A leading Belfast travel management business has won an award for its innovative family friendly policies in the workplace.
 Selective Travel, which employs almost 50 people won the Small to Medium Enterprise of the Year Award at the Childcare Works Awards 2012.
The event, organised by the Employers for Childcare Charitable Group, aims to recognise firms that take an innovative approach to family friendly employment initiatives.
Applicants were invited to detail how their family friendly working policies ‘lead the way in excellence and set the standard for others to follow’.
As part of its prize, Selective Travel has won £500 to donate to a charity of its choice.
Selective Travel managing director, Mukesh Sharma said the company was pleased to be recognised in the scheme.
“We have a growing workforce of dedicated people providing services to a wide range of leading organisations including universities, health trusts and all kinds of businesses, and we aim to create a progressive work environment that is both dynamic and flexible,â€Â? he said.
“As we grow the company, recruiting the right kind of people is very important, and winning this award will be helpful in communicating the values and approach of the company.â€Â?
Commenting on the 2012 Awards Marie Marin, CEO said: “Employers For Childcare Charitable Group is delighted to be able to recognise innovative thinking and excellence in family friendly employment practices.â€Â?
Innovative initiatives that Selective Travel has put in place to promote a family friendly workplace include: childcare schemes and part-time options for returning parents.
Established since 1972, Selective Travel Management is Northern Ireland’s biggest independent travel management company, providing business and retail travel solutions. Its corporate clients include Queen’s University Belfast, First Derivatives, National Health Service and a number of universities across the UK and Ireland
A leading Belfast travel management business has won an award for its innovative family friendly policies in the workplace.
Selective Travel, which employs almost 50 people won the Small to Medium Enterprise of the Year Award at the Childcare Works Awards 2012.
The event, organised by the Employers for Childcare Charitable Group, aims to recognise firms that take an innovative approach to family friendly employment initiatives.
Applicants were invited to detail how their family friendly working policies “lead the way in excellence and set the standard for others to follow”.
As part of its prize, Selective Travel has won £500 to donate to a charity of its choice.
Selective Travel managing director, Mukesh Sharma said the company was pleased to be recognised in the scheme.
“We have a growing workforce of dedicated people providing services to a wide range of leading organisations including universities, health trusts and all kinds of businesses, and we aim to create a progressive work environment that is both dynamic and flexible,” he said.
As we grow the company, recruiting the right kind of people is very important, and winning this award will be helpful in communicating the values and approach of the company.
Â?Commenting on the 2012 Awards Marie Marin, CEO said: “Employers For Childcare Charitable Group is delighted to be able to recognise innovative thinking and excellence in family friendly employment practices.”
Â?Innovative initiatives that Selective Travel has put in place to promote a family friendly workplace include: childcare schemes and part-time options for returning parents.
Established since 1972, Selective Travel Management is Northern Ireland’s biggest independent travel management company, providing business and retail travel solutions.
Its corporate clients include Queen’s University Belfast, First Derivatives, National Health Service and a number of universities across the UK and Ireland
