ACS

16 March 2010

Sewell Retail has been named a UK top ten company in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work for Top 100. The Hull based organisation is ranked the 8th best company to work for in the UK, following on from the achievement of being ranked the 45th best company to work for in the 2009 list. Sewell Retail is also the highest placed business in Yorkshire and was ranked the 3rd best place to work in the UK for employee well-being.

The prestigious list is rated on an in depth selection process which asked every member of staff at Sewell Retail for their opinions on what it is like to work for the organisation. In also involves a review of processess and procedures.

Sewell Retail's Managing Director, Patrick Sewell, is thrilled at the company's placing in the Top Ten. He said: "I am absolutely delighted that we have been rated so highly by the Sunday Times and Best Companies. It is a great improvement on 2009, which in itself was an incredible achievement. We employ some brilliant people and I am delighted that their hard work over the last twelve months has resulted in such a dramatic and demonstrable improvement.

James Lowman, Chief Executive of ACS said: “Sewell Retail has a well-earned reputation for excellence in convenience retailing, and from having visited the stores it’s clear to me that their standards are based on the great people they employ and the support they receive from management. For them to be recognised as the eighth best company to work for in the UK is a tremendous accolade that the whole of our sector should be proud of.