KFC has again been named in first place overall in the large organisation category at the Britain’s Top Employer awards, the first time a company has achieved the honour in consecutive years.
The awards recognise companies that have the highest standards and best employment practices, and KFC scored the maximum possible five stars in four out of the five of the awards categories: Primary Benefits, Secondary Benefits and Working Conditions, Training and Development, and Culture Management.
James Watts, Vice President Human Resources, KFC UK & Ireland, said:
“We’re very proud to have won this award back to back as it highlights the consistently great work we’re doing with our people. We are striving to become the best company in the UK for training and development, and to be famous as THE great place to work. Winning this award again will encourage and motivate us to keep reaching for this goal.”
This is the fourth year in a row that KFC has been named as one of Britain’s Top Employers, and the company has also been named as a Great Place to Work for the last three years.
KFC: developing its people
KFC came to Britain in 1965, with the first store opening in Preston, Lancashire, and there are now 850 stores across the UK, with over 24,000 employees.
In 2012, KFC was voted Britain’s Top Employer, and the company has been named as a Great Place to Work for the last three years. The company places a big importance on developing people, and became the first restaurant company in the UK to launch an honours degree – a BA (Hons) Business Management course in conjunction with De Montfort University, Leicester. KFC also works with City & Guilds to provide Level 2 and Level 3 Apprenticeships to team members and team leaders.
KFC is also committed to benefiting the community, and uses its expertise at developing young people to work with some of the most disadvantaged young adults in the UK through a work experience partnership with Barnardo’s. The company also works to help the global community, and has raised over £4m for the United Nations World Food Programme in the last six years.
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