Acas created a video to celebrate the progress made over the past 4 years. This was to mark the completion of its 2021 to 2025 organisational strategy.
This video is made up of clips showing the key successes Acas has had over the past 4 years. Some of these clips are from news broadcasts and Acas produced videos. The video features Acas staff and business owners talking about the positive effect of Acas services with on-screen statistics supporting the statements.
Named speakers in the video include:
- Helen Houghton, small business owner
- Rastie, small business owner
- Philip James, small business owner
- Alison McGovern, Minister for Employment
- Kate Nowicki, Previous Director of Dispute Resolution at Acas
- Matt Wood, small business owner
- Marina Glasgow, Acas Chief Conciliator
- Jared Watts, Manager
- Laura Walters, Senior Officer
There are also unnamed news broadcasters speaking who have been marked as 'Anonymous news broadcaster' in the transcript.
The video appears on the news story, Acas marks major achievements on its 2021 to 2025 strategy.
Transcript
[Clips of news broadcasts and videos repeating the word Acas 8 times plays as an intro to the video.]
Anonymous news broadcaster: Acas, the advisory, conciliation and arbitration service.
Helen: I first heard of Acas when I was at school age and it was really valuable.
Rastie: I've known Acas for years. I've used it on and off for all sorts of reasons.
[Statistic shows on screen which reads: 'Over the last 4 years doubled annual website hits to 20 million'.]
News story outtake of Kate Nowicki: It's a service that we offer and that's absolutely key to our success.
[Statistic shows on screen which reads: 'Resolving disputes for 50 years'.]
Philip: You've got advice and then, you know, do things the right way.
[Statistic shows on screen which reads: '90% of SMEs (small and medium enterprises) know about Acas'.]
Alison: I welcome this advice from the workplace experts, Acas.
News story outtake of Kate Nowicki: We dealt with over 500 cases last year alone, and we've seen a 20% uptick in cases this year. And of those cases which do come to Acas 9 out of 10 are resolved.
[Statistic shows on screen which reads: '94% collective disputes resolved'.]
Matt: By engaging with Acas on a regular basis, it stops all that bad stuff from happening.
[Statistic shows on screen which reads: 'Helped over 1 million parties resolve disputes over the last 4 years'.]
Anonymous news broadcaster: Acas to help with some more of your questions because I'm not an employment lawyer.
Marina: What Acas is able to do is help the parties step away from all the emotional stuff.
Jared: So what I really took away and found beneficial from that training was just feeling a lot more confident in myself.
[Statistic shows on screen which reads: 'Over 250,000 advice and training interactions last year'.]
Laura: I would absolutely recommend Acas to other businesses. I think what's unique about Acas is they deliver what is best practice.
[Outro music plays whilst the logo spins up onto the screen, reading 'Acas, working for everyone'.]
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