Haleys has been recognised as an investor in People organisation after achieving the standard on 24 October 2002. Haleys embraces a commitment to training and development and forward to the bottomline benefit that improved people performance delivers.

"We are fully committed to developing workforce skills in order to achieve our wider business aims and objectives as a service provider. We have used the Investors in People planning process to address out needs and have now implemented a training and development programme. We will consistently evaluate this to ensure our workforce has up-to-date skills in order that we build on our success" commented Simon Courtney.

Ruth Spellman, Chief Executive of Investors in People UK comments, "Putting people development at the heart of every function is the most cost-effective decision a business can ever make. Employees are central to business success so it is vital for staff to be skilled, flexible and motivated; this can be achieved through planned and consistent training and development. The Investors in People framework ensures that if you look after your inputs the output will look after themselves."

The Standard is based on four key principles for people development: commitment to develop employees to achieve business goals and targets; planning to review training and development needs required in context of business; action to ensure relevant steps are taken to meet training and development needs; and evaluation to measure the outcomes of training and development for individuals and the organisation.

Research conducted among recognised Investor in People organisations has shown that 80 per cent have increased levels of customer satisfaction and 70 per cent have improved their competitive edge and productivity. ( Source: Building capability for the 21 century . CREATE 1999) .