Media Release: Coopers Square Crowned With RoSPA Gold Hat-Trick

Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire – Thursday April 29, 2010; Coopers Square shopping centre, Burton upon Trent, has again been recognised with the prestigious RoSPA Gold Occupational Health and Safety Award for 2010.

The hat-trick of consecutive Gold awards, the highest possible ranking, in the last three years clearly demonstrates the shopping centre’s commitment to not only maintaining and monitoring but also its strive for excellence in introducing new processes, procedures and working practices, for the benefit of its customers and staff. In order to achieve this consistently high standard, Coopers Square has continually shown excellent occupational health and safety management systems, high levels of compliance with control measures and below average and reducing rates of error such as accidents and work related ill-health. The Coopers Square team will be presented with their Gold award at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, NEC, on Thursday, May 13. The ceremony will take place alongside Safety & Health Expo 2010, Europe’s leading annual health and safety exhibition. David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager, said: “Coopers Square shopping centre has shown a commitment to protecting the health and well-being of its employees and others. Organisations which do this deserve to have such dedication recognised and that’s where the RoSPA Awards come in. “As well as there being clear ethical reasons and legal requirements for good health and safety management, there is also a strong business case. RoSPA is delighted to publicly honour organisations which have demonstrated their work to improve performance in this sphere.” Dave Chadfield, Coopers Square Centre Manager, commented: “The entire Coopers Square team is delighted to have its outstanding efforts met with suitable recognition. We are really proud to be awarded our third RoSPA Gold, which follows back-to-back Silver awards previously. “We have a great team of staff who share a great morale and motivate each other to help consistently achieve the benchmarks we set ourselves through best practice. As a result, meeting such consistently high standards has become a common ethos for our team who constantly strive for excellence to ensure that people can work and shop within a rewarding and safe environment at Coopers Square.” -Ends- Notes to Editors In 1999, the Coopers Square shopping centre was acquired by Grosvenor – the leading international property development, investment and management group – for its Grosvenor Shopping Centre Fund. The centre contains over 70 stores, more than 1000 adjacent parking spaces, and covers an area of 35,750 square metres. The Grosvenor Shopping Centre Fund was established in 1998. It is a partnership created to invest in high quality, dominant shopping centres around the UK. The Fund is managed by Grosvenor from its office in London, combining the expertise of the company’s fund and asset managers. The Fund currently owns Dolphin Shopping Centre, Poole; Coopers Square, Burton upon Trent; Eastgate Shopping Centre, Inverness; and Freshney Place Shopping Centre, Grimsby. For further information please contact the Coopers Square Press Office: Emma Spearing, Hazel PR Tel: +44 (0)1202 862411 Mobile: +44 (0)7736 341828 Email: emma.spearing@hazelpr.com

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