News 2006
Virgin Mobile honoured at Most Admired Companies Awards
30/11/2006
- Virgin Mobile is leading company for the Ability to Attract, Develop and Retain Top Talent
30.11.06: Virgin Mobile was honoured last night at Management Today’s Most Admired Companies Awards 2006, being voted the best company for the Ability to Attract, Develop and Retain Top Talent beating the likes of Cadbury Schweppes, Johnson Matthey, Tesco, Unilever and Vodafone, who was in 7th place.
Overall, Virgin Mobile made a huge rise this year from 157 to 37 in Britain’s Most Admired Company award.
Virgin Mobile also takes 4th place for Quality of Marketing, a rise of 26 places from last year. It is the only telecoms firm to enter the top ten in this category.
Alan Gow, Managing Director of Virgin Mobile, said: “It is a great honour that Virgin Mobile has won this prestigious award beating some of the top British companies in the category. We have a special team of people who create a 'magic’ culture and this is an outstanding achievement. Virgin Mobile just keeps going from strength to strength, all thanks to our talented team.”
Britain’s Most Admired Companies is the UK’s longest running and most respected business award scheme. They are considered the Oscars of the business world, and have become a benchmark for excellence. It is organised in association with Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
Virgin Mobile was also voted 22nd in the Best Workplaces in the UK Financial Times survey for 2006, and it has achieved 22nd place for three times in four years.
For more information please contact:
Virgin Mobile:
Virgin Mobile Press Office: 0845 600 6272 or press.office@virginmobile.com
Jo Baker: jo.baker@virginmobile.com or 07941 233300
Simon Dornan: simon.dornan@virginmobile.com or 07847 279666
About Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is the UK’s largest mobile virtual network operator and uses T-Mobile's network. Since its launch in November 1999, Virgin Mobile has attracted more than 4 million customers. Virgin Mobile is part of the ntl:Telewest group. The group is the first to be able to offer 'quadruple play’ to customers: mobile and fixed line telephony, broadband internet and television.
In the UK, Virgin Mobile phones are available direct on 0845 6000 600; on the web at www.virginmobile.co.uk or on the high street at approximately 5,000 outlets including Virgin Mobile Stores within Virgin Megastores and selected WHSmiths, The Carphone Warehouse, The Link, Phones 4 U, Currys.digital, Comet, Tesco, Asda, John Lewis, Argos, Woolworths, Toys R Us, Ryman, web retailer Dial-a-phone plus hundreds of independent mobile phone dealers and available via Shop Direct/Littlewoods, Grattan and Empire home shopping channels.
Virgin Mobile Pay Monthly (contract) is currently available in Virgin Mobile Stores, on line at www.virginmobile.co.uk, The Carphone Warehouse, Phones 4u and at concessions in WHSmith. Virgin Mobile employs approximately 1,700 staff at three sites, Trowbridge, London and Daventry, and has an outsourced customer service centre operated by approximately 200 staff in Middlesbrough. Virgin Mobile was voted 22nd in the Best Workplaces in the UK Financial Times survey for 2006.
Virgin Mobile is offering its customers 3p per minute Virgin to Virgin voice calls in the UK until March 31st 2007.
