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INVESTORS IN PEOPLE | ACCREDITATIONS


WE INVEST IN PEOPLE

3 OR 1 YEAR ACCREDITATION

Your people are your most valuable commodity. Central to the success of any
organisation is the right blend of talent, motivation and leadership.


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WE INVEST IN WELLBEING

3 YEAR ACCREDITATION

A healthy workforce is not only an ethical priority for businesses, but can also
make a significant contribution through increased productivity.

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WE INVEST IN APPRENTICES

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We will evaluate your apprenticeships approach and help you attract the best
talent and get the most out of them. Furthering apprenticeship programs.

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WHAT WE DO

You need an organisation that is trusted in the industry to provide you with
accreditation for your organisation against a framework to measure the
performance. 

Investors in People has developed and refined the accreditation process for
almost 3 decades to help leaders, employees, and companies work together to
create an effective environment. 

With over 50,000 organisations from all types of industries accredited, our ‘We
invest in people’ accreditation is recognised in 66 countries around the globe. 

Our mission is to make work better by providing accreditation and advise on how
to improve efficiency over time.

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30TH ANNIVERSARY

It’s 1991. The average price of a house is £55,000, Helen Sharman is the first
Briton in space and Bryan Adams’ Everything I do (I do it for you) spends 16
weeks at no.1.
 
But more importantly, the first 28 organisations achieve Investors in People
accreditation! Fast forward 30 years and we’re feeling older, wiser and excited
for the next 30! So… Welcome to Investors in People’s 30th birthday bash! From
now until the end of November we’re going to be sharing lots of great content
every day, celebrating the achievements of our accredited organisations, as well
as hosting several thought provoking events. In a bit more detail, here’s what
our community can expect from us;
 
What are we doing to celebrate...
 * Thought leadership events – we’re teaming up with the Association of
   Apprentices, Working Families, Boardroom 2030, Better Business Act and onHand

 * Community stories – We’ll speak to people and organisations who have a rich
   history with Investors in People, who’ll share information about their
   journey and how we’ve helped them make work better
 * We’ll also be speaking to some of our newly accredited organisations on why
   they’ve joined our community 
 * Hear from an Investors in People legend – Mike Peart, who was involved in
   creating Investors in People
 * Paul’s exclusives – Our CEO Paul Devoy will talk about our past, present and
   future and what it means for you
 * The Investors in People Awards 2021 – we’ll be rewarding organisations that
   have excelled in 2021 at our virtual event on the 23rd November

 
Each week in November will have a different theme, and everything we share and
do that week will tie back to that week’s theme: 
 
Week 1: Appreciation – showing everyone who has a connection to Investors in
People how much we appreciate them 
Week 2: Nostalgia – celebrating the rich history of Investors in People and
looking back at past events 
Week 3: Relevancy – talking about why Investors in People is still relevant in
2021 and getting the opinions of our clients
Week 4: Ambition – showing our future plans and ambitions, and how everyone will
benefitTo make sure you receive all of this amazing content, head over to our
Knowledge page to join our mailing list. Then, head on over to our Events page
and register for our jam packed event schedule!
The journey to 1991...
1964
In 1964, government’s publication of “The Industrial Training Act” focused
attention on the need for training and skills to keep pace with a more rapidly
changing world. Amongst other things, it required most employers to pay levies
to, and work with Industry Training Boards for necessary skills training.


1964
1973
In 1973, the Secretary of State, James Prior, presented “The Employment and
Training Act” (Chapter 50) which established “three bodies corporate” - the
Manpower Services Commission with its Employment Services Agency and Training
Services Agency. The Act repealed the original Employment and Training Act of
1948 and modified the 1964 Act. This shifted the emphasis in employer training
from the piecemeal system of industry training boards and levies towards more
centralised development of policy and strategy.


1973
1981
In 1981, the White Paper “A New Training Initiative: A Programme for Action” set
national objectives for skills training and further learning to agreed
standards; training or continuing education for young people; and opening up
opportunities for adults to learn throughout their working lives.


