The magazine survey, run in conjunction with Nottingham Business School, also placed Serco as 6th most admired company in the country, outranking many corporate heavyweights including Vodafone, British Airways and J Sainsbury.
The survey involved questioning over 200 of the largest public companies in the country to evaluate their peers.
Performance was rated against nine criteria: quality of management, financial soundness, quality of services, ability to attract, develop and retain top talent, value as a long term investment, capacity to innovate, quality of marketing, community and environmental responsibility and use of corporate assets.
Chris Hyman, Serco Group Chief Executive said: "The companies with whom we compete are tough judges. This result is a tribute to our 43,000 Serco people and the public service ethos which they demonstrate every day.
"Across the world, every time a passenger climbs aboard a Serco-run train, every time a teacher receives support from a Serco adviser and every time a pilot talks to a Serco air traffic controller, we have an impact on people's lives. So the views of our stakeholders matter a great deal to us. We are very proud to receive this recognition."
Serco's association with the Middle East dates back to 1947. Serco is a pioneer in the field of Aeronautical Services, Facilities Management and Technology Solutions throughout the GCC. Together with its strategic partners, Serco has been instrumental in delivering business critical services to its clients.
John Ashcroft, Managing Director, Serco in the Middle East said: "Awards such as this are also highly significant to Serco globally with many of our Middle East staff stemming from Serco UK and ultimately contributing to this successful result.
"We believe that this accolade reinforces our aim to be the leading service company in our chosen markets, and to become a benchmark against which others are judged."
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Serco named Britain's most admired support services company for second year running
- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, January 08 - 2006 at 13:17
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For the second year running, Serco has been named as Britain's most admired company in the support services category by Management Today, Britain's leading monthly business magazine that reaches more chairmen, chief executives and senior directors than any other publication.
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A full copy of the Management Today survey can be viewed online.Shortcut to: www.offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/misc/TM/specialissues/BMAC.pdf
Issued on behalf of Serco by d'Events. Additional press information and high-resolution images are available from:
Camilla d'Abo at d'Events PR on +971 4 3311104,
Chris Eagers, Sales & Marketing Director, Serco Middle East on +971 4 4033534
About Serco Middle East
Serco is one of the world's leading service companies. Through assured delivery of services, innovation and organisational change we help our local and national government clients achieve their ambitions. Where appropriate we also apply this capability to help commercial clients to achieve their strategic goals. We aim to bring lessons, processes and capabilities from a whole range of markets, industries and experiences to help drive change and innovation.
Serco has been present in the Middle East for over 40 years. It operates several businesses in the services sector with over 1,200 employees;
• Serco Middle East - overall management of Serco's business in the Middle East and responsible for the implementation of Publicly Funded Initiatives (PFI) in the region.
• Serco Gulf LLC - a joint venture between Serco and Istithmar providing Facility Management services for projects including PCFC (Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation), The Gardens Residential Community, International City and Dragonmart Mall.
• Serco Innovation - the dedicated Facilities Management consultancy arm of Serco Gulf LLC, a joint venture with Istithmar.
• Serco Aeronautical Services - Serco is the world's largest non-state provider of aeronautical services. It maintains contracts across the Gulf in air traffic control, aeronautical information & engineering, meteorological & aeronautical communication services, and rescue & fire fighting.
• Serco Technology Solutions - comprising two companies - IAL (UAE) and ATS (Bahrain and Qatar) - providing customised turnkey solutions based on state of the art technology in security, health, marine and aeronautical sectors.
About Serco
Serco is an international task management contractor to government and industry, providing comprehensive engineering and support services across a wide range of applications. Serco runs a number of road, rail and aviation networks around the world and has contracts ranging from systems development and maintenance support tasks to US$multi-million road traffic management operations, on-line information services, light and heavy rail operations and maintenance, and air traffic services and operations.
Serco has a unique capability that combines the expertise from these operations, to fund and deliver fully integrated transport solutions in partnership with Government, aimed at improving modal balance, quality and safety of travel.
Posted by Lara Lynn Golden, News EditorSunday, January 08 - 2006 at 13:17 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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This article was updated on Sat Jan 06 2007.
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