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Top marks for Babington Group at awards


Babington Group, one of the UK's fastest growing national training providers, has won the top training provider title for the East Midlands at The Times’ Best Companies Awards, in London. Babington also made the top three overall with the Derby- based provider officially one of the best 100 companies to work for.


Carole Carson, CEO,


Babington Group, said: “Winning this award and being recognised as not only the best provider in the East Midlands but third overall is another significant step in our journey to be simply the best. We want to ensure Babington continues to be a fantastic place to work.”


University impresses on awards shortlist


The shortlist for the Student Nursing Times Awards 2018 has been announced, and it’s been another bumper year for the University of Nottingham. The university and its staff


and students picked up 13 nominations across 11 award categories in this year’s awards, which aim to recognise the cream of the crop among the student nursing community. Head of the university’s


School of Heath Sciences, Professor Joanne Lymn, said: “We are yet again thrilled to have received so many shortlisted nominations in what was a record-breaking year for entries – a measure of the quality of the nursing education that we are providing and the calibre of the students which we are lucky enough to attract here at Nottingham.”


REC accreditation for Encore Personnel


National recruitment agency Encore Personnel has attained Audited status with the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) for the seventh time. Headquartered in Leicester


with further offices in Nottingham and Derby, Encore was assessed against the requirements of the Employment Agencies Act, the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 and the REC’s Code of Professional Practice. REC Chief Executive Kevin


Green said: “This accreditation recognises that we have rigorously audited Encore Personnel and found that it is performing to the highest professional standards.”


4 business network April 2018 Housing provider is the BEST


A BEST Companies accreditation has been awarded to Newark and Sherwood Homes, with the housing provider making its way onto the prestigious ‘Ones to Watch’ list. The nationally-recognised


accreditation is a special status awarded to organisations with high levels of workplace engagement and companies that show promising signs for the future. The housing provider received the


accolade following positive feedback from employees, where wellbeing, leadership and personal growth were all taken into account. Companies earn recognition


through a multi-step process of factor scoring, factor combination and then normalisation, known as a BCI score. The Ones to Watch accreditation is given to companies with a BCI score of at least 600 and reflects companies that show ‘good’ levels of workplace engagement. The accreditations recognise companies on a national level,


wellbeing and we ensure our employees are driven and committed in the workplace, making a difference to local people and their local communities every day. “We strongly value all of our


Rebecca Rance


‘We ensure our employees are driven and committed in the workplace’


helping to attract and retain the best talent. Rebecca Rance, Chief Executive at


Newark and Sherwood Homes, said: “We are delighted to be part of this nationally-recognised list, which really highlights and reflects our high levels of workplace engagement and satisfaction. We have a large focus on employee


employees and each individual has a pivotal role in ensuring we work to the best of our ability, putting tenants’ and customers’ needs first and focusing on making a difference to succeed. “By being part of this exclusive


list, we demonstrate to our tenants, customers, partners, current and future employees that we are a great company to work for. Being ‘one to watch’ highlights that we are constantly growing and finding new innovative ways of working.” Sarah Hartley-Hill, Senior


Customer Service Adviser at Newark and Sherwood Homes, added: “I am really proud to work for Newark and Sherwood Homes. “I am really excited that we have


been recognised as a great employer as part of this Best Companies list.”


Morningside Pharmaceuticals in stadium naming rights deal


Leicester Arena and Chamber Strategic Partner Morningside Pharmaceuticals have agreed a three- year naming rights sponsorship deal. The arena will now be known as the Morningside


Arena, Leicester. The 3,000 capacity stadium is the largest of its


kind in Leicester and, as well as being the home of the national basketball club champions, the Leicester Riders, it has become the go-to venue for a wide range of sporting, entertainment, religious and comedy events and a venue for a wide range of community activities. Dr Nik Kotecha, Chief Executive at Morningside,


said: “Morningside Pharmaceuticals is committed to making a difference to our local community and the Leicester Arena is a superb new facility for the city, the county and for the East Midlands.


“Through this partnership, we will be able to offer


the venue for one day a month to local and national community projects which will be extremely valuable to all that benefit.” “We are thrilled to be making this commitment to


improve the overall experience for users of the venue, and to support the use of the arena for community and charitable activities.” Leicester Arena Director and Riders Chairman,


Kevin Routledge, said: “The Arena and all its partners are absolutely delighted with this naming rights sponsorship with one of Leicestershire’s great and global firms. We have all been working very hard to put the Leicester Arena on the sporting and entertainment map as a flexible high class arena, without losing our community focus, and to be able to work with Morningside Pharmaceuticals will be hugely beneficial to our strategy.”


Dr Nik Kotecha


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