1981
1984
In 1984, two major reports from the CBI and National Economic Development Office
(NEDO) titled “Competence and Competition” and “Challenge to Complacency” set
the scene for the promotion and policy development of employer-funded training
and government’s training programmes and assistance to employers on skills
development issues throughout the mid to late 1980s. The reports pointed up the
nation’s relatively poor performance in workforce development and levels of
qualifications in comparison with our major competitor nations at the time. The
government responded through its “Training for Jobs” White Paper (Command Paper
9135), noting progress in vocational education in schools and announcing its
“Adult Training Strategy”. A “national awareness campaign” was promised as part
of this strategy. The paper notes “Successful training is a continuing
investment in the most valuable of all our national resources – the energies and
qualities of our people.”


1984
1985
In 1985, The Manpower Services Commission (MSC) with David (now Lord) Young as
its Director and Bryan (now Sir Bryan) Nicholson as Chairman launched its “Adult
Training Campaign” as a part of the Adult Training Strategy. The campaign
focused on the links between training and business performance and drew out the
comparisons between Britain’s training spend and that of its principal overseas
competitors at the time – the USA, West Germany and Japan. The research to
support the campaign was conducted by IFF Research Ltd of London and overseen by
their director, (Lord) Andrew McIntosh. The research results were presented to
employer audiences for discussion at conferences around the country titled
“Search for Solutions”. At the time, the MSC through its network of Area Offices
was offering employers grants towards the costs of training and associated
consultancy.


1985
1986
In 1986, the White Paper “Working Together - Education and Training” (Command
Paper 9823) established the National Council for Vocational Qualifications. This
started the movement towards competence-based qualifications to standards of
competence developed by lead bodies for specific industries. Evaluation of the
Adult Training Campaign suggested that a more action-oriented approach was
needed to change employer attitudes and behaviour. A training planning action
pack called “Business Success Through People” and a simple “Profit and People”
checklist were developed by MSC and distributed to employers at events around
the country. The campaign developed into a more focused national programme of
events aimed at invited employer audiences under the banner of “Training for
Success”. These events featured videos, inputs from sporting personality
speakers (such as Freddie Trueman, Chay Blythe, J P R Williams, Rachel
Heyhoe-Flint) and testimony from successful local business speakers on their
training achievements. MSC became the Training Agency (TA) and its Area Office
personnel followed up organisations which wanted to achieve more with their
training activities. TA offices continued promoting the “Training for Success”
concept through their own local events and advertising. Amongst other things,
“Training for Success” encouraged collaboration between local and sectoral
groups of employers to tackle common training issues in “Local Action Groups”.
At about this time, the Adult Training Campaign was wound down and the “Training
for Success” brand continued, albeit with localised names and types of activity.
During the year, work started on a major study into the funding of training
(“The Funding Study”) which concluded some time later that the nation’s
employers were estimated to be investing in the region of £20 billion each year
– a figure which was subsequently to be reduced substantially downwards.


1986
1987
In 1987, the National Training Awards were introduced to promote and encourage
examples of exceptionally effective training by employers, training providers
and producers of training media (and, latterly, individual achievement).
Extensive national press advertising was used to encourage entries. This is the
first real example of a national initiative which sought out examples of
training execution and products which started by addressing the business
objectives, went through the training design and delivery processes and finished
with evaluating the results in terms of trainee satisfaction and payback to the
organisation leading to further improvements – a true investment cycle. Around
80 winners were celebrated at the first awards ceremony in London at the end of
the year – an event held annually ever since. Awards patrons over the years have
included senior business figures and HRH The Prince of Wales. The TA’s
assistance to employers during this time tended to focus on training of young
and unemployed people, grants to employers for training and consultancy, and
accessible training programmes in specific business skills for owners and
managers of smaller businesses.


1987
1988
In 1988, the Training Agency, which was an executive agency of the Department of
Employment, became the Training Commission (TC) during the summer. Brian Wolfson
(soon to be knighted), Chairman of Wembley plc, was appointed as its Chairman.
During the year, drafting of the White Paper “Employment for the 1990s” (Command
Paper 263) was being carried out by TC and Department of Employment officials.
The paper was a major influence in securing more widespread employer involvement
and leadership in skills training issues. When the White Paper was launched in
December by the Secretary of State, Norman Fowler, it established the
employer-led National Training Task Force (NTTF) and abolished the Training
Commission. Brian Wolfson was appointed as Chairman of the NTTF which had a
small secretariat in London. The Training Commission became the Employment
Department’s Training, Enterprise and Education Directorate (ED – TEED).
Paragraph 4.16 of “Employment for the 1990s” refers to the major NTTF remits of
setting up the national network of Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) and
“to promote to employers the necessity of their investing in the skills of the
working population” through an action programme. This latter statement was
effectively the genesis of what became Investors in People. At the same time,
government policy and thinking had certainly been influenced by the CBI 1988
report “Towards a Skills Revolution” which had been produced by an employer task
force led by Sir Bryan Nicholson (formerly of the MSC). The CBI’s report
proposed the concept of “The Investor in Training” with ten good practice
principles to be achieved by a target number of medium to larger employing
organisations within five years. The CBI’s thinking was absorbed into the
subsequent development of Investors in People.


