Stockport based Hughes Safety Showers is the first manufacturer in the North West to achieve the Investors in People Gold Award. The company has held Investors in People accreditation since 2002 and this latest extension to the award is designed to stretch organisations even further.

‘When we were due for our re-assessment, which takes place every three years, we decided to raise the bar and go for gold,’ says Managing Director Tony Hughes. After an initial meeting with the assessor, it was clear we already had almost everything in place to meet the qualification criteria. A brief update for all staff on the latest developments within the business was all that was required.’

Currently 30,000 companies are accredited to Investors in People. Since the introduction of the additional Gold, Silver and Bronze awards in May 2009, less than 1% of the companies that have been re-assessed have achieved Gold; Hughes Safety Showers is the first manufacturing company in the North West to achieve the Gold award.