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May 2023
Last Updated: 11/05/2023
Business Breakfast: Boroughbridge company celebrates long-service staff milestone
Staff at Reed Boardall in Boroughbridge.
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A Boroughbridge company is celebrating reaching a milestone as 200 employees have now worked for the firm for 10 years.
Reed Boardall, which is based off Bar Lane, was founded in 1992 and has gone onto become one of the biggest employers in the area with 745 staff.
The company operates in food logistics and reports a turnover of £66 million.
As well as over a quarter of staff having completed more than ten years of service, 31 have chosen to stay with the company for two decades or longer.
Andrew Baldwin, managing director of Reed Boardall’s cold storage division, said:
“There’s no doubt that our high staff retention levels play a key role in the continued success of the business and our ability to consistently deliver on our promises to our customers. We don’t use any agency workers, instead all of our team are long term employees, many of whom have built up valuable understanding and knowledge about what we do and this gives continuity to the business, enabling us to be the reliable, responsive partner that our customers need.
“This constancy of approach is reinforced by the high numbers of family members all working here across the generations- we have numerous husbands and wives, a mother and daughter and several dads and sons as well as a husband, wife and father in law. What makes us unique is that we have the same staff, providing the same levels of service – it is all about the people and we’re proud that so many of our team choose to stay with us.”
Harrogate financial firm launches rebrand
A Harrogate financial services firm has launched a rebrand.
FinancialForce, which is based at Cardale Park, has renamed itself as Certinia.
The company was co-founded in 2009 by local businesswoman Deb Ashton.
The firm has gone onto employ more than 1,000 people at offices across five countries.
Speaking about the rebrand, Scott Brown, chief executive of Certinia, said:
“FinancialForce was the perfect name when the company was founded in 2009 describing its intent to deliver ERP on Force.com.
“Over the past decade, the company invested heavily to become the most trusted PSA solution in the market.
"Now, we have expanded our ERP leadership with the addition of FP&A, and recently launched new products in two additional markets with Customer Success Cloud and Services CPQ. Together, these are a comprehensive and tightly integrated platform for services businesses. It was time to ensure our name and brand align with all we do in the marketplace today.”
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