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Battling torrential weather conditions in the Scottish Highlands, Andy arrived home on the 30^th May having successfully completed his nine-day charity bike ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats.

Andy has been a keen cyclist since Futures Supplies set up its Green Travel Plan, purchased pool bikes, installed showers and lockers to promote the use of green sustainable travel to the workforce back in 2004.

With the help of kind support and sponsorship from friends, customers, suppliers and fellow members of staff, Andy raised a massive £5,000 on behalf of leading UK children’s charity Action Medical Research.

Andy said, “The ride was very gruelling but I am glad I did it, arriving at John O’Groats was very emotional – thanks to everyone who supported me.”

Well-done Andy, what a truly amazing and fantastic achievement!

With only six days to go excitement is mounting as Andy, Futures Supplies’ Office Manager, makes final preparations for his mammoth 1,000-mile charity bike ride from Lands’ End to John O’Groats on behalf of leading children’s charity Action Medical Research.

The event which runs from 22nd to 30th May 2011 will start on the most south-westerly tip of England and Andy will pedal his way through stunning counties such as Cornwall and Devon, head north along the Welsh border before skirting the Lake District into Scotland encountering lochs and highlands before hitting the North Coast and the most northern point of Britain, John O’Groats. completing a course of almost 1,000 miles.

Action Medical Research is a leading UK charity focusing on child health and Andrew is hoping to raise £5,000 to help fund their vital research. Training since summer 2010, Andy has taken part in several of the charities 100-mile day rides in preparation for the massive 115 mile average a day he will be cycling.

Please join with us in supporting Andy and sponsor him today by following the link www.action.org.uk/sponsor/ahills

Celebrating the best of Croydon’s business talent, more than 40 shortlisted businesses out of hundreds of initial entries went head to head in the finals of The Croydon Business Awards 2011.

The ceremony and Gala Dinner held at Fairfield Halls on the evening of 13^th April saw Futures Supplies & Support Services Ltd presented with a fantastic double win on the night.

Recognised and rewarded for our exceptional commitment to delivering sustainable cleaning solutions and for our CSR activities, we were announced winners in both the ‘Best Business for Sustainability’ and ‘Best Business for Community Contribution’ categories.

The Croydon Business Awards 2011 in association with Barclays have been developed by South London Business in order to reward and celebrate the most dynamic and innovative businesses in the borough.

Futures Supplies was also ‘Highly Commended’ in the ‘Best Business for Training & Development’ and ‘Best Medium Sized Business’.

We are living, breathing proof that you can run a profitable, sustainable and successful business and still change lives through engaging and supporting the local and wider community.

At Futures Supplies, we see supporting young people as our legacy. Give a young, unemployed person an opportunity …and helping to build the future for generations to come.

Thanks to EVERYONE for your support!

Here at Futures Supplies, we like to think we do our best to understand different customer perspectives. We appreciate that their values, beliefs and expectations are key to us delivering our customers exceptional value and service levels.

 We are passionate about customer service and keen to continually improve our offering, its our aim to add value every step of the way. As part of this commitment, we regularly undertake direct customer satisfaction surveys in the hope this helps us better understand your needs and consistently deliver exceptional customer service levels every step of the way.

We would like to take this opportunity of thanking those customers that took the time to take part in the recent survey and thought you might like to share in a small selection of the positive comments:-

• “I’m very happy with your service, attention and quick delivery”.
• “You’re Brill”.
• “I deal directly with Adam who goes above and beyond the call of duty, he calls on a regular basis which is great as it means its something I don’t need to worry about”.
• “Tracey our account manager has been absolutely brilliant’ she has looked at and addressed our needs”.
• “I think you do an excellent job in a difficult world, I am well satisfied with the service and products”.
• “Our driver Tony goes above and beyond the call of duty for us”.

 Thank you millions!

Croydon Business Awards 2011 in association with Barclays, have been developed by South London Business, in order to reward and celebrate the many dynamic and innovative businesses in the borough.

Futures Supplies is delighted to have been shortlisted in not one, but four categories for these prestigious Awards which recognise true business excellence!

They are Best Medium Sized Business, Best Business for Community Contribution, Best Business for Training & Development and Best Business for Sustainability.

The winners of each category and the overall Business of the Year will be announced at a Gala and Awards Ceremony Dinner on 13^th April 2011 at Fairfield Halls, Croydon – keep your fingers crossed for us!

 

 

The Cleaning Show 2011 is organised every two years on behalf of the cleaning industry by BCCE Ltd , a company jointly owned by the British Cleaning Council and Quartz Publishing & Exhibitions.

Attracting thousands of visitors, it is the only major event where companies in the industry can get together and market, sell and promote their products to a truly international audience.

Dan and Marc, two of Futures Supplies’ key personnel were delighted to spend time at the show meeting with customers and suppliers to help continue to build partnerships and share in the latest innovations and ideas on offer.

The ‘Green Zone’ was particulary busy” said Dan, visitors were clearly looking for environmentally friendly products and green cleaning solutions. It really was a great show and well worth the trip!

Recognising that plastic packaging is a major problem due to the obvious waste issues, the fact it is made from crude oil – an increasingly scarce resource and the problems associated with oil spills and polution, Ecover has now been working for some 3 years to find a new alternative.

By harnessing the power of nature and applying some clever science, Ecover has introduced Plant-astic, a green plastic that’s 100% renewable, reusable and recyclable for all its bottles from April this year.

A simple process, Sugarcane is harvested to produce sugar, which is then fermented and distilled to produce ethonol. The ethonol is dehydrated to create ethylene, which is polymerized into Palnt-astic.

As the sugarcane is grown and harvested in harmony with its natural environment, the nearby Amazoian rainforests remian unaffected. In fact , sugarcane is one of the few plants that captures carbon and stores it safely away.

Environment Financial Magazine in its 2011 Voluntary Carbon Market Survey has named the CarbonNeutral Company as Best Offset Retailer.

The company was recognised as the top carbon management firm by more than 500 participants who were asked to consider the reliability, innovation, efficiency and speed of transacting, quality of service provided and influence on the market.

Futures Supplies has been delivering Carbon Neutral supplies since 2006 and has positioned us as an industry leader with one of the strongest and most credible approaches to climate change.

Demonstrating our commitment to reducing CO2 in accordance with leading edge quality assurance standards, the CarbonNeutral trademark is one of the world’s most recognised and robust brand marks for greenhouse gas emission reduction.

Committed to adding value for our customers at every level and through reducing the emissions associated with the supply chain, our carbon footprint is reduced to net zero.