{"id":51621,"date":"2023-01-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/?post_type=insights&p=51621"},"modified":"2023-08-23T09:41:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T09:41:23","slug":"armed-forces-covenant-bronze-award","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/insights\/news\/armed-forces-covenant-bronze-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Forces Covenant: Expleo secures Bronze Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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30 January 2023 – <\/strong>After signing the Armed Forces Covenant<\/a> in 2022, Expleo is continuing its journey to support veterans, reservists and their families after winning a Bronze Level Award for its work to date.<\/p>\n

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The Bronze award is granted once a company has signed the Armed Forces Covenant<\/a> and is working to actively promote being an \u2018armed forces-friendly employer\u2019 and is developing its recruitment and workplace policies in support of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).<\/p>\n

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The Armed Forces Covenant and Expleo\u2019s support of the scheme in the UK is led by UK Resource and Capability Manager, Andy Swingler.<\/strong> Andy said:<\/strong> \u201cWe know that former service personnel contribute real value to our business, both as employees, who bring a wealth of skills and experience, and as customers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Armed Forces Covenant encourages employers like us to do our bit to develop a two-way relationship with former service people, working in partnership with the defence sector to foster collaboration that we can all benefit from.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m currently working with a steering group, formed from various part of the organisation, to look at how we move this forward \u2013 from implementing new people policies, to reviewing our hiring practices and of course\u00a0 showing our support for the armed forces and former service people in marking key dates and events like the Poppy Appeal, for which we raised \u00a31,111 last year alone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Next step is the Silver Award, which the company can apply for this year. Plans to ensure we can progress to being a Silver Award employer will see the company:<\/p>\n

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