Barrhead Travel has been named ‘best employer’ at this year’s Scottish Business Awards.
The Scottish travel group, which employs over 550 staff across Scotland and Northern Ireland, fought off competition from Everything Everywhere (Orange and T Mobile), Pertemps, Optima Solutions, Servtech, Motherwell Bridge and Dron Dickson to claim the award.
Chief executive Sharon Munro said: "Barrhead Travel has enjoyed a strong period of growth in recent years owing in no small part to the enthusiasm and dedication of our staff, trainers and managers.
"As a company we place great emphasis on staff development and creating a positive working environment and it’s great to have our hard work recognised at a national level."
Barrhead Travel reported a period of high growth in recent years, with turnover increasing 30% between 2011 and 2012, despite ongoing difficult market conditions.
The company also recently launched a nationwide youth development initiative to complement an ongoing drive to recruit experienced staff and support future business expansion.
