Gloucester-based cold store specialist The P & M Group has partnered with recycling experts Allstone.
Allstone, which is also based in Gloucester, will be The P & M Group's waste management partner as the company continues with its sustainable journey.
The firms' partnership will see Allstone manage the recycling waste from The P &M Group at its projects across the 海角视频. The Group, which includes Gloucester composite panel experts ISD Solutions, was seeking a recycling partner who shared the same sustainable ethos.
Allstone occupies nine acres of land at Myers Road in Gloucester, operating a large aggregates recycling facility and waste transfer station as well as its own Speedy Skips hire company.
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The two companies have now formalised a relationship which will see a network of trusted suppliers stepping in for projects around the 海角视频 outside Allstone’s area of feasible operation.
Andy Moon, chairman of The P & M Group, said: “It was important that we selected a partner who shared our values for quality of service and which was serious about sustainability.
“The fact that Allstone was local to our headquarters was of course convenient, given we were able to meet the team in person and see the impressive scale of their operation and their attention to detail.
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“We have been convinced about their insistence on quality throughout their network of partners around the 海角视频 and are looking forward to a long-lasting relationship.”
Alongside its major division ISD Solutions, The P & M Group includes PLG Insulations, doors and metal fabricator QuayTherm Manufacturing, a division in Australia and Midlands-based installations specialists S Tysoe Installations . Together the companies employ more than 190 staff, with a combined turnover of around £70m.
Like The P & M Group, Allstone is a family-owned business and it has been trading in Gloucestershire for nearly 40 years. It has occupied the Myers Road site since 1997. The company has invested heavily in its plant, vehicles and people as well as its ability to provide detailed reports for customers who need statistics regarding their recycling performance.
Simon Ford, managing director at Allstone, said: “We are trying to create a sustainable, carbon-neutral, future-proof business – one where we lead rather than follow other people. That’s the vision and we’re quite far down the process with it.
“It’s clear that The P & M Group are our exact equivalent in their own sector, leading by example and playing their part in changing the culture of an industry which can lag behind.
“We need to educate our customers about quality of sustainable products, to get away from a culture where price is everything, towards those who are running their businesses properly and do things correctly. So we’re proud to be associated with such a forward-thinking company.”
Joanne Moore, group sustainability manager at The P & M Group, added: “I’m delighted that we have a local, committed partner to support us with this, who understands the journey we have undertaken and is keen to make a difference in our sector and more broadly. We have already set a high bar in terms of our goals around waste performance but we can strive to do better in our own operations and by supporting our collaborators to do the same.”
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