Pitney Bowes MS wins Employer of the Year Award

Tomorrow's People in partnership with its employment project 'Getting London Working' has awarded Pitney Bowes Management Services (PBMS) the Employer of the Year Award.

The award recognises organisations that are truly committed to helping people into sustainable jobs.

Pitney Bowes, supported by Citi, has worked on this government-sponsored project for the past three years.

The Citi mailroom based at the Citigroup Centre, Canary Wharf, and managed by Pitney Bowes, takes on unemployed people through 'Getting London Working'.

It provides two weeks of training and skills development leaving trainees with improved job prospects and the ability to gain employment.

At the 'Awards for Achievement' Ceremony held at Plaisterers Hall in the City of London on 30 October, the Countess of Wessex presented the award to John McCaig and Bill Major, representatives of the Pitney Bowes Mailroom team at Citi.

McCaig and Major have worked hard mentoring and training people who often have no qualifications and poor skills, providing them with another chance of employment.

This year 16 people have been through the scheme and 10 have been employed by Pitney Bowes in the mailroom.

Having been runners up in 2006 both McCaig and Major were delighted to receive the prestigious award.

Anita Mather, Global Head of General Services at Citi, said: "This is a great example of our commitment to making a real positive difference in our local communities by ensuring Citi's workplaces are inclusive, as well as through shared values with our supply chain".

Richard Thompson, Managing Director, PBMS, commented: "We are delighted to have been recognised for our commitment to helping unemployed people gain valuable skills - together with Citi and the Getting London Working project we are able to reach out to people and help turn their lives around.

"Our involvement in the venture further underpins our corporate social responsibility commitment and we are keen to create more opportunities via the scheme".

Pitney Bowes is a mailstream technology company that helps organisations manage the flow of information, mail, documents and packages.

Our 35,000 employees deliver technology, service and innovation to more than two million customers worldwide.

The company was founded in 1920 and annual revenues now total $6 billion.

Tomorrow's People is a national employment charity working in deprived communities around the UK.

Since 1984 it has helped change the lives of thousands across the UK.

The charity helps break the cycle of unemployment so that people can take positive control of their lives and build a brighter future.

It also saves employers time and money by finding them the right people for the right jobs.

Citi, the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management.

Citi's major brands include Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Smith Barney and Banamex.

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