Fylde coast energy company's delight at silver award for looking after its staff

The award recognises firms’ commitment to leading, improving and supporting the team that power the company.

The silver level acknowledges the company has all the right principles in place to lead, improve and support its people, as well as having the right structure in place to maintain a silver level of accreditation. It puts the firm within the top 33 per cent of those accredited overall.

Victoria Zawistowicz, HR manager at BIU, inset, said: “We’re thrilled to be awarded silver, recognising all the work done over the last few years to change its approach to people management from the top down, as well as the continuous investment in leading, supporting and developing the people that power BIU.”

Paul Devoy, chief executive of Investors in People, said: “We’d like to congratulate BIU. Silver accreditation on We invest in people is a remarkable effort for any organisation, and places BIU in fine company with a host of organisations that understand the value of people.”

Michael Abbott, chief executive of BIU, said: “We started 2020 with Best Companies ‘Outstanding Place to Work’ accreditation, as well being awarded as one of the ‘Top 100 Small Companies to Work For’ by the Sunday Times. And within 12 months we have received Silver IIP – what a great way to start 2021.

“BIU has always striven to lead in the industry by looking after their people properly – from supporting the team with balancing home-work life in 2020 and beyond, through to several years of continuous and sustainable organisational improvements so we can lead by example.

“I’ve never been prouder than I have been in the last 10 months to work with such skilled and spirited people that have grown our business and continue to endure the Coronavirus crisis.

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