Our Gender Pay Gap Report can be seen here and we are making progress in this area. Development and training We are a growing company, invested in developing our employees, and attracting highly motivated, ambitious and committed people to join our successful team. Our Careers Under Construction programme now has 22 trainees (7 per cent of our employees) working towards management roles. The Telford Homes Academy is in its third year, and provides training and development for every career stage – from trainees to first-time managers and then on to senior managers. During the last year, we have provided 1.51 days of training per employee, which compares favourably with our peers. We are fully invested in our health and safety and sustainability training programmes. For example, 100 per cent of new direct employees (and supply chain site staff) receive Health and Safety, Mental Health, Wellbeing and Sustainability induction training, and appropriate continuing professional development (CPD). 2020 marked the second year of our industry-leading sustainability e-training programme, which is supported through the Supply Chain Sustainability School and provides around £100,000 of social value benefit. “2021 will be hugely significant for Telford Homes as it implements the next phases of its Health and Wellbeing programme, and importantly introduces its new DEI framework.” Lisa Carnegie, Employee Relations Manager, Health and Wellbeing Committee member and BLL Champion