Fujitsu Services
Fujitsu shortlisted for Outstanding People Development Award
The category sees Fujitsu shortlisted alongside businesses such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Royal Bank of Scotland and GNER. Fujitsu's entry focused on the ongoing training and development programme it has developed for its mobile engineers division.
London, 24th September 2004 — Fujitsu Services, one of Europe's leading IT infrastructure management services companies, has been shortlisted for the Investors in People Award for Outstanding People Development category in the annual National Business Awards, the most prestigious awards in the UK's business calendar.
The category sees Fujitsu shortlisted alongside businesses such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Royal Bank of Scotland and GNER. Fujitsu's entry focused on the ongoing training and development programme it has developed for its mobile engineers division. It highlighted initiatives such as L2ME (Listening to Mobile Engineers) whereby employees are empowered to take positive decisions on behalf of the company.
The Investors in People Award for Outstanding People Development, sponsored by Investors in People, is awarded to the company that can best demonstrate how its people development strategies have improved its performance and created a committed, motivated and effective workforce. The winners will be announced at the awards presentation ceremony to be held at Grosvenor House Hotel, London on 9 November 2004 .
"We are delighted to have been shortlisted in this category," said Pritesh Ladva, strategy and change consultant at Fujitsu Services. "It is fantastic for our mobile engineers to receive recognition for their continued hard work and commitment to the business."
More information on National Business Awards: www.thenationalbusinessawards.com
About Fujitsu Services
Fujitsu Services is one of the leading IT services companies in Europe , Middle East and Africa . It has an annual turnover
of £1.74 billion, (€2.58 billion) employs 14,500 people and operates in over 20 countries. It designs, builds and operates
IT systems and services for customers in the financial services, telecom, retail, utilities and government markets. Its core
strength is the delivery of IT infrastructure management and outsourcing across desktop, networking and data centre environments,
together with a full range of related services, from consulting through integration and deployment. Headquartered in London,
Fujitsu Services is the European-centred IT services arm of the Fujitsu Group. The Fujitsu Group is a US$45 billion (€37 billion)
leader in customer-focused IT systems and services for the global marketplace.
For more information, please see: uk.fujitsu.com
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