WINNER! Best Workplaces in Ireland 2010 Retail Award
We are delighted to announce that we were awarded the Best Worplaces in Ireland 2010 Retail Award at the recent Irish Independent Best Workplaces in Ireland 2010 Awards. In addition to this, Unicarepharmacy was placed 6th overall in the 20 Best large workplaces in Ireland (250+ employees).
Cormac Tobin, Managing Director and Tracy O'Brien, HR Director accepting the award for Unicarepharmacy.
WINNER! Best Employer 2009
We are delighted to announce that we were awarded the Retail Excellence Ireland Award for Best Employer 2009 as well as finishing as a top 3 finalist for Best Retail Company. Our Longford SC manager also achieved a top 9 finish for Best Retail Manager of the Year. These awards recognize the success of the whole company and the commitment to the values we live by.
Cormac Tobin and Tracy O'Brien accepting the Retail Excellence Ireland 2009 Award for Best Employer on behalf of Unicarepharmacy.
Unicarepharmacy Ashleaf SC: Top 50 stores in Ireland 2010
Congratulations to the team in Unicarepharmacy Ashleaf SC who were named as one of the prestigious Top 50 stores in Ireland for 2010.
This is a testament to the enthusiasm and passion of the Ashleaf team and their commitment to excellent store standards and customer service.
Vichy Advisor of the Year Awards 2009
In Ireland there are over 750 Vichy advisors, 150 of which were nominated for the awards this year and out of the 10 finalists, we are delighted to announce that Unicarepharmacy had 3 winners!
Best Workplaces in Ireland Awards 2009
Best Workplaces Awards Ceremony 2009
Pictured from left to right: Bob Lee (GPTW), Gary Keegan (Irish Institute of Sport), Laoise Casey and Tracy O'Brien, Unicarepharmacy, Karen Preston (Independent Newspapers) and Lucy Fallon-Byrne (NCPP).
Over recent years we have achieved a number of successes which demonstrates our strengths as an employer of choice. In 2006 we entered the Best Companies to Work for In Ireland study for the first time. Facilitated by the Great Place to Work Institute, participation involves a colleague survey and a ‘culture-audit’ of our practices including our communication, diversity, training and development practices. The Great Place to Work Institute’s 20 years of research has shown that trust between managers and employees is the primary defining characteristic of the very best workplaces. We were delighted to learn in early 2007 that we had achieved a place in the Top 10 Best Companies - an outstanding achievement for our first year to enter the competition!
Not content with a Top 10 place, we used the feedback from the colleague survey to introduce new initiatives and in 2008 we were awarded the honour of being selected as one of the Top 5 Companies and the Overall Best Company to Work for in Ireland (500 - 1,000 employees)! In 2009, we succeeded in achieving this honour for the second year running. The Great Place to Work Institute praised our outstanding openness and transparency towards both our colleagues and customers As described by our Human Resources Director, Tracy O’Brien, our distinctive customer orientation is only possible with our motivated and satisfied employees. Our open approach to our colleagues reflects the manner in which they deal with our customers. As a company we are tremendously proud of these achievements and they reflect the ongoing commitment and dedication of our people.
Retail Excellence Ireland Nominations 2008
Some of our colleagues pictured at the Retail Excellence Awards Ceremony in 2008.
The FBD Retail Excellence Ireland awards were established in 1997 to promote best practice standards in the Irish retail industry. In 2007 our new pharmacy in Rathborne, Dublin was short-listed for the Best Large Store category. In 2008 we achieved three finalist positions in the following categories; Store of the Year, Manager of the Year and Company of the Year.
Recruitment Advertising Awards Nominations
In 2007 and 2008 we were short-listed for the Excellence in Recruitment Advertising Awards and also the Irish Times Cedar Awards for our recruitment advert ‘We’ve got the right prescription for you’.