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STAYING SAFE!
Glasgow-based Rebecca Pick started her company, Pick Protection, after her neighbour was attacked and nobody came to help. 4 years on, having won multiple entrepreneurial awards, Rebecca has raised over £ 1 million funding to developed the next generation of employee protection solutions.
Rebecca, 24, had the idea for a wearable protection alarm that would link to the Police when her neighbour was attacked and sadly nobody came to the rescue. While studying a business degree at the University of Strathclyde Rebecca pursued her idea. She pitched to angel investors that agreed to invest in Pick Protection and invest in the mission of keeping employees safe.
As Rebecca researched personal protection she learnt that employee protection is an underserved market. With the increasing use of technology many employees are now working alone at many points in their jobs such as client meetings, traveling, working from home, and the list goes on. Employers have a duty of care to take steps to ensure the safety of their lone workers and with increasingly stringent Health & Safety legislation this is a growing market in the UK. Rebecca spotted that lone worker protection is a very under-innovated sector and there is big opportunity for a new company to deliver easy to use solutions with high quality customer support to shake up the market.
Many employees aren’ t fully aware of their responsibilities to their employees and what would happen if an incident occurred. Speaking about this Rebecca said-“ At Pick Protection we work with employers to help them understand the process involved to keep their employees as safe as possible. Education is a big part of what we believe in, the more people that are aware of their responsibilities means the more they can look after their employees.”
Every 9 minutes in the UK an employee is attacked whilst working alone and Rebecca is passionate about changing this horrifying statistic.“ I am really proud of the easy to use and cost effective protection solutions that Pick Protection have developed to help employers keep their staff safe, nobody should have to feel unsafe in their place of work.”
Speaking of the support she has received in setting up Pick Protection, Rebecca said“ I have been incredibly lucky to have received fantastic support from many different organisations and individuals. I’ ve learnt so much from very experienced people that have been generous with their time and have given me the benefit of their experience and knowledge.
In 2016, through a fortunate encounter with a fellow Strathclyde alumni Rebecca met John Neil the Chief Executive of Unipart, a large multinational company with a first class security
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