Corporate and Social Responsibility

The Marshall Group is very clear about its responsibilities to its employees, its customers and suppliers, the community and the environment.

A global business, the Marshall Group takes pride in its commitment to the communities in which its businesses operate, which particularly includes Cambridge, as well as the unbroken support it provides to the country. The Group recognises the direct link between well-motivated and happy staff who enjoy what they do and the delivery of great service to its customers, and continues to invest heavily in the development of our employee skills and the ongoing communication of our brand values and objectives.

The Marshall Group continues to take a highly responsible and pro-active environmental stance, and works closely with local Councils, the Environment Agency and the Government Offices of the Eastern Region.

Marshall of Cambridge, as the largest private sector employer in Cambridge, maintains particularly strong links with the local community, including Cambridge University, local colleges, the Training & Enterprise Council, Business Link, the Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, SETNET, EEDA (East of England Development Agency), the Learning & Skills Council, Connexions, the County, City and District Councils, as well as with a variety of Residents’ Associations and Parish Councils. The Airport has an active Consultative Committee which acts as an important interface with the local community.

The Group of Companies and its employees participate in a wide range of community projects including: wildlife, the arts, sport, healthcare, education and charities. There is also a diverse programme of visits to the Company’s Airport Works premises. The Company provides support to a number of schools and has “sponsored” four Cambridge Schools, Teversham Church of England Primary School, Bottisham Village College, Coleridge Community College and the Fields Early Years Centre, where dedicated members of staff assist with a wide range of projects, particularly those connected to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The Company also assists in a number of other schools where employees are involved with school management as Governors. Senior directors and executives also take on a number of non-executive roles in business, charitable and community projects. The Company also provides support to the Cambridge Air Training Corps Squadron. These relationships help maintain the harmonious relationship between the Company and the many communities where its businesses are located.

National projects which benefit from the encouragement and help of the Group of Companies include: The Air League Educational Trust, the Air Training Corps, the RAF Benevolent Fund, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme and BEN, the charity of the Motor Industry.

The Company has strong links with the University of Cambridge and this includes Cambridge University Engineering Department through the “Sir Arthur Marshall Institute for Aeronautics” (SAMIA) (www.samia.org.uk) which encourages inter-disciplinary research across a wide range of aeronautical engineering disciplines.