Media Release: Dolphin Shopping Centre Crowned With RoSPA Gold Hat-trick

Poole, Dorset – Friday, May 28, 2010; The Dolphin Shopping Centre in Poole has again been recognised with the prestigious RoSPA Gold Occupational Health and Safety Award for 2010.

The hat-trick of consecutive Gold medals, 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, the Dolphin Shopping Centre 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 Dolphin Shopping Centre team was presented with their Gold Award at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, NEC, on Thursday, May 13. The ceremony took place alongside Safety & Health Expo 2010, Europe’s leading annual health and safety exhibition. David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager, said: “The Dolphin 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.” Stephanie Lacey, Dolphin Shopping Centre Manager, commented: “We are really proud to receive our third RoSPA Gold award, which reflects our consistently high standards throughout the last few years. The Dolphin Shopping Centre has a fantastic team of people who share a great morale and ethos to continually strive for excellence to ensure people can work and shop within a safe and rewarding environment.” -Ends- Notes to Editors – About the Dolphin Shopping Centre In 2003, The Dolphin Shopping Centre was acquired by Grosvenor – the leading international property development, investment and management group – for its Grosvenor Shopping Centre Fund. The centre contains 115 stores and covers an area of over 47,000 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 Dolphin Shopping Centre 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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