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Employee Development

We have made a commitment to put people at the heart of our organisation. Our talent management strategy is a fundamental step in us doing exactly that and also supporting the organisation in delivering its strategic commitments.

With approximately 4,000 employees, we recognise the significant strategic value of investing in developing our people to be the best in their class. This provides them with valuable skills that can be used throughout their careers and ensures that our talent pool is consistently well-trained and supported.

All employees have access to performance reviews with their line managers twice a year, and senior leaders meet for regular reviews of both regional and global talent within the organisation to ensure that the proper support is given to all employees.

We believe that the role of the business in developing all of our employees is to provide the tools and opportunities for people to develop their skills in a way that benefits both them and the business. The tools available to employees include:

• Personal/Aspiration development plans
• Mentoring
• 360 Feedback
• The “Extra Degree” Programme
• Volunteering
• The Online Learning Centre

Developing our core employee group

All employees have access to one hour per week of “development time” during which they can use the tools described above, or participate in a number of other opportunities such as language training or job shadowing.

At the end of financial year 2011:

75% of employees had Personal Development Plans with “live” objectives
400 employees are part of a workplace Mentoring relationship
Employees viewed up to 20,000 pages per month on the OLC.

Community Investment

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	FY2011 (£000)	FY2010 (£000)
Direct cash donations	27	9
Funds matched by the Group	30	9
Total donations from Premier Farnell plc	57	18
Stock donated	0.4	1
Non-stock goods donated by employees	0.2	21
Cash raised or donated by employees	65	44

Click here to view the Premier Farnell Lobbying Policy (17 Kb PDF)

Click here for the 2011 Lobbying Register (72 Kb PDF)