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UKCM working hard to boost morale with staff, local authorities and key workers

Protecting the health and safety of their workforce, donating to front line services and continuing to provide essential bin deliveries across the country are just a handful of measures Winsford based UKCM are proudly endeavouring to carry out as the waste industry begins to see light at the end of the tunnel.

As a family business with a team of loyal employees from neighbouring towns, some of whom have been with the business for more than ten years, protecting the health and safety of their workforce has been of the utmost importance.

Sales Director Richard Delooze said, “Ultimately our staff are our first priority so we’ve put extremely high health and safety measures in place, not only to protect them, but to make them feel cared for.

“Although we’ve scaled back, the business has continued to deliver essential jobs to councils and local authorities across the country, so our on-site team have been provided with lots of the correct PPE, with masks and gloves to be worn at all times.

“With the majority of directors and office staff following guidelines to work from home, we have ensured that daily site visits have been made to make sure our workforce don’t feel like they’re going it alone.

“We have received a number of enquiries from customers crying out for bins from NHS waste and ward recycling companies, so we’ve been helping to make sure they’ve got bins to see them through these challenging times.”

In addition to protecting the workforce and operating for essential services, UKCM have also donated an abundance of goods to front line key workers across Cheshire to show their appreciation.

This included a large delivery of pastries, cakes, drinks and Easter eggs to the Accident & Emergency department and Intensive Care Unit and Macclesfield District General Hospital and a huge delivery of 400 cream eggs to the waste crews at Cheshire East Council.

Richard added, “We wanted to show our appreciation not only to the hospital key workers, but also to the waste management teams who have been working tirelessly to safely remove medical waste from the hospitals. This is an incredibly important role which often gets overlooked, so we were happy to see some smiling faces over!”

The business is feeling optimistic about the future, with plans to gradually ease back to normal capacity based on customer demand. Following the news that some businesses such as garden centres are set to open, the demand for bin deliveries over the summer months is predicted to rise, which is a positive step in right direction for the economy and the waste industry on the whole.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Melissa Chawner .