It’s been a truly amazing year for Barlows (UK) Ltd and we’d like to wish all of our customers a very Merry Christmas and to thank them for their support throughout this year and into the next.
The team have been working harder than ever this year and the training centre has reached new heights. Since the business was founded by Thomas Clifford Barlow, Barlows UK has always trained and developed young people. Through this policy the company has grown to 340 staff and over 200 vehicles, and training and education remains at the heart of every part of Barlows. Whether health and safety, electrical training, business and leadership, first aid, warehousing, office administration or teacher training for assessor awards, we continue to invest in the progression of our staff. Our purposely developed skills centres offer a superb environment for our engineers and support teams to further their skills and abilities. Our standards have been recognised by many judges and our staff have been invited to Buckingham Palace and Number 10 Downing Street for their quality and commitment to training young people. The awards achieved in the last five years by our divisions are listed below.
– IOSH Health and Safety National Awards Finalist 2010, 2011
– Cheshire Community Award 2011
– National Training Awards Winner for North West 2011
– Cheshire Business Awards Winner 2011, 2012
– Cheshire Business Leaders Awards 2013
– Regional Apprenticeship Service ‘Medium Employer of the Year’ Winner (Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Staffordshire) 2012, 2013 & 2014
– City and Guilds Top 100 Apprentice Employer 2012, 2013 & 2014
– National Apprenticeship Service ‘Medium Employer of the Year’ Finalist 2013
– EMRA BRITISH Electrical Manufacturing and Retailing Awards for Training, National Winner 2014
– The High Sheriff’s Award for the Outstanding Cheshire and Warrington Business Leader ‘Highly Commended’ 2014
– Greater Manchester Skills for Business Awards Winner 2014
– Greater Manchester Skills for Business Awards Rising Star Award Finalist 2014
– Oldham Business Awards Young People Development Award Finalist 2015
– Manchester Chamber of Commerce Manufacturing and Engineers Skills for Business ‘Award 2015 Finalist
– Manchester Chamber of Commerce Medium Business of the Year Award 2015 Winners
– Cheshire Business Awards Apprentice Award for Cheshire and Warrington Winners 2015
– Cheshire Business Awards Business Person of the Year (for demonstrating outstanding achievement) 2015
-North West Section of British Chamber of Commerce People Development Award Winners 2015
– University of Chester Honorary Award – Skills Development and Leadership 2015
We’re looking forward to seeing what 2016 has in store…
