Press Releases
02 Jul 2014
Barratt Developments Named Number 1 Graduate Employer

Barratt Developments has swept the board at the TheJobCrowd's 'Top 100 Companies for Graduates to Work For' Awards. 

Barratt was recognised as the overall Best Graduate Employer in the large company category and also came first in its industry sector.  Barratt saw off competition from large household names such as John Lewis, GlaxoSmithKline, and Microsoft to the title. 

Described as a TripAdvisor for jobs, TheJobCrowd is the UK's leading graduate job review website. The site hosts thousands of reviews, all written anonymously by graduate employees at graduate employers. 

Rob Tansey, Barratt Developments Group HR Director said: "I'm absolutely delighted that we've not only been named as one of the 'Top 100 Companies for Graduates to Work For', but have been ranked top, ahead of a number of other companies with very well established graduate programmes.  Accolades like this are really important in boosting our reputation as a great employer and encouraging talent into our sector and to Barratt."

Keren Mitchell, Managing Director, TheJobCrowd added: "TheJobCrowd was set up in order to promote the companies who are truly the best for graduates to work for, not just those with the best known brands. Barratt Developments is exactly this type of company so I am delighted that it has been rated by its employees as the best place in the country for graduates to work in this year's Top Companies results. Barratt has consistently been one of the highest rated companies over the last several years of producing the rankings, so its win is justified recognition of the great opportunities that it gives to graduates."

For further information, media should contact Paul Howlett, Barratt Developments PLC Head of PR - 0207 299 4873 or paul.howlett@barrattplc.co.uk

NOTES TO EDITORS

  • Barratt Developments PLC is a FTSE 100 Company
  • Barratt Group sold 13,663 homes in the year to June 2013, making it the biggest housebuilder by volume in Britain
  • Barratt Group was awarded a maximum five star rating for the fifth consecutive year in the 2014 Home Builders Federation Customer Satisfaction Survey
  • Site managers working for Barratt Group won 90 awards for quality workmanship in the 2014 NHBC Pride in the Job Awards.  Barratt has won more Pride in the Job awards than any other housebuilder for the  last ten years
  • Barratt is the only housebuilder to provide a five year warranty on the fixtures and fittings in its new build homes at the time of purchase
distributed by