Radiocoms pledges support for the UK’s ex-services personnel by signing the Armed Forces Covenant

London, May 2022: Radiocoms Systems Ltd (Radiocoms) has demonstrated their continuing support to the British Armed Forces (British Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy) by signing the Armed Forces Covenant, a declaration of loyalty to uphold key principles towards creating an environment where veterans and reservists can thrive post-service.

Mark Blythe, Managing Director said: “Signing the Armed Forces Covenant was a natural progression for Radiocoms. As a company, we have a long and proud history of supporting our armed forces.

We value their contributions, pragmatic approach and the highly transferable technical knowledge and leadership skills they bring to our organisation and industry. We want to ensure that as a company we are providing as much support and opportunity to those working with us now and in the future from the services community.”

Steve Kennedy, former Royal Corps of Signals WO1 Regimental Sergeant Major who is now Head of Engineering at Radiocoms commented: “The Armed Forces Covenant is a voluntary statement of support between the civilian and local Armed Forces communities, which in my opinion, complement the moral obligation between businesses and Military personnel. Being ex Forces myself, it’s great to see Radiocoms demonstrating their support to the Armed Forces community.

After serving 22 years in the Army, I applied for a position at Radiocoms. Their vision and values stood out to me for all the right reasons and the reputation they hold with the Ministry of Defence and other organisations was and is still outstanding.

I’m pleased to say that I’m now an employee of Radiocoms. The transition I made from the military to Radiocoms was supported every step of the way by both organisations.  Radiocoms recognised the skills and experience I had to offer, which transferred across into a role that I find positively stimulating and rewarding.”

What are Radiocoms pledging to do?

• We Radiocoms Systems Ltd will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:

• no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen
• in some circumstances special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or

The ways in which we promise to uphold those key principals are by:

We recognise the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business and to our We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by:

• Promoting the Armed Forces: promoting the fact that we are an Armed Forces-friendly organisation, to our staff, customers, suppliers, contractors and wider public.
• Veterans: supporting the employment of veterans, recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process; working with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) to support the employment of Service leavers;
• Service Spouses & Partners: supporting the employment of Service spouses and partners; partnering with the Forces Families Jobs Forum; and providing flexibility in granting leave for Service spouses and partners before, during and after a partner’s deployment.
• Reserves: supporting our employees who are members of the Reserve Forces; granting additional paid/unpaid leave for annual Reserve Forces training; supporting any mobilisations and deployment; actively encouraging members of staff to become Reservists;
• Cadet Organisations:supporting our employees who are volunteer leaders in military cadet or- ganisations, granting additional leave to attend annual training camps and courses; actively en- couraging members of staff to become volunteer leaders in cadet organisations; supporting local military cadet units; recognising the benefits of employing cadets/ex-cadets within the workforce.
• National Events: supporting Armed Forces Day, Reserves Day, the Poppy Appeal Day and Remembrance activities;
• Armed Forces Charities: supporting Armed Forces charities with fundraising and supporting staff who volunteer to assist;

About the Armed Forces Covenant

The Armed Forces Covenant is a voluntary pledge which ensures that those who serve in the forces past, present, and future are offered equal opportunities and guarantee that they will not be in any way disadvantaged. It also means giving special consideration during particular times, Radiocoms proudly abides to this principle.

To date nearly 8,000 organisations have signed the Armed Forces Covenant including businesses and charities nationwide since its introduction in 2000.

Learn more here – https://www.armedforcescovenant.gov.uk