18th May 2004
Gist wins top safety award
Supply chain specialist Gist has won a prestigious safety award from the British Safety Council. Only companies with below average accident rates are eligible.
Gist is responsible for managing the supply chains of some of the UK’s biggest high street chains, including Marks & Spencer, New Look, Budgens and Carlsberg UK. It is one of only about 1000 winners from large and small enterprises all over the country in the public and private sectors. They faced a tough test in order to satisfy the independent Awards Panel.
Winners must have lower than average accident rates, good safety policies and safety plans, and commitment to health and safety at the highest board level. They must detail their health and safety officers’ qualifications and provide details of significant advances in health and safety for the year, plus notification of any impending health and safety legal action.
Mr David Ballard, Director General of the British Safety Council, says: “The National Safety Awards highlight organisations that reach top levels of health and safety. They are a mark of a proven and significant achievement in safety standards. By making safety an important feature of everyday work practice, Gist is reducing accidents and ill health while improving productivity and profitability.”
Richard Watson, General Manager at Gist in Crewe, said: “We’re all delighted we’ve won this award. Safety is of prime importance across the whole of Gist and the whole team here at Crewe has worked really hard to make a difference, not just to our performance, but our everyday behaviour.”
Prime Minister Tony Blair sent a message to winners via his office: “I send my congratulations to all of those organisations being presented today with a National Safety Award by the British Safety Council. These awards recognise the crucial success that these organisations and their employees have achieved in their pursuit of excellence in the management of health, safety and environmental matters. I welcome this opportunity to publicly recognise the valuable contribution that the British Safety Council makes in promoting health, safety and environmental best practice”.
Winning companies are invited to attend a banquet in London on May 21st, the biggest event in the safety calendar. Guests will hear a keynote speech from George Brumwell, General Secretary of the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians. They will also enjoy a variety of entertainment.
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Note to editors:
Gist combines leading edge experience and expertise to offer a range of supply chain solutions from design, set up, implementation and operational management through to supply chain consulting services.
Gist, based in the United Kingdom, has its head office at Basingstoke in Hampshire. However, Gist’s 4,500 employees operate out of 28 locations, providing a full range of intellectual and asset-based business offering in the UK, continental Europe, Asia, Australasia and North America.
Gist’s customers (including Ocado, Marks & Spencer, British Airways, Carlsberg UK, New Look and Budgens) operate in a wide range of commercial and industrial sectors, including grocery, electronics, apparel and gas.
Dynamic supply chain management is critical to the success of businesses across the globe. Gist has the ability to transform supply chains through intelligent application of innovative leading edge technology, unique solutions tailored to customers’ strategies, managing change and embracing and enhancing the supply chain proposition. With industry specific experience, expertise and excellence, Gist’s solutions bring end-to-end visibility and implementation, from concept to delivery.
As part of The BOC Group, which serves two million customers in more than 50 countries, Gist also benefits from BOC’s global capability, synergy and scale.
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