FOOD MANUFACTURER Greencore is celebrating success in this year’s Princess Royal Training Awards.
The company, which manufactures sandwiches, wraps and baguettes for M&S at its factory in Northampton, has been recognised for its bespoke Line Coordinator Framework professional development programme, which launched in 2020 and has since had more than 350 colleagues graduate.
It is one of a total 53 organisations hailed for their positive impact through skills development in the awards, announced by City & Guilds last month.
The award is the second Princess Royal Training Award to Greencore. “It is hard to express how proud we are of achieving this award,” said Greencore’s director of talent, development and inclusion Natalie Rogers. “We know the Princess Royal Training Awards sets incredibly high standards and both our talent, development and inclusion team and the delegateshave all worked so hard over the past few years to help them develop their skills to have a more fulfilling career atGreencore.
“Our development team have truly embraced Greencore’s creative design ambitions and they continue to deliver thisoutstanding programme day and night to our 1,000 line coordinators, having a positive impact on our organisationevery day.”
The awards recognise organisations that show exceptional commitment to learning and development.
City & Guilds chief executive Kirstie Donnelly said: “As skills shortages and job vacancies rise, investing in trainingand development can help to increase productivity and harness and retain talent for future growth. Not only is thisgood for business and the workforce – it is also beneficial for wider society and contributes to thriving local economies.These organisations exemplify the transformative power of investing in people.”
