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* IGD Food Industry Awards 2011 - John Sainsbury Award for Learning and Development *
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John Sainsbury Award for Learning & Development

This Award recognises real commitment to people development. It is awarded for an initiative which has achieved demonstrable business results, people development, sustained learning and on-going performance improvement.
 

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2010 winner Gist Ltd
Gist Ltd

Gist People Services is an HR and training business through which Gist delivers NVQ training to its employees. It opened four dedicated regional training academies and trained 1,900 employees to Level 2 NVQ and 70 A1 assessors. A further 900 NVQs are in progress, as well as 310 Skills for Life courses. Gist has seen skill, performance, safety and environmental benefits, and plans to train all employees to this level within two years.

Mike Bousfield, HR Director at Gist, said, "Everyone at Gist was proud to win the IGD John Sainsbury Award for Learning and Development. This was an award for those in Gist who have conceived and delivered training, and for those who have so enthusiastically participated as trainees.

I regard this as the most prestigious award we have received because it was so rigorously assessed; the trainees at our Crewe depot were impressed by the interest taken in them. The ceremony itself was superb and the grandeur of the winner’s trophy took us all by surprise! We have already begun to use the award as part of our promotional activity and the recognition we have received makes us even more determined to deliver high quality training to make a positive difference for our people."
 

Shortlisted entries

- Dairy UK
- Tesco Group
- The Co-operative Group
- WM Morrison’s

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JUDGES' COMMENTS

"This winning initiative is embedded in the business, driven by site managers, and has delivered demonstrable results. It is engaging many employees, changing their lives and winning their loyalty."
 

Runners up

Compass Group plc

Kellogg Marketing & Sales Co

Natures Way Foods Ltd
 

Previous winners

2009

Musgrave Group

2008

Compass Group UK & Ireland

2007

Aramark Ltd

 

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