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“In terms of Facilities Management and the products which would be suitable for engineers, service and maintenance workers, estates teams, gardeners etc., our offering has been a big success. Over the past 12 months, we’ve had some large scale adopters from within our own SME sales channel, proving the relevance of our offer and particular style of products to FM professionals. “Another key area is footwear and in particular the slip resistant styles. With the increase of risk assessments for job roles, there is a drive to ensure that all professionals are wearing the correct product. We’ve noticed that with increasing risk assessments, the need for slip resistant footwear is more frequently being noted. We have an excellent range of slip resistant footwear at various different price points available that appeals to different sectors.” A lexandra produce safety products all over the world: “In terms of the manufacturers that produce our specific garments, we’re ETI compliant and we make sure to carry out all our factory audits. In doing so, we can ensure that all employees within those facilities are not at risk, are paid fairly and that the conditions they’re working within are good, safe, proper and what you’d expect yourself to be able to comfortably work in. That is at the heart of our manufacturing,” David explained. “For a company that manufacture their own product that we resell, Alexandra is always looking out for a high degree of innovation. Commerciality is also key as we want to ensure that we’re passing on commercially viable products “For a company that manufacture their own product that we resell, Alexandra is always looking out for a high degree of innovation. Commerciality is also key as we want to ensure that we’re passing on commercially viable products to our customer base” to our customer base. “High supply frequency and stock availability is incredibly important because we appreciate that a lot of our customers are expecting a quick turnaround. “HB Protective Clothing is an avenue of development within Alexandra that we’ve been looking to progress. When I first joined the company, we had a very basic entry range of PPE; fire retardant for example, w \