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Leicester financial services firm honoured at international ceremony

Lafarge financial services Leicester have received a top business accolade at the 12th annual European Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) Excellence Awards.

The shared service centre which provides all accounting services for building materials sister companies Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK in Syston and Lafarge Cement in Solihull, was named the winner in the Culture Creation category.

Up against shared services from across Europe, it was also shortlisted in the Innovation category, narrowly missing out on an award at the ceremony in Amsterdam.

Phil Lanyon, director Lafarge UK financial shared services said : “I am really proud of this award, it is a fantastic award and a reflection of all the efforts our people have put in to making the shared service centre work so well.

“Importantly it also recognises on a major scale, among other global companies the way the UK business units work with us and the way we work with them to make financial shared services such a success.

“It is a supreme example of working together as ‘one Lafarge’.”

IBM and Microsoft were also in the running for awards at the ceremony, indicating the firm’s shared services role.

Naomi Secor SSON conference producer said : “The calibre of applications has been increasing every year.
“We were delighted with the number of applicants, as well as the originality displayed.”

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