Equal opportunities

Managing Diversity

We have manufacturing operations in nine countries and are extremely proud of our diverse multi-cultural workforce. We are a company that recognises and respects individuals whilst understanding that people are different. We are committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and treatment of all of our employees.

As a business our aim is to create open and inclusive workplace cultures where everyone feels valued. We aim to harness individual differences to encourage personal growth, recognise contributions from all our staff and ensure that their talents are fully utilised.

By understanding our diversity it enables us to manage our employees expectations as well as provide the necessary training and resources required to support individuals within our businesses. In the UK for example, we provide training in a number of different languages including Tamil, Polish and Portuguese and offer English training to both native and non-native speakers, which benefits employees in their working environment and everyday lives.

As a business we believe that our people are key to our success and we are committed to managing diversity in a positive way.

Languages

• The number of different languages spoken per business ranges from 5 to 27 languages, with the average number of different languages spoken per business being 14

% Non-UK Nationals Employed

• The average number of non-UK nationals employed is 60%, per business this number can range from as low as 25% to as high as 95%