1988
1989
In 1989, and very much based on the evaluation of programme and promotional work
done hitherto, a new employer programme – Business Growth Training (BGT) was
designed and developed to bring together ED – TEED’s employer training
programmes (other than youth training and training for unemployed) into a
coherent package. BGT was launched on 11 April by the Secretary of State, Norman
Fowler, and the launch at the Telecom Tower, London was followed up by extensive
national press advertising and a prize-winning direct marketing campaign. BGT
had five “options” aimed at employers in organisations employing up to 500
people. The five options were: #1 “Your Business Success” toolkits and workshops
to enable smaller firms in three sizebands to link effectively their business
planning with training planning; #2 “Business Skills Seminars” - short
accessible courses with support material on specific topics for owners and
managers; #3 “Managing Business Change” projects which facilitated change in
companies supported by skills development with process consultancy support; #4
“Joint Action on Skills” which gave funding for employers’ joint collaborative
action and networking to tackle skills issues; and #5 “Innovative Training
Solutions” - a programme of grants for companies to introduce and use new
training technologies to meet specific business needs. To support BGT, a
detailed good practice checklist “People, Performance and Profits” was widely
distributed to employers to stimulate relevant training action, together with
“Signposts for Success” which listed a wide range of help agencies.


1989
1989
Also during 1989 the development work to establish the network of TECs began in
earnest. The ED - TEED Regional and Area Offices worked with local
businesspeople to fund and develop business plans for the new TECs to cover
specific areas and reflect more closely local economic and travel-to-work
patterns. (The 55 TEED Area Offices ultimately became 82 TECs in England and
Wales and 22 LECs in Scotland.) Alongside these developments, the ED – TEED
Director of Strategy, was asked to commission work on what was then called “The
NTTF Action Programme” to help the Task Force to discharge its second “investing
in skills” remit. The TEED Marketing Policy and Brand Manager for BGT was asked
in July to start work on the development and research the background of current
business issues and customers’ perceptions of support requirements against which
the action programme would need to operate. This was the first piece of
development work towards the Standard. Research took the form of discussion
groups with employers (often CBI members) which were held throughout the
country. The results of this work and the implications were reported to the NTTF
at their meeting on 25 October. NTTF discussed the findings and agreed to write
to the Secretary of State to ask for funding and seek the go-ahead for the
Action Programme, and for this to be agreed by the end of November. This was
achieved. At an early stage, research into company best practice in investment
in people was commissioned from Coopers & Lybrand to build on a limited range of
earlier case studies.


