Bradfords Building Supplies

About Bradfords Building Supplies

Bradfords is the leading independent supplier of building materials in the South West.  Proud of our heritage and progressive in our thinking, we exceed out customer expectations through:

• providing expert advice
• carefully selecting product ranges
• providing a responsive service
• being consistently good value

For over 250 years, Bradfords has been a cornerstone in the South West, proudly serving communities across the region. From humble beginnings in 1770, we’ve grown to over 45 branches across the West Country and remain a successful family-owned business with a dedicated team of over 800 people, passionate about what we do.

Company culture

As a multi-site business, working safely and believing you are part of a great team is hugely important to us. We know that work plays a large role in most people’s lives.  To come to work each day and and be part of a successful team makes a real difference.

Many people join us with little or no understanding of the building materials sector and our teams excel at sharing their knowledge and helping others to build their skills.

We are a friendly and supportive business with a real appetite to help people reach their full potential.

Employee benefits and perks

At Bradfords, we firmly believe that our people are the key to our success. We want to have and retain the very best people. Reward and recognition  is a great way of saying thank you to those who work with us. It also helps us to attract the very best people.  Our benefits and perks include:

LONG SERVICE AWARDS
Awards for employees who give so much time to the company – starting at three year’s service.

EMPLOYEE PERKS, SAVINGS AND DISCOUNTS
We offer all employees and their families great savings and discounts at over 900 retailers like Waitrose, John Lewis, M&S, Тesco, Sky, Amazon, Expedia, Hotels.com & Virgin Holidays to name but a few.

CANDIDATE REFERRAL SCHEME
Earn £100 for referring a suitable candidate to work at Bradfords.

BRADFORDS DISCOUNTS
Employees and their friends and family can buy Bradfords products at highly discounted prices.

REWARD AND RECOGNITION
Managers can reward employees who have gone above and beyond the course of duty. Rewards are usually shopping, restaurant or holiday vouchers. Employees can also nominate colleagues for special awards & send ecards to celebrate successes.

FITNESS DISCOUNTS
A great range of fitness benefits for our employees whether you want to join the gym, take a boot camp class, fitness memberships, or buy your own kit.

WELLBEING
The Wellbeing Centre is a portal with key ideas and video content for mental, physical and financial wellbeing that will help employees on the road to a happier, healthier lifestyle.

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCEPROGRAMME 24/7
The EAP provides employees and their families with professional, confidential support and advice on a number of issues, including legal, financial, medical, counselling, work, family and stress.

CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME
Contributory pension where, if the
employee contributes 4% of salary, the company will also contribute 4%.

LIFE INSURANCE COVER
Life cover is payable at x1 gross salary for all employees and x4 gross salary for all employees contributing 4% into the company pension scheme.
ENHANCED MATERNITY, PATERNITY AND ADOPTION PAY 

CAR PARKING
All employees are provided with free car parking at all our sites.

WHISTLEBLOWING LINE
Doing the right thing is important, and our whistle blowing telephone line is free and independently managed.

EYE CARE VOUCHERS
For employees who spend a substantial amount of time using computers at work, we can provide vouchers towards the cost of eye care

SUPPORT THROUGHOUT FERTILITY TREATMENT
Up to 5 days paid leave in any one year for an employee undergoing fertility treatment. This also applies to an employee whose partner is undergoing treatment.

MISCARRIAGE SUPPORT
Time off and emotional support available for any employee or partner experiencing pregnancy loss.

Career development and growth

We need to have the very best people – who live our VALUES, who are COMMITTED to Bradfords, who CARE about what they do, who CONSISTENTLY give great service and who always look for ways to INNOVATE.

It’s also important that we provide learning and development opportunities for people to build their career with us.

From entry level apprenticeships, through to senior management development, we can help you succeed. Having the right approach to learning and a desire to develop your skills set is an important factor.  We have a wide range of development opportunities including apprenticeships, on-the-job learning and accredited skills training as well as manager and senior management development programmes, all of which are supported by a variety of training methods.  We know that face-to-face training provides the best outcomes for our business and this is how we prefer to train people, complemented by online learning which allows you to access information and learn at your pace.

Apprenticeships

We are proud of our apprentices and the apprenticeships we offer.  All our apprentices quickly establish themselves as key team players, often becoming the most multi-skilled person in their teams.  Our apprenticeships start at entry level (Level 2) and as part of their programme, apprentices are given opportunities to learn about the wider business and meet key people from different business areas in addition to working out of different business and branch locations to get a better understanding of how things are done.

All our apprentices are offered permanent roles at the end of their apprenticeship and we continue to support and help them develop during their time with us.

EDI (equity, diversity & inclusion) initiatives

Bradfords is committed to providing a working environment in which everyone feels valued and respected and is able to pursue a rewarding career whilst contributing to the success of our business.

We believe that there are benefits to having a diverse workforce and aim to ensure that everyone can enjoy equal opportunities in an environment which is free from discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation.

We oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of colour, race, nationality, ethnic origin, sex, marital status, disability, part-time or fixed term status, parental responsibilities, age, religion/belief or sexual orientation.

School ambassador

Lynda Moore

lynda.moore@bradfords.co.uk

We aim to work closely with schools and colleges and support a variety of initiatives to help people as they start to make career choices.  Along with work experience placements, we offer career support through mock interviews, CV writing techniques, career journey talks and through attending careers fairs and events.