Newport-based insurance brokers BPW Insurance is celebrating achieving the Investors in People award.

The IIP accreditation is only awarded to organisations which demonstrate exceptional focus on supporting and continuously developing its staff.

Managing director of BPW Paul Wiggins said: “Achieving the IIP award is part of our five-year business development plan which focuses on generating a highly-skilled and motivated workforce.

“Staff training and development is a key aspect of our business, as we believe that we can only give our clients the best service if we have the best people working for us. Achieving the core IIP standard was a natural step for us as our philosophy of constantly improving workforce skills and instilling a sense of ownership and empowerment is at the heart of our company.

“This year alone we have had employees win or reach the final of three awards for achievement in training and development.”

“We are now setting our sights on progressing to the silver, gold and platinum IIP standards – all of which dove-tail with our company ethos of employee development and continuous improvement.”

The IIP framework is a means of improving how a business functions and achieves its business goals. Particular emphasis is given to positive workforce communications, structure and teamwork towards business objectives.

More than 20,000 organisations in 70 countries use the Investors in People framework, and the assessment process is based entirely on interviews with people from across the organisation by an independent assessor.