Reading Buses recognises its latest stars of the month

THREE members of Reading Buses’ finance team are among those the firm has named as its stars.

The Great Knollys Streetbased public transport firm recognises its key players every month, and in June, it also recognised a network supervisor.

From the finance team the Star awards have been made to Owen Lovelock, 61 from Earley, Joanna Zajac, 48 from Thatcham, and Jo Buckland from Lower Earley for ‘rising to the challenge’.

The company said that while it was recruiting a new payroll manager, the finance team professionally processed the payrolls from start to finish to ensure everyone was paid accurately and on time.

And the team continued to support each other during this period which also included the financial year end and several bank holidays adding further challenges to the process.

Network Supervisor Awais Iqbal, 31 from Newtown, received his Star of the Month award for ‘remaining calm under pressure’ and dealing professionally with all stakeholders.

The company said he had also successfully managed to cover another department and spent many hours finessing future work allocation to make sure everybody continues to be in the right place at the right time – described as ‘giant jig-saw’ and a ‘rare skill’ that not many possess.

Caroline Anscombe, Reading Buses’ human resources director, said, “Owen, Joanna, Jo and

Awais are true credits to the team at Reading Buses for consistently delivering on the challenges they have faced, and I am delighted that they have all earned the Star of the Month award.”