Rob Westell joins the business as Estates & Planning Director

Rob is a Chartered Minerals Surveyor and joins Raymond Brown from Aggregate Industries, where he was based for over 17 years and held responsibility for the Planning and Estates Department across the UK, the Channel Islands and Norway.

Rob’s appointment comes at an exciting time when the business has several projects in the pipeline.

He will lead on planning strategy within the business, focusing on developing existing sites and new areas of opportunity whilst ensuring that as plans evolve, and throughout, community engagement remains a key priority.

Raymond Brown commit to new road safety initiative as tipper lorries are rebranded to a more visible colour

Raymond Brown announce commitment to the new road safety initiative as tipper lorries are rebranded to a more visible colour.

Raymond Brown have announced their commitment the Project Pictogram road safety initiative as they rebrand their tipper lorries to a more visible colour.

Project Pictogram is a fleet, business and community road safety communication aimed at reducing risks across our roads.  It is focussed on the ‘Fatal Factor’ driver behaviour risks present in almost all Killed or Serious Injury (KSI) collisions.  Raymond Brown is applying the five Pictogram stickers to all 82 of its vehicles and by doing so will provide daily on-road reminders of these key risks to all motorists on every journey.  The business will also be taking the road safety messages into local schools as part of its Community Matters initiative.

Chief Operating Officer, Steve Clasby commented: “We are very excited to be rolling out Project Pictogram across our entire fleet of vehicles.  Safety is at the forefront of everything we do and engaging with the community has always been a key priority for our business.  It creates an industry standard to which our fleet can align and ties in with the rebrand of our tipper lorries to a fresh new colour, promoting our commitment to sustainability and ensuring that our vehicles are clearly visible on roads.  Project Pictogram is an excellent road safety communication initiative which promotes safer, freer flowing roads.”

Caroline Nokes, MP for Romsey & Southampton North joined the Raymond Brown team for the unveiling of their new safety focused livery which incorporates the pictograms.  An active supporter of the initiative since 2015, she echoed the Prime Minister’s calls for cultural change: “This sort of community engagement initiative is exactly the type of motivator which can shift understanding of risks. Instinctively we all know which activities are dangerous whilst driving, and the pictograms will provide daily reminders of what we all have to pay much more heed to.”

Raymond Brown achieve Investors in People Accreditation

Raymond Brown has been recognised for the way it supports and develops its staff with the UK’s leading people management standard, the Investors in People Accreditation.

Investors in People is the UK’s most successful framework for business improvement through people management.  Raymond Brown was recognised for its commitment to attracting, retaining and nurturing good people, with assessors specifically highlighting directors’ efforts to build an open and transparent culture.

For Raymond Brown, the accolade represents a commitment to developing, supporting and motivating of their colleagues, tying in with their ‘Great Place to Work’ initiative.

Raymond Brown are making tangible improvements as part of their ‘Great Place to Work’ initiative which is currently being rolled out across the business and their 230 employees.  The initiative focuses on five key areas; training/development, employee engagement, leadership, employee benefits and the workplace environment.  A number of developments have been made over the past six months, including implementing a flexible benefits package, a new management training programme and identifying and developing three new core values; Passion, Responsibility and Engagement.

Stuart Harris, Chief Executive commented: “The Investors in People Accreditation demonstrates a great workplace, an outperforming employer and a clear commitment to sustainability.

We are proud to have such a professional and talented team and we look forward to further building on our values and ensuring continuous improvement.”

The national standard is tough to achieve and awarded to just 10,345 organisations in the UK.