LSME managed to overtake many entries from businesses within the Barking and Dagenham Borough and won an award for its Use of Digital Media and Innovation in the Barking and Dagenham Chamber of Commerce (BDCC) Business Awards 2016 Ceremony.
The BDCC honours business leaders that have made a substantial contribution to the development of the local Community. This category of the award recognises the efforts of LSME as a business which has harnessed Digital Technology and Innovative means of raising company profile, profitability and efficiency. The College met all the requisite requirements and conditions to achieve this award.
In addition to this significant gain, the institution also became the runner up for 2016 award for Training, Development and Supporting Education. This category was opened to all businesses with excellent training, education and/ or development practices. The winners were chosen on the basis of their ability to identify workforce needs of the business, demonstrate commitment to training and development of its workforce and the ability to demonstrate the benefit of training on the business.
In the Award Ceremony the organisers noted how LSME has an impressive record with Education and Training within the Borough drawing attention to the fact that the institution is young and to the challenges that many businesses in the Borough face in integrating staff development and operational demands. The institution was praised for its originality and robustness and the potential to help other employers in the area of staff development and training.
After collecting these prestigious awards, Dr Ravi Kumar extended his zratitude to his members of staff and Principal of the institution Dr Sarita Parhi for their excellent work. He indicated that the amazing results involved the commitment of an amazing team.
As part of our community support, LSME supported the BDCC event by volunteering to sponsor the award for Customer Service. This category was opened to businesses, voluntary and community organisations within the Borough that have made a contribution to the local community within the last 12 months.