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GGM Groundscare announces new jobs and recruitment to support business growth
ward winning specialist tractor
A and grounds maintenance
machinery dealer GGM
Groundscare has announced it
has expanding its team with the
appointment of two new service
engineers both recruited during the
lockdown and created positions for
three NEW apprenticeships , in a bid to
support continued business growth and
offer job opportunities in both Colne and
Haydock.
The group employs 39 staff across two
sites, and as the nation has suffered
the impact of the Coronavirus crisis,
Managing Director Chris Gibson wanted
to continue his commitment to customer
support and offer jobs opportunities in
line with its long-term business growth
strategy.
Andy Crabtree and Chris Sumner,
pictured, have both joined the business
as field service engineers based at the
Haydock depot to support the increasing
level of business from the site and both
bring a wealth of valuable experience to
the company.
GGM Groundscare are also currently
recruiting for three new apprentices to
help three young local people into a new
career. This follows the Government’s
announcement of an “apprentice
bonus scheme”, when from August to
January, any firm that hires a new young
apprentice aged 16 to 24 will receive a
£2,000 grant, while those that hire new
apprentices aged 25 and over will be
paid £1,500.
Last year, the company become an
accredited Living Wage Employer and
is committed to ensuring all its staff
receive the training and development
they need to develop their skills so they
can progress through the business.
Managing Director Chris Gibson explains
more:
“While many businesses have struggled
hugely over the lockdown period, at GGM
we’ve managed to maintain a steady
flow of business, thanks to the hard
work of our dedicated team, particularly
for our customers in local authority
grounds, sports clubs and hospitals.
We decided to recruit for these roles
to help the local job market, as well
as to facilitate business growth. It’s
particularly important to us to support
the next generation and we welcome the
government’s new apprentice scheme.”
GGM has always had a key focus on
employee engagement, corporate social
responsibility and customer service
and holds the ISO9001 quality standard
and is rated as a Gold service dealer by
tractor manufacturer Kubota, a standard
which it has held for a number of years.
It has also committed to a second year’s
sponsorship of Greenfingers, a charity
which builds therapeutic gardens
for children’s hospices. Earlier this
month, Chris, and members of the GGM
team completed a socially distanced
fundraising bike ride and walk to raise
over £4000 for Greenfingers as well
as supporting local charities St John’s
Hospice Lancaster and Pendleside
Hospice in Burnley.
The company has spent time over
the lockdown period enhancing its
customer offering in preparation for
life to return to some form of normality.
Over the last few months when others
have been quiet, GGM have produced
a number of new initiatives including a
comprehensive new brochure featuring
its extensive hire offering, and a new
service agreement package providing
customers with a tailor made service
solution as well so showcasing some of
its golf and fine turf customers in a new
case study brochure.
Chris Gibson concluded:
“We feel very fortunate that our business
has continued to grow over this testing
period and we’re thrilled to be able to
offer these new opportunities to local
people, as well as helping our customers
provide services as they get back to
business”.
www.ggmgroundscare.com
40 GroundskeepingJournal.co.uk | Summer 2020