Hale & Co (Drybrook)

About Hale & Co (Drybrook)

Company culture

Our mission is to be the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley’s leading Independent Builders Merchant always delivering outstanding customer service.

We also have a set of values that support our mission statement and represent “The way we do things”.

The Hales values are:-

• We put customers and staff (internal customers) at the heart of our business
• We achieve our goals through teamwork
• We do it once! We do it right!
• We communicate clearly and listen to one another
• We recognise and appreciate a job well done
• Our speed, knowledge, commitment and enthusiasm give us the edge
• We are committed to the business and work hard to succeed
• We invest in our staff so they can reach their full potential

Throughout its many years, Hales has established its success on the fact that it is totally committed to:

• “The original one stop concept”
• Providing quality and value for money products and services
• Recruiting and retaining the best people to join our team
• Providing a sound management team
  • Being part of the Hale’s management team calls for special skills. Our Managers and Supervisors need to fulfil a range of responsibilities that are essential to ensure long-term success and the further development of Hales. They must –
    • Ensure that they focus on Company values
    • Plan for the future, improving any area of the business that they can
    • Communicate regularly with employees, encouraging feedback
    • Enhance Hales competitive position because only the best companies have a long term future
    • Create a climate where employees can realise their potential, develop and update their skills regularly
    • Provide a safe working environment

We place a strong emphasis on both Company and Personal values and these values underline all the employment policies in our company handbook.

Employee benefits and perks

After successful completion of a three month qualifying period, prospective employees would be entitled to join the following…

• Group Personal Pension Scheme – a minimum 3% contribution from the employee, the Company will contribute 5%
• Private Medical Care Scheme
• Health Cashplan Scheme (covers more ‘day-to-day’ expenses than the above, such as dental and optical charges)
• Staff Purchase Scheme – cost plus 5% on most products (some exceptions apply)

Career development and growth

The development of our people is key to securing the future of Hale & Co. (Drybrook) Ltd and the construction industry more widely.

Where appropriate, we offer apprenticeships and a range of workplace and training opportunities via the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) Scheme. Despite being a comparatively small business, we aspire to be a great career destination. By subscribing to and actively promoting the Builders Merchant Federation Training Roadmap we encourage all of our employees to seek to develop themselves at work thereby helping to build better communities and enhance lives by providing a wide development curriculum offering in conjunction with our industry organisation.

This means upskilling existing colleagues and introducing new colleagues, who can bring different and enhanced capabilities and perspectives to the business and the wider construction supply sector.

Development for us is also about providing life skills, including digital skills, maths and English, so we retain existing colleagues, nurture new recruits and build a strong pipeline of talent that can help to modernise our business and facilitate modern methods of construction, benefitting our entire client base.

Apprenticeships

Where appropriate, we offer apprenticeships and a range of workplace and training opportunities via the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) Scheme.

EDI (equity, diversity & inclusion) initiatives

Hale & Co. (Drybrook) Ltd is committed to supporting, developing and promoting diversity and equality in all of its employment practices and activities and aims to establish an inclusive culture free from discrimination and based on the values of fairness, dignity and respect.  Hale & Co. will support and develop staff through providing everyone with access to facilities, personal and career development opportunities and employment on an equal basis regardless of race, national or ethic origin, disability, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, transgender identity or religion/belief.

Sustainability / environmental stewardship

We are aware that our activities can have an impact on the local environment.  Our environmental policy states our intentions in detail which will help us to achieve a sustainable development path.

At Hale & Co. (Drybrook) Ltd., we recognise the potential effect of our operations on the local, regional and global environment. As part of our objective to be the first choice Builders’ Merchants in the area, we are committed to minimising and controlling our impact on the environment through a series of continuous improvements.

We work towards reducing, reusing or recycling all our wastage from warehouses, yard and offices and we will strive to improve our environmental performance and to prevent pollution.

We are committed to meeting the requirements of all relevant legislation and regulations and, where no legislation exists, we will set our own minimum standards.

School ambassador

Louise Bremner-Foord

louise.bremner-foord@haleco.co.uk