The world’s leader in the habitat and construction markets, Saint-Gobain Building Distribution has appointed Regent Samsic to clean in excess of 350 building materials distribution sites located from Bristol and Wales to northern England and Scotland.
The £1 million plus contract sets off a strong start to the year for Regent Samsic, who also added two further sites to its national contract with Vertu Motors, the UK’s 6th largest motor retail dealership, amongst further business gains and retentions.
With 2013 sales of €42 billion, Saint-Gobain operates in 64 countries and employs over 190,000 people worldwide (including over 17,000 in the UK & Ireland), in the design, manufacture and distribution of building and high-performance materials.
Regent Samsic won the cleaning contract to the company’s UK sites in the face of stiff competition and in under three weeks mobilised over 360 new and existing personnel to retail sites operated by Jewson amongst other major High Street brands.
“Our teams did a fantastic job getting to sites, quickly meeting the staff and putting processes in place to ensure a swift and easy transfer from the previous incumbent to ourselves. I can only describe this as a prestigious business win for the company and a fantastic start to the year,” says Regent Samsic joint managing director, John Critchell.
“We’ve accrued a lot of experience providing support services to large retail sites and we’re looking forward to bringing that experience to bear at Saint-Gobain Building Distribution,” he adds.
“One Jewson branch manager in Aberdeen described working with us as a breath of fresh air finally dealing with a company that was actually interested in what goes on. He said one of our team worked like a Trojan and did more in three hours than had been done over the previous three months!”
Regent Samsic also made further additions to its long standing contract with Hertfordshire County Council, and in Wales retained a further three-year large cleaning contract on behalf of Monmouth Comprehensive School.