Visit to our business partner Premier Inn, Newton Mearns – Tuesday 8th December 2015
Two managers hosted the visit – Colin and Julie.
We were shown a video made for the workforce to inspire and encourage their performance.
Premier Inn policy for evaluating potential in employees is as follows:
CURIOSITY wanting to find things out, how to do things
DRIVE personal ambition
INSIGHT able to learn fast – process data
COURAGE have an inner confidence, can take on different challenges, make decisions
IMPACT emotional and social intelligence, cares about people
Premier Inn which is a part of Whitbread, is 8th in the top 10 of British companies to work for. Workers (between 40 and 50K employees) get discount cards, can buy discounted shares.
There are apprenticeships and graduate entry programmes. Fast track training in 12 months. Businesses find recruitment time consuming and expensive.
Both the managers came to hospitality from elsewhere. 4 years ago Julie was a housekeeper in Newton Mearns, now she is the manager at East Kilbride. Colin has a degree in Engineering design but worked in hospitality while completing his studies. He is the manager at Ayr.
Premier Inn open a new hotel every week. They have hotels in the Middle East and are about to open apart/hotels in Germany. There is a HUB hotel in London with one about to open in Edinburgh. They are designed for business people.
A business such as Premier Inn is successful but they strive to improve all the time – this a pressure, particularly for managers.
KA pupils (Employability and Business) got a mock interview and feedback – a valuable experience for all concerned.
