Accreditations and Associations

Step Ahead is a committed member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. We believe it is important to participate actively in discussions regarding recruitment and employment issues, and keep fully informed of current trends and legislation.

Our ethos from the very beginning has been to provide a high quality, ethical recruitment service, and in our first year of operation, Step Ahead received a small business award for 'Best Business Practice' presented to us by Government Minister, Barbara Roche.

In 2000 Step Ahead applied for 'Investors in People' accreditation and it was awarded immediately as a result of our highly sophisticated training and development programme, which also won a National Training Award in 2001.

Step Ahead also achieved ISO9002 accreditation in 2000 for its quality systems and procedures.  This has since been updated to ISO9001:2000.

In 2003 we were awarded a Business Link for London Excellence Award sponsored by the Learning and Skills Council.

In 2005 we were finalists in the London Excellence Awardsunder three categories:

Customer Focus, Organisational Learning and People Development.

Also in 2005 we were accredited with ISO 14001, the international standard which evaluates organisations' environmental management systems, OHSAS 18001 : 1999, the Occupational Health and Safety Management System and, following rigorous vetting, Step Ahead also received the highest level of Exor accreditation, further demonstrating its competence to deliver to the Public Sector.