The aim of the Central Motorway Police Group is to provide safe and secure transport throughout the Central region, seeking to deny criminals the use of the roads, and to reduce the number of casualties amongst legitimate road users.

The work of BCOP is encompassed in its full name: Broadening Choices for Older People. Since 1946, BCOP has been known as a respected Charity offering a comprehensive service to older people and their advocates.

The Community Housing Group manages and develops quality affordable housing within the three towns of Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport, and surrounding areas.

Groupama Insurances is one of the UK's leading general insurers. The company offers motor, home and commercial insurance to consumers and small businesses via a network of professional insurance brokers.

Rollasons Solicitors, based in Northamptonshire, are a well established firm of Solicitors founded in 1994 by two of the existing three partners.

CSWP has a highly dispersed staff base with over 100 ‘delivery points’ based in schools and colleges around the region, as well as its head office in Coventry.

Brian Lord, Managing Director of Benfield Homes, explains the justification for working towards the Standard: "I attended an Investors in People seminar which suggested undertaking a survey to look at our employee satisfaction ratings.

Paul Taylor, Managing Director at CMT says: "When we originally looked into what was involved in achieving recognition of the Standard, we felt that many of the processes were already there within our business but perhaps not in a formal way.

The senior management team at Corus Multiproducts was aware that individual business units tended to operate independently, and felt that there were inconsistencies in how communication was handled across the business.

Dawn comments: "This is the first school I have worked in with Investors in People recognition, and I had never been through the process of either achieving or renewing the award.”