Proud to announce risual are a finalist for the Best place to work in IT

Following on from a successful year for risual, filled with huge changes and development, the IT services organisation are very proud to announce yet another accolade to an already impressive list of awards achieved over the years.

risual’s core values to deliver impeccable services, drive innovation and transformation for organisations, all built on trust, openness and honesty has created who risual are today. This has culminated in nationwide recognition, from those within the Microsoft ecosystem as Microsoft Partners of the Year to the Houses of Parliament. risual prove that remaining an ethically guided organisation, will deliver its own long-term rewards.

risual take absolute pride in acting as a professional organisation and maintaining a unique personality. We are proud to have been recognised in the BCS & Computing UK IT Industry Awards – a platform for the entire profession to celebrate best practice, innovation and excellence. risual are over the moon to announce we have recently been shortlisted as a finalist in the BCS & Computing UK IT Industry 2019 Awards for the Best Place to Work In IT 2019 – which is a significant achievement.

The Computing UK IT Industry Awards said: “The UK IT Industry Awards celebrates organisations of all sizes, and across every sector, in the whole industry. What really sets it apart is its unique, rigorous, and independent judging process. Shortlisted entrants will now go on to present to judging panels including industry experts peer-level technology leaders. Very well done to all the finalists in being shortlisted, you should be immensely proud as it’s a fantastic achievement.”

risual are proud that the professionalism and organisational values have naturally resulted in external validation of the belief that risual is the Best place to work in IT. risual would not be the best without its employees. The risual family employees are the most important customer to the organisation, and its commitment to exceeding their requirements and expectations is illustrated most effectively through the Master your Craft business priority. Master your Craft is all about the employees, supporting their development and helping them to understand their sense of purpose. The aim is to enable our employees to feel more engaged with what risual do by helping them to understand what motivates them and how this aligns to risual’s purpose.

Another company-wide priority is the #BeTheDifference campaign which encourages employees to go the extra mile for risual’s clients, whether that be internal or external. The Employee of the Week and Month recognition schemes are based on who has shown the #BeTheDifference attitude during that time period. This is evidenced through multiple external accolades, including the honour of being a two-star Best Companies organisation since 2015, illustrating that the risual employees share the same belief that they are the top-priority customer for the organisation.

As an organisation, we are passionate about quality. risual is continuously striving to be accredited by the latest and best quality standards. We currently hold ISO27001, ISO20000 and cyber essentials plus, as well as working towards ISO9000. This illustrates our determination to be recognised externally for our thorough and well-established focus on quality and standards. It doesn’t stop there, risual have also recently received a huge accolade from Microsoft for its ongoing prestige support surrounding Azure, and Managed Services.

The Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (MSP) is a global competency that highlights the most skilled and proficient Microsoft Partners. Globally, Microsoft has recognised only 57 companies and risual are proud to be one of them. risual are currently in the top 0.02% of all Microsoft partners – ready to provide a breadth of skills, services, and expertise.

Paul Fletcher, Group CEO, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, said: “Congratulations to risual for being shortlisted, they clearly demonstrate the highest levels of excellence and innovation across today’s IT sector. These awards showcase some of the most inspiring and best in our industry, and it is a significant achievement to be shortlisted.”

Charlotte May, HR Advisor at risual said, “We are so proud to have been shortlisted for such a wonderful award. We are over the moon to have been recognised for many of our initiatives, our investment in people, and our new ways of working. risual are an organisation who are passionate about development, innovation and being the absolute best at what we do. Well done to every risual employee who makes risual what it is today.”

risual are proud to have been recognised for its hard work and efforts, more so to be a finalist for the Best place to work in IT.