Minerva Equity Limited - 31 March 2019 Final 19.08.2019 - Flipbook - Page 10
Minerva Equity Limited (formerly DMWSL 881 Limited)
Chief Executive’s review (continued)
Developing our People (continued)
We continue to expand our apprentice and graduate intake as well as creating new programmes for
the long-term unemployed, service leavers and ex-offenders. Our intention is to continue to build our
sustainable and resilient workforce and help to address the skills shortage across the UK.
In September 2018, MUS was delighted to receive the silver award from the Armed Forces Covenant
Employer Recognition Scheme (“ERS”). The ERS recognises commitment and support from UK
employers for current and former defence personnel and has been developed by the Ministry of
Defence. Awards are given to employer organisations that pledge, demonstrate or advocate support
to the defence and Armed Forces community.
It is key that we continue to engage and listen to all feedback to harness the talent that we already
have within the Group and also ensure there exists a working environment that allows people to
flourish. A key part of this will be increasing engagement with our people through an enlarged Group
wide People Opinion Survey following the inaugural survey that was conducted in 2018.
Equality and Diversity
The Group recognises that harnessing diversity and applying experiences, abilities and unique
qualities of all our people will enhance our business. We are committed to promoting equal
opportunities and diversity as part of creating an inclusive working environment that attracts
develops and retains the best people.
The following table sets out our Group gender diversity position at 31 March 2019.
2019
At 31 March
Female
Male
Total
Directors
Senior Managers
Employees
3
65
1,013
76
419
6,053
79
484
7,066
Total
1,081
6,548
7,629
Outlook
Our strong long-term order book provides a sound platform to further develop the group and deliver
continued growth. The strategy of seeking accretive bolt-on acquisitions to augment existing organic
opportunities has been continued this year which provides multiple sources of opportunity for future
development. We remain focused on delivering quality services for our clients that also drives
profitable growth for our shareholders whilst ensuring we maintain our ethos which has safety,
service delivery and customers at the heart of our business.
J M Arnold
Chief Executive Officer
2 August 2019
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