Redrow Homes Ltd

Who are Redrow Homes Ltd?

Redrow was established in 1974 by Steve Morgan CBE with a £5,000 loan from his father and today it is one of the most successful and acclaimed property developers in the country. For the year ended 30th June 2018, Redrow built over 5,900 premium family homes across England and Wales and in October 2018 the company completed its 100,000th home.

Over Redrow’s history, spanning more than 40 years, it has earned a unique reputation for quality and building beautiful homes where people want to live. To help achieve this, Redrow has developed three sustainable business themes: Creating Thriving Communities by Building Responsibly and Valuing People. Implementing this strategy, whilst engaging with colleagues and stakeholders, helps Redrow deliver significant value to investors and the wider community. Redrow is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. For the year ended 30th June 2018, the Group reported record revenues of £1.92 billion.

In 2019, Redrow achieved the coveted Five Star Customer Satisfaction award from the Home Builders’ Federation (HBF), while in 2018 the company was named as a UK Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer for the fifth consecutive year. Redrow was also awarded the prestigious title of ‘Housebuilder of the Year’ at both the WhatHouse? and Building Awards last year. Visit www.redrow.co.uk for more details.

What projects / schemes / initiatives to support women’s recruitment, retention and progression in STEM are Redrow Homes Ltd involved in?

At Redrow we work hard to recruit and retain a diverse workforce to ensure we have the supply of skills the business needs for the future

We constantly strive to promote diversity and particularly focus on attracting female new entrants into construction and technical roles that are currently male dominated.

This is achieved through a range of training programmes and we continually explore ways to recruit accordingly. For example, we have had success recently in our graduate intake by widening our focus from sector relevant degrees to all degrees and 33.8% of our current graduates are now female.

We have introduced a mentoring scheme for our female trainees to make the most of the excellent role models we have within the business and to facilitate promoting more women into senior positions.

Redrow partners with organisations to help attract young people into the industry and focusses on providing opportunities for social and economic progression. We engage with schools to support and promote our efforts to “inspire the next generation to build”.

We invest heavily in training and development to help all our people fulfil their potential and ensuring we continue to be a great place to work, supporting colleagues’ wellbeing.

Why did Redrow Homes Ltd join WISE?

“We joined WISE to further enhance our reach and access to training, networking and resources that can help support our efforts to continue to attract and retain more women into our industry.”

– Karen Jones, HR Director