We are proud to announce that Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd has been awarded the prestigious One Star Best Company Status, which acknowledges the firm as a “First Class” employer. CWJ will now be listed in the 2009 Best Companies Guide as one of the top 400 companies to work for in the UK.
795 organisations applied to achieve ‘Star Status’. CWJ is one of just 209 UK organisations to have been awarded one Star Best Company Status in 2009. This ‘Michelin style’ elite accreditation recognises organisations by ‘Star Status’:
• One Star is acknowledged as First Class (209 awarded)
• Two Stars as Outstanding (150 awarded)
• Three Stars is Extraordinary (55 awarded)
Those that just miss out on the Star Status are listed as Ones to Watch.
Receiving the award on Tuesday 27th January at The Cumberland Hotel in London, Peter Giblin, Senior Partner CWJ said, ‘We are really delighted to have been awarded a One Star Status. Last year CWJ was listed as ‘One To Watch’ and our progression to Star Status is testament to our commitment to ongoing improvement in everything we do.”
Jonathan Austin - founder and CEO of Best Companies commented "I would like to congratulate Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd on their outstanding achievement. Our role at Best Companies is to set a rigorous benchmark so that organisations can become even better employers. This year it is encouraging to see that the number of companies entering the accreditation scheme for excellence in workplace engagement has grown by over twenty percent".
Best Companies Accreditation acknowledges excellence in the workplace with a focus on workplace engagement as an integral component of an organisation’s success and growth. The Star Status is based on a confidential employee survey, which asks 54 carefully researched and tested questions around eight key factors of workplace engagement:
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Based upon the results of this survey each organisation is given a Best Companies Index (BCI) score (on a scale of 1 to 1,000). The Star Status is determined by the BCI score and the specific cut-off points for One, Two and Three Star Status.
