NWEEG conference sets out stall for employee engagement

The North West Employee Engagement Group (NWEEG) hosted its first conference on Thursday July 2 at Preston’s College to 100 business delegates from across the region.

The Group, founded by Scancapture, encourages HR leaders to meet one another, share best practice and learn more about how better staff engagement can lead to increases in retention and productivity.

“If we can increase employee engagement within those businesses by just 2.5 per cent, we would see an increase in turnover of £710m.

“We had presentations from people who are out there doing the job; it’s not about experts or gurus giving advice on what people should be doing.

“We want to promote awareness about employee engagement and what it can do, showcase real life practical experiences and proven evidence that it works, so that everyone can take it back to their business and try it out.

The event saw a number of topical seminars and workshops delivered by the NWEEG team with talks from Lanway Corporate Systems, acdc LED and Sofaworks on the importance of employee engagement and the positive effects it has on business, followed by an inspirational presentation by i2i’s CEO Michael Finnigan.