Award Winning Success for Companies House!

Companies House, an agency of Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), has achieved unprecedented success at the end of a challenging year. Last night Companies House won the blue riband award from the British Computer Society: Premier Project Award for the best overall information management project. As well as this tremendous end of year tribute, the organisation was award winning and short-listed in several prestigious competitions in 2006, including:

-Corporate Research Foundation: Top IT Employers 2006/07.

-Accountancy Age award winner: for our use of the internet in public services category.

-Runner up in the Whitehall & Westminster World for operational delivery.

-Third place in an award for environmental responsibility with the Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers

Speaking about this success, Companies House Chief Executive, Claire Clancy said ‘We are working hard towards our goal of being a world class information provider. At a time of major changes we want our staff, the Civil Service and wider public to feel really encouraged by what we have achieved. It’s a great way to end the year’. Coupled with this there have be unprecedented achievements in processing efficiency and the management of the Companies Register and some of the highest customer satisfaction survey results ever. Companies House manages the database for all 2.5 million registered British companies ensuring that our businesses and the economy benefit from the best and most efficient services possible. These successes are an exemplar in public services and a tribute to the Department of Trade & Industry and Companies House Staff.

Public Access: Companies House maintains public access to it's services through it Website www.companieshouse.gov.uk and we encourage business users and the public to access this service. Secure Electronic Filing for Companies: A growing number of companies also use our easy access, secure electronic services to register their documentation as an alternative to paper submissions and we encourage new and existing customers to use this excellent and efficient facility (information on our Website).

Notes for Editors: Companies House is an Executive Agency of DTI with responsibility for the incorporation and dissolution of limited companies, for the registration of information supplied by them to the Registrar Companies, under the Companies Acts and related legislation, and for making this information available to the public

Neil White:
Internal Communications & Press
029 20380161