as a key differentiator within the FM sector and has maintained a focus on gender balance through involvement
CAM Specialist Support Spread Their Wings With ‘Birds Eye’ Camera
Outdoor cleaning specialist CAM Specialist Support is well-known throughout the UK cleaning and facilities management industries for providing its clients with services that require skills that are out of the ordinary, but its latest job for Aylesbury Vale District Council hits even greater heights – quite literally.
CAM has installed a very special ‘cam’ on the top of Aylesbury’s County Hall building, where two peregrine falcons
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in internal and external schemes promoting equality.
These schemes include re-launching an internal women’s focus group, Women of Work, across the business, specifically focused on women returning to work after maternity leave, working alongside the charity Working Chance to help women in the offender system into work and an externally chaired diversity steering committee, supported by a network of gender champions and dedicated forums throughout the organisation.
Chief Executive of Mitie, Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE, the first Asian
have decided to make their nest. Widely thought to be the world’s fastest animal, with claims that they can reach speeds of up to 240mph when diving and swooping for prey, they have been a fixture at the site in Aylesbury for the last three years.
CAM Specialist Support offers a wide range of cleaning and maintenance services including window cleaning – via platforms or abseiling, cladding and extractor cleaning, gutter and roof clearance, as well as the provision of energy reduction solutions. It drew upon its expertise in the maintenance of tall buildings for this latest project, which gives a new meaning to the phrase ‘bird’s eye view’.
Sean Canty, director of CAM Specialist Support, said: “Specialist high level access is just one of the highly technical services in which
we specialise, and this helped us immensely when taking on this unusual but extremely satisfying project. The birds are currently brooding three eggs, which we hope will hatch successfully later in April. The CAM ‘cam’ will enable people from around the world to watch the footage online, something the team are incredibly proud of.”
You can see footage and images at
www.aylesburyperegrine.org.uk
www.camsupport.co.uk www.tomorrowscleaning.com
woman to lead a FTSE 250 company and chair of the Women’s Business Council, said: “We are thrilled to be included in the Times’ Top 50 Employers for Women for the fifth consecutive year.
“Women make up a large proportion of our business and are hugely important to our continued success. I’m passionate about providing all people with the opportunity to succeed, and am delighted that we’ve been recognised once again for the contribution we make to championing women in the workplace.”
Kathryn Nawrockyi, Opportunity Now Director, Business in the Community, added: “Congratulations to Mitie on being included in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2015. They have recognised that putting inclusive behaviours at the core of what they do and making gender equality a business priority not only benefits the women they employ, but also the organisation as a whole and the clients, customers and communities they serve.
“Their dedication and commitment to driving change should educate and inspire other employers to make a difference, whatever their size or sector.”
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