1989
1990
In 1990, a sub-group of NTTF was set up to oversee the development of the
National Standard. The group took in the findings of the research projects and
concluded that what employers needed most was a rigorous benchmark standard
against which to compare their training practices. The group represented a wide
range of interests – Confederation of British Industry, Trades Union Congress,
Association of British Chambers of Commerce, Institute of Personnel Management,
Institute of Training and Development, National Council of Industry Training
Organisations, the Industrial Society and Scottish and Welsh interests. Research
into the best ways of delivering and ratifying the Standard continued through
consultancy work in live situations. Findings were discussed with the Head
Office team, representatives of TEED Area Offices and “TECs in development”
(which would ultimately be responsible for local delivery) at workshops held in
Sheffield on 9 April, 16 July and 9 October. Guest speaker at the first workshop
was Toby Blackwell, Chairman of Heart of England TEC and of the academic
publishers of the same name. During April, the CEGOS Makrotest research was
commissioned to develop a name for the initiative. Qualitative discussion groups
in various locations backed up by quantitative telephone surveys concluded that
“Investors in People” was the term preferred by employers, and this name was
agreed. With the name agreed, work was commissioned from designers, Meda Ltd, to
develop a logo for the initiative. Four designs were submitted to NTTF who
agreed on the garland device which has been associated with the Standard ever
since. The Action Programme had its first outing at the inaugural TEC Conference
at the Wembley Conference Centre in May. The concept of a Standard and
supporting “toolkit” materials were exhibited and visited by the new Secretary
of State, Michael Howard. During the summer, the rationale for Investors in
People was fully developed and written up in a briefing pack for TECs and LECs.
The pack together with the Investors in People name and image were launched by
Sir Brian Wolfson (Wembley plc and Chairman of NTTF), David Gwyther (Showerings
Ltd and Chairman of Somerset TEC) and Sir Christopher Hogg (Chief Executive of
Courtaulds plc) at the TEC Conference in Brighton on 18 October: this was
intended to secure the informed support of the new TEC movement in delivering
the Standard nationally as there was no formal requirement from government for
them to do so. Pilot work to deliver the Standard started in the autumn of this
year. Around 12 embryonic TECs volunteered to pilot delivery of the Standard
with their selected local organisations – many of these had previously been
involved with BGT and were felt to be growing businesses which made best use of
good practices. A significant point is that the experience of Training for
Success, National Training Awards and Business Growth Training had developed a
network of practitioners and process consultants who were becoming increasingly
experienced at dealing with good human resources practice and quality standards
with business customers in credible ways. The new “National Standard for
Effective Investment in People” was agreed by the Task Force in time to be
formally launched by the Secretary of State, Michael Howard, in his speech to
the CBI Conference in Glasgow on 5 November. The Standard and supporting
literature were exhibited at this event and the launch secured the first real
national press coverage of this new initiative.


1990
1991
In 1991, the pilot work, briefing of TECs and their teams as they came on
stream, delivery policy and development of materials continued with increasing
intensity. Consultancies such as KPMG, Dent Lee Witte and Coopers & Lybrand were
all involved in testing the rigour of the Standard and assessment processes in
real company situations. Price Waterhouse and Quadrangle Consulting worked on
the development of the principal piece of support material – a seven-part
“toolkit” for end-user organisations. At the same time, the test-bed TECs and
Scottish Enterprise were working with consultants in 30 companies to secure the
first actual recognitions against the Standard. This work was completed during
end-September and early October, and 28 companies were found to have achieved
the Standard. These first 28 “Investor in People” organisations were celebrated
at a formal launch of Investors in People and exhibition held at the QEII
Conference Centre, London on 16 October. Secretary of State, Michael Howard, and
David Hunt, Secretary of State for Wales, announced the names of the
organisations, presented plaques and celebrated the first 500 organisations
which had made commitments to achieve the Standard, including all of the
104-strong TEC and LEC network. At this event, Sir Allen (now Lord) Sheppard,
Chairman and Chief Executive of Grand Metropolitan plc and Chairman of the NTTF
Sub-Group responsible for the Standard launched the Investors in People toolkit
(subsequently known as the “grey box”).


1991
1992
In 1992, the progress of recognitions and commitments to the Standard continued
to grow as the new delivery network took shape and became established to deliver
meaningful services to employers. Investors in People was advertised in the
national press through a campaign developed around business champions by
advertising agency Gold Greenlees Trott. A wide range of sales, promotional and
support material was developed, including a toolkit for small businesses
(subsequently known as the “black box”). The National Training Task Force was
formally wound up on 31 December having discharged its remits. The new National
Advisory Council for Education and Training Targets (NACETT) was established in
its place to lead the national effort towards achieving new targets for
educational achievement and workplace (lifetime) learning. NACETT developed the
first national target for achievement of Investors in People by organisations
with 200 or more employees.


1992
1993
In 1993, the formation of a new non-departmental public body, Investors in
People UK, was announced in May. This company was established to give business
leadership of the Standard. The company, limited by guarantee, commenced
operations on 1 October 1993 with transitional staff drawn from ED – TEED. Sir
Brian Wolfson was appointed as Chairman along with a board of directors
representing a wide range of business, government, employee, HR professional and
territorial interests. Mary Chapman was appointed Chief Executive and took up
post in December.


1993
1994
In 1994, Investors in People UK was formally launched at a press event at the St
James’s Court Hotel, London on 25 January in the presence of David Hunt,
Secretary of State. Work on the first corporate plan for the new company
continued throughout that month. During the first half of the year, the company
made its own appointments for the new team to be based in London. The move to
temporary offices in Steel House, Westminster, London took place in March to be
followed by the move to permanent accommodation in Chandos Street during the
summer.


1994
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