Clearview 223 - June 2020 | Page 50

Hardware Extra
‘MASTERS OF TRADE’ RECOGNISED AS
ONE OF THE UK’S BEST WORKPLACES
» IRONMONGERYDIRECT
has been named as one of the
UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2020, in
a report compiled by Great Place
to Work®. IronmongeryDirect was
listed amongst 162 companies
shortlisted for this award – a
decision based on positive
employee experience and HR
and leadership practices that the
company upholds.
The Best WorkplacesTM
Award celebrates the companies
that promote a healthy workplace
culture through a combination
of factors including employee
trust, pride and camaraderie.
Overall, 162 small, medium, large
and super large companies were
shortlisted - IronmongeryDirect
ranked 59th out of all of the
medium companies.
To achieve the award,
the assessors examined
IronmongeryDirect’s HR and
leadership practices, policies and
culture as well as responses to
a Trust Index© survey shared
with all its employees, completed
anonymously to encourage
honest responses. Overall, 86%
of IronmongeryDirect employees
said that the company “is a great
place to work”.
The Trust Index© survey covers
aspects including the credibility
and fairness of management,
whether employees feel that they
are respected and if employees
report a sense of pride in their
work. Results from the survey
account for ¾ of the final result.
IronmongeryDirect also
provided detail of its policies that
contribute towards the employee
experience. This includes factors
such as numerous employee
benefits, how it inspires those
that work for the company
and transparent internal
communications practices. This
was part of The Culture Index©,
accounting for the remaining ¼
of the final result.
Marco Verdonkschot, Managing
Director at IronmongeryDirect
said: “To be recognised as one of
the UK’s Best Workplaces is a huge
achievement and is testament to
our dedication to create a healthy
workplace culture where our
employees feel trusted, valued and
loyal to achieving organisational
goals. We are committed to driving
our business performance through
our biggest asset: our people, and
I believe that the value and pride
our employees place on working at
IronmongeryDirect will ultimately
be reflected in the customer
experience.”
IronmongeryDirect is
the UK’s largest specialist
ironmongery supplier, with
over 18,000 products, all with a
minimum five year guarantee so
customers can be sure of quality.
IronmongeryDirect’s skilled
and highly knowledgeable team
of GAI (Guild of Architectural
Ironmongers) qualified specialists
are available seven days a week.
www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk
Good security, built in layers
» BURG-WÄCHTER, ONE OF EUROPE’S
largest security product manufacturers, is
delighted to announce it has joined Secured
by Design (SBD), the national police crime
prevention initiative.
Burg-Wächter is a recognised brand in 26
countries around the world. The company
operates from nine locations globally, offering
an extensive range of over 4,000 innovative
German Engineered products. This includes
safes, postboxes, padlocks, window and
door security, cash boxes and the latest in
Smart access control, CCTV and monitoring
solutions suitable for a variety of domestic and
commercial applications.
Burg-Wächter’s customer base is diverse
ranging from high street names and
supermarkets, to small independent retailers,
with the company also supplying technical
high end contracts.
Mark Pearson, Commercial Director
Burg-Wächter UK said: “Burg-Wächter’s
participation in this prestigious security
initiative underlines our commitment
to producing high quality, effective and
affordable security solutions, whether they’re
for buildings, bicycles or equipment. Burg-
Wächter believes that good security is all
about building in layers, so in addition to
our already approved bicycle locks we intend
to submit many more security solutions for
SBD’s rigorous review.”
SBD is part of Police Crime Prevention
Initiatives (PCPI), a police owned, not-forprofit
organisation that works on behalf of the
Police Service to deliver a wide range of crime
prevention and demand reduction initiatives
across the UK. SBD plays a significant crime
prevention role in the planning process to
design out crime in a wide range of building
sectors. It has achieved some significant
success including one million homes built to
SBD standards with reductions in crime of up
to 87%.
SBD has many partner organisations,
ranging from the Home Office, Ministry of
Housing, Communities & Local Government
and the Police Service through to local
authorities, housing associations, developers
and manufacturers and work closely with
standards and
certification bodies
to ensure that their
publicly available
standards actually
meet the needs of
the police and public
alike.
Products must be subject to rigorous
testing and additionally be fully certificated
by an independent, third-party certification
body accredited by the United Kingdom
Accreditation Service (UKAS) before being
allowed to carry the SBD logo - this is the only
way for companies to obtain police recognition
for security-related products in the UK.
www.burg.biz/uk
www.securedbydesign.com
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