Churchill Retirement Living attains 'extraordinary' status in 2010 Best Companies Accreditation

Churchill Retirement Living, the UK's fastest growing privately owned retirement house builder whose headquarters (Regional Office) are at Ringwood (Bromsgrove/Byfleet), has been awarded the highest possible status from the 2010 Best Companies Accreditation list issued today.

The Accreditation scheme, developed by Best Companies, is based on a star rating system where one star is first class, two stars are outstanding, and three stars are extraordinary. Organisational successes have been defined using data from the 2010 Best Companies to Work For survey which involved surveying 276,057 employees fromthe 1,086 companies. Based on this survey, organisations receive a Best Companies index score which will determine their star rating compared to a fixed standard.

Churchill Retirement Living is among only fifty companies in the UK that achieved the 3 Star rating in 2010.

Unlike the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For list, also compiled by Best Companies, Star Status standards are fixed and any organisation achieving the required BCI score will always be accredited.

For Churchill to have gained 3 Star Status, nine in ten of their staff must agree that their manager cares about their job satisfaction. Of the 2010 3 Star companies 89 per cent of staff also said their manager motivates them to give their best. Among companies that did not achieve any accreditation, these scores are just 64 per cent and 56 per cent respectively.

Spencer McCarthy, Churchill Retirement Living Chairman and Group Managing Director, is delighted with the recognition that the company has gained:

"I am particularly proud of this award. The culture of any company is its lifeblood, for our employees to be so supportive of our management and motivational culture is a major factor in the company being able to continue to grow and indeed for every individual who works at Churchill to grow with us. To have attained 3 Star Status over the past year when times have been so tough is quite incredible and goes to show just what a fantastic team we have at Churchill.”

Jonathan Austin, Founder and CEO of Best Companies was fulsome in his praise for Churchill:

"We would like to congratulate Churchill Retirement Living on their outstanding achievement. An engaged workforce is essential as organisations move out of the recession and into a more stable economic situation. Organisations such as Churchill that have kept on engaging their staff and making sure they are involved in the business will be in a good position for the future and should be congratulated for their efforts”.

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