25 June, 2025: CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, has received a prestigious award from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), recognising its high standards in health and safety excellence.
CityFibre has won a Gold Award for the 5th consecutive year, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to protecting its people and upholding values dedicated to strong safety standards.
Now in its 69th year, and with almost 2,000 entries annually from over 50 countries, covering over seven million employees, the RoSPA Awards are the world’s largest health and safety awards programme, recognising those organisations and individuals who have set the highest standards in accident prevention.
Whether seeking non-competitive excellence recognition or entering for a competitive award across 20 industry sectors, each RoSPA Award entrant is assessed against rigorous criteria, making CityFibre a world leader in shaping safer, healthier workplaces.
In order to share important learning and build on the strong health and safety foundations required to enter the RoSPA Awards, the award entry process can be used as reflective practice to contribute to continuing professional development (CPD).
Gordon Gray, Senior SHE Business Partner at CityFibre, said: “At CityFibre, we’re proud to have achieved our fifth consecutive Gold Award—a true reflection of the dedication not only from our health and safety teams, but from everyone across our entire supply chain.
“Our work often places us at the heart of communities and in close contact with the public, presenting unique challenges in maintaining safety. It’s a responsibility we embrace fully, with the wellbeing of our people, partners, and the public remaining at the core of how we deliver our world-class fibre network.”
Julia Small, RoSPA’s Growth Director, said: “CityFibre should be proud of the hard work and commitment to keeping people safe that has resulted in a RoSPA Award, which honours those organisations who have achieved the highest standards in health and safety in the workplace.
“RoSPA regards CityFibre as a strong example of the importance of making accident prevention central to any successful organisation, not just for the benefit of employees, customers and clients, but also society as a whole.”
Sponsored by the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH), the RoSPA Awards scheme is the longest-running of its kind in the UK, and receives entries from organisations across the globe, making it one of the most sought-after achievement awards for the health and safety industry.
Dee Arp, NEBOSH Chief Quality Officer and the Head Judge of the RoSPA Awards, said: “NEBOSH is delighted to be the headline sponsor of the RoSPA Awards. Recognising excellence in health and safety is essential to ensure we celebrate achievement, but it is also about reinforcing a culture of care, accountability and continuous improvement. These awards serve as a powerful reminder that employee safety and wellbeing transcends borders and looking after our people, so they can go home safe, healthy and happy every day, also drives sustainable success and resilience.”
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Issued on behalf of CityFibre by Weber Shandwick. For further information contact cityfibre@webershandwick.com; or Paul Clarke or Joe Tinkler in the RoSPA Press Office: pressoffice@rospa.com, 0121 248 2134.
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About CityFibre
CityFibre is the UK’s largest independent full fibre infrastructure platform, providing carrier-neutral digital infrastructure to its wholesale customers and enabling ultra-fast, reliable and futureproof broadband, Ethernet and 5G services to homes and businesses as well as schools, hospitals and GP surgeries. CityFibre’s full fibre network rollout targets at least a third of the UK market: more than 8 million premises.
As the UK’s most intelligent fibre network, CityFibre is trusted by major Internet Service Providers and mobile operators including TalkTalk, Three, Vodafone and Zen as well as a new generation of smaller regional ISPs dedicated to delivering full fibre broadband. In August 2024, Sky and CityFibre announced a long-term partnership that will see Sky launch broadband services on the CityFibre network.
CityFibre is owned by funds managed by Antin Infrastructure Partners, Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Mubadala Investment Company, Interogo Holding, Newlight Partners and PATRIZIA’s European Infrastructure Fund II.
About the RoSPA Awards
The esteemed RoSPA Awards program now celebrates its 69th year as the UK’s largest and most impactful health and safety programme. With almost 2,000 entries annually from over 50 countries, impacting over seven million employees, they offer a platform to spotlight an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement and excellence in health and safety. Whether entrants seek non-competitive excellence recognition or vie for competitive awards across 20 industry sectors, the RoSPA Awards provide an unparalleled opportunity to stand among leaders shaping safer, healthier workplaces.
About the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
RoSPA is a leading voice in health and safety that campaigns to reduce avoidable accidents. Our vision is to create a life free from accidental injury, and with the support of our members, this is at the core of everything we do. We lobby Government on issues that matter, pioneer the world’s largest health and safety awards and provide a suite of RoSPA qualifications that help learners and employers keep their colleagues safe from accidents and ill-health.
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