People are the bedrock of business

Posted on 8 Jan 2009 by The Manufacturer

With a turnover that has rocketed 20 per cent to £25 million in little over two years, the success of Sheffield-based former Manufacturer of the Year Gripple cannot be put down to any one thing. But without its 200-plus employees, none of it would be possible at all

Gripple makes wire joiners, tensioners, suspension systems and earthquake bracing systems – tools used to stabilise things and secure them down. The effectiveness of its products is a close analogy of the HR inside the firm. “The starting point of any success is first-rate people,” says Gripple managing director Mark Edmonds, “first-rate people and a…

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