Higgins Partnerships – We Invest in People

Posted 18/01/2021

Higgins Partnerships has been awarded the We Invest in People, Standard Accreditation by Investors in People for the fifth time.

The accreditation means that Higgins has the principles and practices in place and everyone in the business understands how to use them to make work better for everyone in the company.

Paul Devoy, CEO of Investors in People, said: “We’d like to congratulate Higgins Partnerships. Being accredited with We invest in people is a remarkable effort for any organisation, and places Higgins in fine company with a host of organisations that understand the value of people.”

Commenting on the award, Steve Leakey, Managing Director of Higgins Partnerships said: “We are delighted to once again be accredited with the We Invest in People by Investors in People which is recognised in 66 countries around the world, making it the global benchmark when it comes to people management.

“People are what makes Higgins Partnership the success it is today and for almost 60 years we have recruited and invested in the best, most talented and innovative people, each of whom brings something new to the organisation. We develop and nurture from the foundations up, through initiatives such as our Management Trainee Programme and apprenticeship programme, helping to deliver skilled and experienced team members at all levels of our business.”

Since 1991 Investors in People has worked with a huge range of big and small organisations from Public Sector, SMEs, Charities, PLCs and anything in between. The purpose of Investors in People is to make work better. Central to achieving this goal is its We Invest in People accreditation which has been developed and refined over nearly 30 years to help companies, leaders and employees work together to create better, more productive workplaces.