Flooring company named as employer of year (From The Advertiser Series)

Flooring company named as employer of year

10:43am Thursday 2nd July 2009

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A COUNTY Durham company has been crowned employer of the year by a leading training provider.

Flooring company, CreateCity, based in Shildon, won the award at the North East Chamber of Commerce’s Learning Awards. It also won a £1,000 training grant as part of its prize.

Joanna Lupton, HR and administration manager, was presented with the accolade by Nick Brown, minister for the North-East. She said: “We consider it a privilege and an honour to be recognised by NECC with this award.

“In tough times it is extremely rewarding to know that our efforts are making a difference. It is our firm intention to continue developing the company by improving the skills and training of our staff with help from NECC.”

The award for learner of the year went to Laura Kisby, of Sunderland’s Pennywell Youth Project.

The NECC’s director of training and skills development, Patricia Wilkinson was at the awards. She said: “It makes me extremely proud to see so many people succeed through the training we provide. I hope that these awards will inspire many more businesses and people to consider how they can improve their skills in the future.”

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