Volunteering fires up Imperial employees

Imperial Tobacco employees based in Bristol recently gave something back to the company’s local community when they joined thousands of other people across the UK in taking part in Give & Gain Day.

The annual event, run by the Business in the Community organization, is the country’s leading employee volunteering action day.

Company secretary, John Downing, joined people from Imperial’s head office and its UK market team to help spruce up a neglected area in the south of the city.

Working with the city council and a local community group, the volunteers cleared rubbish, planted trees and tended gardens.

“As a responsible business it’s important for us to do our bit and support the communities in which we operate,” said Downing.

“This was a great way for people who work in different parts of our business to come together outside their normal working environment to help others.”