£1m contract for inspirational contractor
A cleaning contractor, who is paralysed from the chest down following a freak accident, has won a £1m cleaning contract for the family firm with his old school’s multi academy trust.
Harry Lewis was 19 when he tripped over a carpet strip in a doorway and broke his neck, but at 27 is now Office Manager of Worcestershire-based Lewis Cleansing.
His mum Jenny started the company in the village of Far Forest 15 years ago, and with dad Jason also a Director and younger brother Charlie working as Stores Manager, the business has grown with contacts across different sectors, including the NHS.
They were already providing cleaning services for primary schools belonging to the Severn Academies Educational Trust, Hartlebury CE, Stourport Primary Academy and Wilden All Saints, when Harry submitted the tender to add his former school Baxter College in Kidderminster and Stourport High School.
Mrs Lewis said: “Harry has been through so much and he is an amazing, inspirational person. I’m so proud he put together this successful bid – it really is the cherry on top of the cake.”
Harry added: “I feel delighted to have been given the chance. I really didn’t expect to win it because we’re a small company and we were going up against national firms.”
The three-year contact, with the potential of a further two years, has enabled them to employ an additional 20 people as well as taking on the existing cleaning staff at the two secondary schools.
MBE for Sodexo Contract Director
Sodexo has announced that Tony Eleftheriou has been awarded a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours list, for services to the British Military in Cyprus.
Tony is the Contract Director for Sodexo in Cyprus. He joined the team there in 2003 as Operations Manager and has over the years held numerous positions
before being appointed Contract Director in 2018.
He is responsible for the delivery of a wide range of soft FM services by a team of around 800 Sodexo employees on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) supporting British Forces Cyprus (BFC) in the Sovereign Base Areas.
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Tony commented: “I am honoured to receive an MBE. It is very much a team award as I could not have achieved it without the determination, commitment, and hard work of all those that work with me.”
Sodexo provides a range of services including catering, cleaning, waste services and logistics support at six military bases in Cyprus that are home to deployed troops and their families. Over the years, Tony and his team have provided valuable support with operations such as Op Shader and the provision of humanitarian aid of food, water and shelter to refugees who landed on beaches at RAF Akrotiri.
More recently, Tony has led his team with considerable empathy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining a careful balance of both service provision and safeguarding welfare for his team, sub-contractors and customers alike.
Paul Anstey, CEO Government at Sodexo UK & Ireland, said: “We are immensely proud of Tony. He is an exceptional leader and has worked tirelessly over the years to provide excellence and compassion in sometimes challenging and unexpected situations. It is testament to the respect he has earned for his outstanding commitment and hard work that he’s been recognised with this honour.”
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