Minerva Equity Limited - 31 March 2019 Final 19.08.2019 - Flipbook - Page 9
Minerva Equity Limited (formerly DMWSL 881 Limited)
Chief Executive’s review (continued)
Community Engagement
Giving back to the communities we work in through local employment and community engagement is
important to us. We create relationships with our clients, local councils, community groups, schools
and colleges to deliver long-term benefits.
Encouraging an interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects among
school students helps us to raise awareness of careers in our sector. Across the Group we have 35
STEM Ambassadors who in the last year visited over 130 schools across the UK to provide
education on working within the sectors in which we operate. Their work in schools is critical to
bringing the world of work to life. Through our workshops many students get a taste of the
challenges our staff face and an understanding of the practical application of STEM subjects. Our
Ambassadors will have engaged with over 13,000 students this academic year and held 33 days of
STEM workshops delivered in primary and secondary schools.
Our aim is to increase the number of school workshops that are delivered and reach a larger
audience of students through our STEM Ambassadors.
As a Group our people have also supported over 66 charities with various endeavours and have
raised over £170,000 for charitable causes.
Developing our People
M Group Services is a trusted employer to approximately 8,700 skilled specialists, working from over
100 locations across the UK and Ireland.
As a Group we recognise that engaging and empowering our people to deliver and grow is pivotal to
driving our business and achieving continued success. We are committed to creating an environment
in which our people feel valued, supported and fulfilled. We endeavour to listen to our people, to
provide feedback and keep them engaged and informed.
Across each of our operating businesses, a broad range of recognition and reward schemes are
designed to highlight the achievements and successes of our people and to thank them for their hard
work and dedication.
Equally important is the development of a resilient and sustainable workforce that is equipped to
deliver on our promise to clients. Attracting, developing and retaining the next generation of highly
skilled, forward-thinking, customer-focused and technically competent people who can help us to
continually develop the scope of our core capabilities is imperative.
Despite significant challenges in the attraction and retention of people in our sector, we continue to
develop strategies which support exceptional career and training opportunities across the Group,
and which facilitate our long-term growth. Innovative and targeted recruitment solutions create
opportunities for individuals to join our business and make our business an inclusive and exciting
place to develop careers. Apprenticeships and graduate programmes offer a targeted and tailored
way to do this. In the last year alone, we recruited 61 new apprentices and nine new graduates.
At the 2019 Network Awards Nathan Calder from our SGN contract received the prestigious
Apprentice of the Year Award.
Keely King, an Area Manager on the Cadent contract, became the first MUS employee to be
featured on The Telegraph’s ‘Top 50 Women in Engineering’ list. Keely entered the gas industry 10
years ago and progressed through various customer service and performance management roles
before securing her current Area Manager role, in which she is responsible for delivering the East
London replacement programme on behalf of client.
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