Success Story
MEDISAVE UK LTD
Train to Gain Employer of the Year 2010

Medisave, a medical equipment sales company launched in 2000, struggled to succeed for six months before expanding into online sales. It then began to grow rapidly, reaching an annual turnover of £7.5m in 2009, which demanded many more staff than the existing family team. Recognising success would be down to their employees, the company believed exceptional training would be the best policy.

Medisave has long standing relationships with local training agencies and colleges and took advantage of Government training initiatives. The company employed an apprentice in each department with the aim of promoting people once qualified. It also began supporting staff through numerous qualifications including NVQ Business Administration and NVQ Customer Services Levels 2 and 3 and carefully designed short courses for all directors, senior managers, managers and supervisors. In 2008 Medisave began enrolling warehouse-based employees on the Train to Gain programme.

In 2009, in partnership with Kingston Maurward College, four members of the Medisave management team began NVQ Management Level 3 qualifications and three department supervisors started studying for NVQ Level 2 in Team Leading. Currently over 50% of the company’s employees are enrolled on training programmes − supporting the company philosophy that investing in staff is the secret to success.