Top 15 ranking for Fairbairn Private Bank
2 March 2009
TOP 15 RANKING FOR FAIRBAIRN
PRIVATE BANK
Fairbairn Private Bank has once again been
listed as one of the best small companies to work for, ranked an
impressive number 15 in the Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies
to Work For 2009, published this month.
The bank, with offices in the Isle of Man,
Jersey, South Africa and, most recently, the UK, has been included
in the Top 100 listing for the last five years. Fairbairn Private
Bank is the only company to have remained on the list for this
length of time and continually moved up the ranking, having
originally joined in 2005 at number 93. This year Fairbairn
Private Bank was placed at number 15, up from number 42 last year,
and the bank remains the first and only British offshore island
financial services business to ever feature in this highly coveted
listing.
Although Fairbairn Private Bank is shown as
the third most profitable company on the Top 100 listing, 87% of
the bank’s staff say profit is not the only driving force. In
addition, 92% of staff feel the bank is run on a sound moral basis
and 90% state that the leadership inspires them, both top 10
scores.
Greg Horton, Fairbairn Private Bank’s managing
director (pictured receiving the award from Glenn Dimelow, director
of Best Companies) commented: “I am immensely proud of this
achievement and we are delighted to have moved up the ranking for
the fifth consecutive year to enter the top 15 companies.
This award is particularly pleasing as it is a result of the
largest employee survey of its kind, embracing companies from right
across the UK. This year it incorporated the opinions of
200,000 employees across almost 1,000 companies. It reflects
what our staff feel about the business and consequently serves to
highlight their satisfaction with their working environment and the
opportunities offered for their personal growth and
development. We have an outstanding and highly committed team
of individuals whose dedication and commitment provides for a
remarkable business environment, which ultimately serves to greatly
benefit our growing client base.”
This latest accolade follows a long list of
awards for the bank, the most recent of which was the Three Star
“extraordinary” accreditation* achieved in this year’s UK Best
Companies Guide. This incorporates companies of all sizes and
industries across the entire UK and Fairbairn Private Bank is one
of only 55 companies to have received the maximum Three Star
status.
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Photograph available.
Notes to editor:
* Best Companies Accreditation has been
established to acknowledge corporate excellence in the workplace.
This elite accreditation takes the format of a Michelin style star
system with company performance awarded one star for first class,
two stars for outstanding and three stars for extraordinary.
For further information:
David Stearn or Lesley
Allegro
Tel: +44 (0)1624 645000
Issued by:
Kara Hughes-Jones, Isle of Man Advertising and
PR
Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)1624 620440