ProCook officially named one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Wellbeing

ProCook is the UK’s leading specialist kitchenware brand. It sells high quality tableware and kitchen accessories, through its website and 57 UK stores.

Last October the company, which has its headquarters in Gloucestershire, became an accredited B Corp following external recognition of its progressive business operations which included carbon mapping and reduction, Living Wage accreditation and a substantial reduction in plastic product packaging.

ProCook’s Gloucestershire base has a lot to o er its employees. From IT to warehouse to marketing, sta can learn about the full range of roles within the business and there is the opportunity to move within departments with transferable opportunities. The company says this policy makes it an attractive employer.

ProCook has also had success with those who began as interns or who did work experience with the company being accepted for permanent roles.

The company also identified a need to make it easier for people to join and become more adaptable as an employer. Last year it achieved Disability Confident status (Level 2) and has been working with the GEM project in Gloucester which awarded it a Gloucestershire Inclusive Employer Award in 2022.

Over the last six years The Going the Extra Mile (GEM) Project has been helping people overcome challenges to employment and moving them closer towards or into work, including selfemployment.

As a result of working with the GEM project, ProCook has been able to o er a wide spectrum of opportunities to people in Gloucestershire who are looking to explore di erent career paths.

The company’s 2023 plan has a big focus on colleague development. It has continued to develop its training and learning framework which included rolling out a new retail management programme.

For the second year running ProCook was certified by Great Place to Work and was o cially named one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Wellbeing.

Family business creates lifelong career opportunities

Family-owned and run construction company EG Carter & Co Ltd, has a proud record of young employee recruitment, with a view to creating lifelong career opportunities within ther business.

Each year it recruits craft apprentices and management technicians, giving them a first class grounding in construction. To support their academic studies, site-based experiences are provided with each trainee mentored by a long-standing and experienced company employee.

It is always the intention of the company to provide permanent employment once that initial training has been completed. In this way, EG Carter & Co can develop the construction practitioners of the future and develop employees with an understanding of the principles, values and ethos the business believes in.

The company is now approaching its 80th year of trading and this approach to training and employment has helped it o er a consistent and professional approach to all clients.

Joshua Carter leads on all young person recruitment and maintains an interest in each individual’s progression and development within the company. “