IQA Group Development Programme

IQA has recently entered into a partnership with a niche consultancy called The Leadership Centre (TLC) and in particular it’s principal Alan Horton, who specialise in maximising organisational productivity through maximising the potential of the people of the business.

This will help ensure that everyone in the company is given the opportunity to develop the personal capacity to become the best we can be and therefore provide the best possible service to our customers.

IQA Sponsorship

IQA is pleased to sponsor Glasgow Caledonian
University’s Events and Entertainment Management’s
ceilidh and have donated a prize for the raffle with the
proceeds going to Yorkhill Children’s Hospital.

Health and Safety

IQA take the Health and Safety of our staff and customers seriously with this being reflected in our customer charter.

Our Compliance Manager David McKinlay and our Health, Safety and Quality Advisor Heidi Campbell make sure that everyone is aware of this and the steps we must take to ensure compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974:

"It shall be the duty of every employee while at work to take reasonable care of the health and safety of himself and of other persons who may be affected by his acts or omissions at work."

Sports Relief

The IQA staff and their families who took part in the Sports Relief Mile mentioned on previous blogs completed this on Sunday in Glasgow along with thousands of others. Everyone involved thouroughly enjoyed their day and would like to thank those who sponsored them for their donations and support. The target for donations was exceeded and you can still donate through www.mysportrelief.com/iqagroup

Pictures of this event will soon be shown on our facebook page www.facebook.com/iqablogs

Christopher Watson - Reid Kerr Recognition

Christopher Watson, an apprentice joiner at the IQA Group, has recently received an SQA/SATT National Carpentry and Joinery award from Reid Kerr College in a ceremony held in Paisley Town Hall. Having worked at IQA since May 2007, Christopher has shown a positive attitude and high standard of work and it is easy to see why he has received such plaudits. Everyone at IQA would like to congratulate Christopher on his recent achievements.

Christopher's achievements mirror IQA's ethos of continuous improvement and highlights our commitment to staff training. We continue to do this with our in house training centre as well as employing several apprentices and supporting electricians though Scottish Power authorisation.

Good start to the year for IQA

IQA have continued our good start to 2010 with our team planning the work for over 20 tower upgrades that we have been awarded recently. As usual, the Quality of Work should always be kept to our high standard with Health & Safety being paramount on all sites.

We have also introduced a vehicle tracking system that will help us give our customers a more accurate time for our engineers arrival on each job. This will also help our office staff when planning reactive, on the day jobs and therefore further improve our service.

Sport Relief Mile 21 March 2010

Some of IQA's staff will be taking part in the upcoming Sports Relief Mile. This is part of our Healthy Working Lives organised by Heidi, our HSQ Advisor.

Details are as follows:

The Sport Relief Mile will take place on Sunday 21st March 2010. There are venues at Finnieston Quay, Glasgow; The Sweetie Brae, Strathaven; and Dean Road, Kilmarnock. There are 3 distances to choose from to suit whatever your age or ability!

Available Start Times
1 mile event 10.30, 12.00, 12.30
3 mile event 10.30, 11.30
6 mile event 10.30

IQA would like to encourage anyone else interested to take part in this as it is for a good cause as well as keeping you fit!