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Business excellence and the EFQM Excellence Model

  • Bedford College
    How Bedford College has used the EFQM Excellence Model to ensure the successful acquisition of another education centre and maintain teaching standards.
  • The Cedar Foundation
    The Cedar Foundation explains how the Model is helping the charity to improve individuals’ quality of life.
  • COLAS
    Find out how Colas maintain a standard of excellence to achieve their vision of 'growth through excellent service and inspired people'.
  • Construction Skills
    ConstructionSkills is using the Model to ensure it provides value for money.
  • Costain
    Costain uses the Model as an early warning system for projects - they reveal how it has transformed project assessment.
  • Headland Hotel
    Working with the Model has brought new commitment to improvement projects at the Headland Hotel.
  • Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service
    How the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is using the Model to solidify its continuous improvement plans.
  • Liverpool Direct Ltd
    How using the Model has helped to bring about Liverpool Direct Ltd’s business awards success.
  • Northern Rail
    Northern Rail has been on its own journey since 2004 – from a steady state franchise to a large business with growing passenger numbers.
  • OCS
    Does every staff member need to understand the Model for an organisation to feel its benefits? Not always, argues OCS.
  • The Probation Service
    The Probation Service is a collection of 35 independent organisations. Together, their pursuit of continuous improvement has earned them the BQF's highest prize: the BQF Gold Medal for Excellence.
  • Richmond Fellowship
    Leading mental health charity Richmond Fellowship shares its secrets for survival in a highly competitive marketplace.
  • Skanska
    Skanska’s Civil Engineering Operating Unit is using new technologies and innovative processes to help the business on its journey to excellence.
  • Somerset Rural Youth Project
    Somerset Rural Youth Project is about to embark on an excellence journey that will help it stake its place in the Big Society.
  • Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT)
    Ensuring excellence has become a priority for this membership organisation that, at its core, is about raising standards, instilling excellence and identifying and sharing good practice,
  • University of Chester
    The University of Chester believes the Model has captured the passion of everyone in their Student Support & Guidance and Careers & Employability teams.

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