Wealth & Finance International - Business Awards 2015

Business Awards 2015 22 Best Safety Equipment Supplier - UK As a family owned business PK Safety UK has been supplying industry both locally and nationally for nearly 30 years, obtaining extensive knowledge and expertise within the field, recognising the need for reliable delivery of quality products at competitive prices. Company: PK Safety Web Address: www.pksafetyuk.com Address: Dragon House Pontcynon Industrial Estate, Abercynon CF45 4EP Telephone: 01443 741999 As a family owned business PK Safety UK have been supplying indus- try both locally and nationally for nearly 30 years, obtaining extensive knowledge and expertise within the field, recognising the need for reliable delivery of quality products at competitive prices. This experience has taught the firm a lot about their clients’ business, and they understand that has become vital that wide-ranging stocks of sup- portive products are available for rapid distribution either to their premises or direct to site. As such, the firm believes that working as part of a team (Together Everybody Achieves More) is paramount in order to achieve our goals. PK Safety UK is built around two core assets, its people and its products. In order to ensure their employees are dedicated to providing such services, the firm encourages their staff to take pride and have a sense of belonging, which is reflected in the company’s culture. Living the values we have created ensures a delivery of customer service excellence. This culture is what drives the firm to strive for a healthy organisational/ corporate culture in order to increase productivity, growth, efficiency and reduce counterproductive behaviour and turnover of employees. PK Safety UK takes the implementation of this culture very seriously, as they believe that this is central to ensuring that every member of their staff works towards achieving the high standards they pride themselves on. “Every organisation has its own unique culture or value. Organisational/ corporate culture is the collection of relatively uniform and enduring values, beliefs, customs, traditions, and practices that are shared by an organisations members, learned by new recruits and transmitted from one generation of employees to the next. “Corporate culture governs the way the owners, management and employee’s think, feel and behave. More importantly, value is the cultural glue that holds the organisa- tion together and determines the success of a company/business. Therefore, value is foundation to which an organisation should build their business upon. “Remember a culture is present throughout every organisation/business, whether or not it has been designed or formed on its own. Therefore, the imple- mentation and management of a culture is essential in order for the business/ organisation to be driven in the right direction and to align with the corporate brand image. More importantly, having core values to any business is essential but there must be perimeters in place to allow personal differences of style.” In addition to their corporate culture, the firm takes its social responsibil- ities very seriously. PK Safety UK is committed to the highest standards of social responsibility across their global supply chain and insist that alongside themselves all of their suppliers provide safe working condi- tions, treat workers with dignity and respect, and use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes. The firm values everyone who interacts with their business: employees, suppli- ers and customers. Therefore the firm constantly monitor their working condi- tions to ensure the compliance of regulations and standards are adhered to. Environmental responsibility is another aspect of their social contri- bution, and PK Safety UK work hard to minimise the environmental impact of their operations and products. Their efforts include working to reduce waste and packaging of their products and lower the emissions produced during the manufacturing and distribution processes. Charitable contributions also play heavily within the firm’s corporate culture to ensure that they support the wider community. “For many years we have been committed to supporting charities that have public benefit, we support initiatives to help people develop in their communities and protect the planet. “The management team are dedicated to supporting charitable events and actively encourage employees to participate. We aim to donate 1.2% of pre-tax profits annually and continue on the path of charitable success.” Looking to the future, the firm’s mission is to grow their core business and become a leader within the market. This drive is firmly focused on customer centricity and generating life time value for the firm’s employees, suppliers and customers. Additionally the firm is looking to remain focused on delivering high standards of customer care and generate value and broaden the scope of their business to constantly deliver strong sustained growth by aiming to always be innovative and adaptive and insure their trade upholds the firm’s core value and strategy. PK Safety UK