Pictured: Trent Barton staff Aiden Leake, Clive
Hartshorne and Billy Hull, with Giltbrook Cleaners account manager
Colin Barnett and Giltbrook Cleaners CEO Chris Jackson
Workwear specialist laundry Giltbrook Cleaners has won a
three-year contract to supply and service uniforms for East
Midlands bus operator Trent Barton.
The Ilkeston-based company is providing around 2,500 pieces of
specialist clothing to Trent Barton employees working in seven
depots across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and south
Yorkshire.
The high visibility embroidered boiler suits, jackets, trousers
and polo shirts are worn by the 185-strong team that services and
maintains Trent Barton's bus fleet in Langley Mill, Nottingham,
Loughborough, Derby, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Buxton, Ashbourne and
Sheffield.
To date, it is the largest contract in the public transport
sector won by Giltbrook Cleaners, which has one of the most
advanced specialist workwear laundries in Europe.
"We are very pleased to have secured the contract to supply and
service workwear for Trent Barton," said Chris Jackson, CEO at
Giltbrook Cleaners. "Like us, they are a business committed to
their local area and we are proud that we are playing a part in
keeping their operation running smoothly by maintaining the
uniforms of the team that keeps the buses on the roads."
Trent Barton is one of the first customers of the Derbyshire
commercial laundry to be able to take advantage of a tracking
workwear system with developments in place to link through to the
new customer portal on the Giltbrook company website, at
www.giltbrookworkwear.co.uk. This will enable firms to log in and
track garments through the wash cycle and have up-to-date
management information at their finger tips on staff workwear
uniforms.
"We are investing in the latest technology which means that at a
moment's notice, clients can check what stage any garment is at and
gather all the necessary information," said Chris Jackson. "The
information is there, 24 hours a day. It represents a leap forward
for us in terms of customer service."
All the garments supplied to Trent Barton comply with EN471, an
EU standard for high-visibility warning clothing, and feature the
company's embroidered logo and individual names of staff, giving a
personal touch to their uniforms.
They are serviced at Giltbrook Cleaners' unit at Mercian Close,
Manners Industrial Estate, Ilkeston, which has a rainwater
harvesting, water recycling and reusing system, a high-efficiency
hot water generation boiler, and the latest garment conveyor
systems and monitoring through barcode and high- frequency micro
chip technology.
The unit also has specialist hygiene management systems.
Dick Woods, health and safety and facilities officer, at Trent
Barton, said: "We've been delighted with Giltbrook Cleaners and the
seamless way they have taken on the contract and worked with our
staff. The quality of the garments, cleanliness and the aftercare
service has made a big difference to our staff and feedback has
been excellent."
Giltbrook Cleaners is a family-run business, which has been
operating for more than 60 years and employs 43 people. Its clients
include companies working in a range of sectors such as food and
drink, engineering, hospitality, pharmaceutical and transport.
It is a leading supplier in workwear rental and cleaning, dust
mat and logo mat provision and cleaning, locker and washroom
services.