We are celebrating our Investors in People award for the third time in succession.

This is particularly vital to the work that Cicada does with the public sector in the region, and the review could not have been much better if we had written it ourselves. Investors in People is a government initiative to assess and to help businesses who strive to develop their staff and their enterprise.

Cicada was assessed over five key areas: managing performance, strategic planning, culture and communication, effective management and developing people.

Attainment of the Investors in People standard is the mark of a company that has improved its performance; in the case of Cicada this was to consolidate during the recession and to be ready for the upturn.

Di was naturally very pleased with the award, she said: “I’m very proud of everyone here for attaining Investors in People status for the third time in a row. Rachel organised the assessment so special thanks goes to her, but everyone clearly enjoys working here and sees Cicada as moving forward, which I am delighted with.

"It has been an exciting period for us as a company after the uncertainty of the recession, and to go with our client wins at the start of the year, I’m optimistic that 2010 could be a very positive year for Cicada.”