Derry company receives major accolade for how it engages with its staff
Learning Pool congratulated for how it has coped over the past year
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A Derry company has been recognised for the way in which it treats its staff.
Best Companies, the leading specialists in team engagement, has awarded local company Learning Pool a 3-star accreditation for employee engagement.
As the highest accreditation achievable, this signifies that the company ranks as having ‘world class’ levels of workplace engagement.
Learning Pool is an online training provider, offering courses, tools, and content creation to over 1100 organizations and 5.1 million learners around the world.
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A blueprint for Derry’s tech scene
Mary McKenna, left, pictured at an exhibition with Jennifer McNeff and Leann Monk from locally-based Elemental Software.
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Mary McKenna is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor based in the North West. She co-founded successful online learning company Learning Pool in Derry in 2006. Today, she works extensively with start-ups and scaling tech companies. She is one of the co-founders of cross-border social enterprise and female founder community AwakenHub and she is part of the EU’s flagship EIC Accelerator innovation team.
A few weeks ago Digital DNA’s Simon Bailie asked me to write a short piece about Derry for DDNA’s 100 Top Tech Companies in NI report.
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Step onto the floor of the vast open plan office that acts as the headquarters of Grant Thornton in Northern Ireland and it is immediately apparent this is a business advisory firm where things are ‘different’.
The firm’s values adorn the walls of the modern and exceptionally well-appointed space at the landmark Belfast DSW (Donegall Square West) office building. Written in huge, oversized lettering, it’s not a gimmick, rather a reflection of a deeply embedded culture that permeates every level of the organisation.
Managing partner Richard Gillan has witnessed incredible growth across the firm’s Audit, Tax and Advisory service lines since he joined the practice in 2014 – revenues have increased more than fourfold in that time – a fact he attributes to the firm’s unique culture.