CITYFIBRE PICKS UP INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARD FOR FOURTH YEAR RUNNING

CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, has secured a Gold Achievement Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for its dedication to ensuring staff and build partners operate in a safe environment.

CityFibre has now been recognised at the awards for four consecutive years, with ‘gold’ being awarded for the past three.

The award highlights CityFibre’s commitment to specialist areas of health and safety management within the telecommunications sector, as well as its drive to continually improve occupational health and safety, both internally and externally. An example of this includes CityFibre playing a leading role in bringing together 28 full fibre network operators to establish SHiFT (Safety & Health in Fibre Telecoms) - a joined-up industry-wide approach to setting and raising safety standards specific to full fibre deployment.

The RoSPA awards come as CityFibre continues its rapid rollout its full fibre network, which now passes 3.6 million premises, of which over 3.3 million are ready for service, firmly establishing it as the UK’s largest independent fibre network.

Sarah Parsons, Director of Compliance at CityFibre, said: “To secure this important award over four consecutive years is a great honour, and testament to the commitment of our team and the wider SHiFT Group.

“We continue to work diligently with our partners to improve health and safety standards within our industry, and, as our rollout expands, this responsibility grows. Everywhere we go, we strive to protect the communities we operate in, by ensuring our work is fulfilled while maintaining the safety of our staff and the public.”

Julia Small, RoSPA’s Achievements Director, said: “Accidents at work and work-related ill health don’t just have huge financial implications or cause major disruption – they significantly impact an individual’s quality of life. That’s why good safety performance deserves to be recognised and rewarded.

“We are thrilled that CityFibre has won another RoSPA Award and would like to congratulate them on showing an unwavering commitment to keeping their employees, clients and customers safe from accidental harm and injury.”

Sponsored by Croner-i, the RoSPA Awards scheme is the longest-running of its kind in the UK, and receives entries from organisations across the globe, making it one of the most sought-after achievement awards for the health and safety industry.