Chris Brookman - Back to Earth
'It’s really helped the guys feel part of the business and we all
work better as a team. Turnover is up 20% this year, and profit
has improved too.’
www.backtoearth.co.uk
David Woodley - Woodley's Joinery
‘Staff motivation and teamwork has really improved.
People are more cooperative and issues are resolved more quickly.
That’s had a positive effect on productivity and profits.’
www.woodleysjoinery.co.uk
Simon Virgo - 1st Scaffolding
‘Achieving Investors in People recognition has proved a good marketing
tool with our larger clients. It’s added kudos to our company and
makes us more likely to get the order.’
www.1st-scaffolding.com
Ian Plowman - Interdesign Storefitters Ltd
‘It’s made us a lot more organised and proactive – I can delegate a
lot more now. Despite the recession, we’ve got a lot more enquiries
than before, and we’ve got work booked ahead to Easter. We plan
better, and I’m ahead of the game. It really does work – and we’ve
made money out of it!’
www.interdesignstorefitters.co.uk
Catherine Proctor - A J Proctor
‘It helped us focus on the right things. We got some brilliant ideas
on marketing, and as a result our phone hasn’t stopped ringing –
unlike lots of other builders who are going bust. We’ve also improved
our systems – I used to be hopeless at bookwork before this'.
www.a-j-proctorbuildersltd.com
Paul Brannan - Brannan & Son
‘It’s given us more prestige. It’s given us a more defined
structure in our humble little company, and that’s enabled us
to go on to better things. We can take on bigger jobs and run them
more efficiently. For example, we’ve taken on a 3-month
refurbishment job involving 18 of our men. It’s a job we couldn’t
have coped with before.’
Peter Scoble- South Hams Roofing
‘It’s helped us identify our training needs. Our employees now
look more at what they can do for the company, rather than the
other way round. They’ve been more focused on what they do and
how to improve.’
www.southhamsroofing.co.uk
Greg Lang - GMC Project
‘We’ve benefited 10-fold from the help. It’s really made us focus
on our service to our customers.’
www.gmcprojects.co.uk
Sidmouth Design - Extract from assessor's report
‘People do feel very involved and valued for their input, and, as
a result, spend a lot of what could be considered as their own time
and energy making the business what it is;‘There is recognition
that, because of a more structured approach to planning, running
and reviewing how things are done, the business is now more
professional and that, as a result of effective learning, there
are actually more sales and more customers, leading to optimism for
the future in an uncertain economy.’
www.sidmouthdesign.co.uk/