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Lord-Lieutenant for Berkshire presents Yell with Queen’s Award for Enterprise - 23 September 2002

Yell, the international directories business, was today presented with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise by the Lord-Lieutenant for the Royal County of Berkshire in an official ceremony at the company’s Reading headquarters.

As The Queen’s official representative in Berkshire, the Lord-Lieutenant, Philip Wroughton, marked the company’s winning of the award for sustainable development by presenting Yell chief executive John Condron with a special lead crystal bowl.

A citation from The Queen was also presented to John Condron by the Lord-Lieutenant, after being read out by Cadet Sergeant Major Adam Marcham.

Yell was named in April as a winner of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for its integrated approach to sustainable development – demonstrating outstanding commercial success whilst at the same time having work practices which benefited society, the environment and the economy.

John Condron said today: “ We are immensely proud to have been recognised officially for helping show a lead in the UK on the issue of sustainable development – a subject that is now at the top of the global agenda following the recent Earth Summit in Johannesburg.
“ We have always worked towards ensuring commercial success, but in a way that takes full account of the way we operate and the impact that may have on local communities and the environment. This is imperative for responsible companies. I congratulate the 3,300 people in our UK business for their exceptional efforts over the past years in earning us the highest of honours that can be bestowed on a UK company.”

To win the award, Yell showed continuous achievement in sustainable development. It demonstrated implementation of a large number of supporting initiatives involving employees, local communities and suppliers. These include, for instance, its work with councils and householders to increase recycling of Yellow Pages directories, promotion within the company of a culture of reducing, recycling and re-use of office materials, and sponsorship of Marie Curie Cancer Care campaigns.

Prior to today’s special presentation ceremony at the company’s Queens Walk head office attended by invited Yell employees, the Lord-Lieutenant was taken on a tour of a number of key departments.



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