By Jamie White – Head of Communications
Mystery shopping and performance improvement company, Douglas Stafford, is delighted to announce its sponsorship 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.
It is the third year in a row that Douglas Stafford has been involved with the event, having sponsored the Retail and Hospitality award in 2013 and the Customer Service award in 2014.
This time, the company, which is based at the thriving business hub Lakeside North Harbour, Portsmouth, will be sponsoring the Apprentice of the Year award.
As well sponsoring the awards in recent years, Douglas Stafford also scooped the Team of the Year Award in 2013 and was named Runner Up in the Large Business of the Year and Special Achievement categories in 2014.
Douglas Stafford Head of Communications, Jamie White, said: “We are thrilled to be involved with this year’s awards, as they play an important role in the local business community and recognise the achievements of some of the best companies in the south.
“We are sponsoring the Apprentice of the Year award. Several of our head office team members joined Douglas Stafford as graduates or trainees and have progressed and stayed with the company since, working in several key departments. We have team members that have been with us for more than five, ten and 20 years, which is real testament to the company.”
The News Editor, Mark Waldron, said: “The News Businesses Excellence Awards grow and expand – much like the firms we write about – year after year, and are about celebrating the success stories of the last 12 months.”
The News Business Excellence Awards take place in March at the Portsmouth Guildhall.
Mystery shopping and performance improvement company, Douglas Stafford, provides a range of bespoke Telephone Mystery Shopping, Email Mystery Shopping, Report-Based Mystery Shopping and Video Mystery Shopping programmes to analyse and improve customer service and enhance the customer experience, to clients in a variety of industries.