September 19th 2024
Rygor Group Ltd. has announced that it has been officially certified as a Great Place to Work® (large companies) for the third year running.
The multi-division automotive Group comprises of multi-award-winning, multi-franchise dealer Group, Rygor Auto; fleet repair and maintenance division, Rygor Service Solutions; approved used van sales with Apex Van Solutions; plant and construction machinery business, Rygor Plant; and Rygor Land Systems – providing comprehensive solutions for critical and deployable land-based assets.
Rygor Group Ltd. employs more than 600 team members, and the careful growth of Rygor’s expert team has been the result of a sustainable and considered, expansion of the business.
During the past 18-months, Rygor has diversified into several new areas of the automotive industry, extending its exceptional customer service levels across all areas of supply, repair, and maintenance. Furthermore, it has introduced Mercedes-Benz passenger car into Rygor Auto’s portfolio with a dedicated aftersales site on Green Lane in Heathrow. Importantly, the business has continuously enhanced and built on the benefits and workplace culture it offers its team members.
Great Place to Work® certification is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. The feedback obtained from the TRUST INDEX© survey is used by Great Place to Work® to benchmark Rygor’s employee proposition, by asking Rygor Group employees to respond to 60 core statements on subjects such as company culture and benefits, inclusion and belonging, and leadership.
Importantly, scores given by team members relating to company culture, celebration and recognition, how proud team members feel about working for Rygor, and endorsement of Rygor as an employer, increased this year.
Speaking about Rygor’s status as a certified Great Place to Work® 2024, Kate Ruberry-Shoemack, director of people and communications at Rygor Group Ltd, said: “We have the most incredible team, and doing the right thing for our employees is key to our leadership style and core values here at Rygor. We actively encourage a sense of belonging and team spirit, and we strive to ensure our team members are happy, healthy, and fulfilled. For us, it’s about learning from our team’s feedback and continually striving to improve, making Rygor Group a Great Place to Work.
“We have brought new team members into our business this year through the company’s expansion, so it’s great to see the business achieved an 88% score for team members feeling welcomed and supported when joining the company. The team also confirmed that Rygor Group is a fair and inclusive place to work, an area which the company scored more than 90% is multiple categories. We will continue to recognise our team members by further enhancing our company culture, benefits and development opportunities.”
Rygor’s managing director, John Keogh, said: “Our team members are key in the next phase of our business’ growth and we’re always looking at what more we can do to support them. Two-way communication is key here at Rygor, so not only do we celebrate our team’s achievement in making Rygor a Great Place to Work®, we also carefully review what they have to say about working for us and use their feedback to continue to evolve and enhance what we offer.
“We’ve invested heavily in our whole business, and this includes our company culture. We will continue to do so, because we recognise that our employees are the first line of the exceptional customer service Rygor Group’s renowned for. We love to reward and recognise our team, and we take their wellbeing and development seriously. We want everyone working for Rygor to be happy and fulfilled, so we’re completely committed to doing even more of the things they’ve told us work for them. Our team members are the heart of our business, and we understand that to be the best in the industry, we must continue to do the best we can for them. Both now and in the future.”
Rygor’s official certification as a Great Place to Work® 2024 follows two other business achievements this year. Rygor was awarded UK Best Workplace for Wellbeing™ status for the second year running, and also achieved official UK Best Workplace for Development™ status for 2024. All these accolades are due to overwhelmingly positive employee feedback from the 2023 Great Place to Work® survey,
