By Jamie White – Head of Communications
It’s been another busy week at mystery shopping and performance improvement company, Douglas Stafford.
The company was delighted to announce its sponsorship of the Apprentice of the Year Award at The News Business Excellence Awards.
Organised by The News, the awards are held each year to honour the best businesses in the central southern region, including Portsmouth, Petersfield and Chichester. Read more here.
Today (Friday) there has been a Dress Down Day at the company’s Lakeside North Harbour head office in aid of The Roberts Centre charity.
Also this week, Christmas cards were delivered by David Macaskill, from the Harbour School which is based across Portsmouth and teaches learners up to the age of 19 who have behavioural, emotional or social difficulties. It’s the third year running that Douglas Stafford has supported the school’s charity initiatives.
Douglas Stafford is also proud to be supporting this year’s Wave 105 Mission Christmas Appeal.
Over the past few weeks, head office team members have been bringing in Christmas gifts to place under the tree, before being donated to the cause. Read more here.
Also this week, two team members working in the Douglas Stafford Contact Centre were commended for their excellent performance.
Poppy Dugan and Tania Deck achieved outstanding results after the company took on an exciting new Contact Centre programme. You can read more here.
Last weekend, Mercedes driver and F1 World Champion, Lewis Hamilton, was crowned Sports Personality of the Year. Read more about Lewis’s outstanding achievements this year here.
Auction items at the annual BEN Ball – which included a Douglas Stafford Mystery Shopping sailing day – have helped to raise more than £200,000 for charity. Read more about the event here.
A 1977 Cadillac Seville once owned by Elvis Presley is the latest exhibition to go on display at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu. Find out more and see pictures here.
Longstanding Douglas Stafford clients, Renault UK, confirmed its partnership with KidZania London, the UK’s first educational entertainment experience set to open early next year. Read more here.
Chief Examiner of the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) Peter Rodger has been offering advice to motorists as they prepare to get some last minute Christmas gifts this weekend. Read the tips here.
