B&Q setting the Standard on disability

01 Febuary 2007

B&Q is among the latest organisations to sign up to the Employers' Forum Disability Standard 2007.

It is one of 60 public and private bodies to commit to the benchmarking exercise, which measures performance on disability as it affects every aspect of business.

Tara Brady, Employment Relations & Diversity Manager at B&Q, comments:  "This is the second year B&Q have taken part in the Disability Standard.

“It is a great tool to help all organisations assess how they can progress the disability agenda from both a customer and employment perspective."

Caroline Leon, Employers' Forum Disability Standard Project Manager said: "We are really pleased that B&Q are taking the lead on disability within the retail sector.

"What we hope to see is others following their lead and making the first step to getting it right on disability."

The Employers' Forum Disability Standard first took place in 2005, with 80 participants.

This number is expected to be at least double when the results of the second Disability Standard are announced in autumn 2007.

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Media enquiries, please contact:

Liz Nightingale, Communications Manager
Employers' Forum on Disability
Email: liz.nightingale@efd.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7403 3020

About Employers' Forum on Disability

Employers' Forum on Disability is the employers' organisation focused on disability as it affects employers and service providers. With over 400 members, EFD represents organisations that employ around 20 per cent of the UK workforce.Since its establishment in 1991, EFD has worked closely with government and other stakeholders, sharing best practice to make it easier to employ disabled people and serve disabled customers

www.efd.org.uk


The Disability Standard

The Disability Standard eight week benchmarking exercise takes place between the end of February until the end of April 2007.
Participants will receive a detailed, diagnostic report on their performance, benchmarked against other participants.
Full benchmark results will be published in autumn 2007.
www.disabilitystandard.co.uk

B&Q

B&Q have been Gold Card members of the Employers' Forum on Disability since 1993.
For further information on B&Q see:
www.diy.com