CDS Defence & Security retains Gold Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Award

We're proud to share that we've retained our Gold Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Award (ERS). 

This is the highest level of recognition for organisations that go above and beyond in supporting the Armed Forces community, and it reflects our unwavering commitment to honouring those who serve or have served our country.

This achievement means so much to us because it reaffirms who we are as a company. Supporting veterans, reservists, and their families isn’t just something we do—it’s a core part of our values. Through our alignment with the Armed Forces Covenant, we’re proud to create an environment where military experience is celebrated, and opportunities for growth are always within reach.

A commitment we take to heart

We take pride in fostering a workplace where veterans and their families can thrive. The skills, discipline, and leadership that military personnel bring to civilian roles are invaluable, and we’re privileged to have so many members of the military community as part of our team.

We’re excited to continue growing as a company while creating opportunities for veterans to bring their military expertise to impactful roles in civilian life.

Richard Bradley, our Managing Director said,

"𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥 ERS 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘊𝘋𝘚 𝘋𝘚 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘵 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 enable 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘋𝘚 𝘋𝘚."

"𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 3-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒’𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭."

Thank you to our team

This recognition wouldn’t be possible without the amazing work of our team and the wider CDS DS community. Your dedication and passion are what make these achievements possible, and we couldn’t be prouder of the collective impact we’re making.