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Bunzl CHS Waves Farewell To Eric Wright After 36 Years Of Service
After 36 years of dedicated service as Purchasing Manager at Bunzl Cleaning and Hygiene Supplies (BCHS) Eric Wright is set to retire at the end of April 2015.
Eric Wright joined the Willenhall Branch of the company in January 1979, which was then known as Initial Supplies, where he worked tirelessly as a Commercial Manager for the business before working his way up to the role of Purchasing Manager.
During his time with the business, Eric was hugely influential in acquisitions and integration, and helped shape the numerous acquisitions the business made before Initial Supplies was later purchased by Bunzl CHS.
Despite having many highlights during his extensive years of service, Eric has recognised the part he played in making environmentally friendly product ranges an integral part of
KitchCleanse Celebrates 12
Years In Business A recognised Knowsley-based cleaning provider is celebrating its 12-year anniversary this month.
Established in April 2003 by Director Mike Brougham, KitchCleanse is renowned across the UK for providing specialist services including full kitchen, extraction, duct work and oven deep cleaning and maintenance to meet and excel legally enforced hygiene regulations.
With more than 100 local and national 16
the company’s offering, which at the time was an innovative move. Working closely with Defra to have
clients ranging from the hospitality, industrial and public sectors, KitchCleanse has continued to secure custom from big names such as Booker Ltd, Michelin, Royal Albert Hall and the Home Retail Group.
Mike said: “Having worked in a range of roles across the hospitality and food and beverage sectors ever since a young age, I felt that I had gained the knowledge and expertise needed to start up my own cleaning company.
“It seems like only yesterday that I took the plunge to set up KitchCleanse and looking back it makes me realise just how much the team and I have accomplished over the past decade or so. Every day we are faced with new and exciting
the Ecoflower range approved, this enabled the company to be the first commercial market to offer the range.
When not driving forward innovation, Eric’s day to day duties involved maintenance of the product code and purchasing system which is still used today, and planning product catalogues.
Speaking of Eric’s retirement, Mike Kenny, Managing Director at Bunzl CHS, said: “Eric has played a major part over the years in making BCHS such a successful and key player with Bunzl UK and Ireland.
“He has been a constant source of knowledge and assistance to me, as well as to many of my colleagues and peers. I have never met anyone who knows quite as much about the janitorial industry as Eric does and there is very little that he doesn’t know about our products and services.
“I have personally known Eric for 20 years since the acquisition of BCL supplies and can honestly say that he is one of the nicest people you could hope to meet both in business and socially.
“It has been a pleasure working with Eric; and he will be an extremely hard act to follow.”
challenges which allow us to broaden our skill set and develop as a team.
“We are proud to currently hold a 97% client retainer rate due to our quality of service and holistic approach to business. With this in mind we believe that our success comes from understanding our customers and providing services that are tailored specifically to them. In doing so we are able to certify current hygiene standards to ensure clean, safe work environments – be it in hotels and restaurants or schools and care homes.”
With national clients stretching as far as Glasgow and Devon, Mike and the team of ten are currently exploring the possibilities of opening a London-
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