2008
Beard short-listed for Train to Gain Employer of the Year Awards
Beard short-listed for Arts and Business Awards for supporting the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Beard wins four awards and the Chartered Institute of Building Construction Manager of the Year Awards
2007
Oxford Preservation Trust Award
The cleaning and repair of Ashmolean Museum and Taylor Institution Library, for making a significant impact on the street scene
Oxford Preservation Trust Award
Repair and restoration of numbers 13 & 14 and 16-21 Pembroke Street
April 2006
Beard creates Beard Alliance Programme
March 2006
Beards wins Wiltshire Business Award for Training and Development
Beard re-accredited with Investors in People
September 2006
Beard launches its new company brand image
August 2006
Beard awarded Beacon Company status
January 2005
Beard wins Risk Management Award
June 2004
Mark Beard wins Oxfordshire Businessman of Year Award
November 2003
Beard wins the Construction Best Practice Programme SME Company Award
Company’s quality manual is updated to ISO 9001:2000
October 2003
Beard implements a company-wide management information system
September 2003
Beard implements a customer feedback system based on Construction Best Practice KPIs
June 2003
Beard forms training partnerships with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
May 2003
Beard appoints Marketing Manager
March 2003
Beard achieves Investor in People accreditation
January 2003
Joint Risk Management Group is established with Royal and Sun Alliance, Heath Lambert and the Construction Best Practice Programme to develop company-wide risk management procedures
December 2002
The industry’s Construction Best Practice Programme publishes a case study on Beard’s new procurement processes
November 2002
Buying functions integrated to enable centralised procurement
September 2002
Marketing Audit and Image Perception Survey carried out by Camargue Communications
August 2002
Beard relocates its Oxford office from Magdalen Road to Cumnor Hill
November 2001
Human resources manager appointed
January 2000
Beard opens its new head office in Swindon |
