Lawsons: Careers in Builders Merchants

Lawsons
Merchant / Distributor

Head office

Address: Tyttenhanger Farm , Coursers Road Colney Heath, Hertfordshire, AL4 0PG

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Sub brands:

AVS Fencing
Oxford Fencing
Briants

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About Lawsons

Established in 1921, the Lawsons Group is now the largest independent Timber, Building Materials & Fencing merchant in London and the Southeast, with branches located from Lincolnshire to the South Coast.
With over 700 team members and a turnover in excess of £175 million, the Group includes 18 Lawsons branches and 12 branches of AVS Fencing & Landscaping Supplies, in addition to Briants of Risborough, Southill Sawmills, The Landscape Centre, Oxford Fencing Supplies and Witham Timber.

Company culture

The term “family” really is the perfect way to describe our company and the culture we have built since we were founded back in 1921. Professionalism, quality and ambition run through all aspects of our daily work.
People join us because they want to work for a brand where they have their own individual impact, and their personalities can shine. We allow people to grow, mature and reach the potential of their own skills and abilities.
Each of our branches have their own unique culture, but all our workspaces share that sense of camaraderie that really defines our family culture. Colney Heath is our HQ and the heartbeat of company operations.

Employee benefits and perks

• EAP – axa
• Minimum of 25 days (plus bank holidays) annual leave per year and your Birthday off
• Team Members Purchase Scheme
• Pension
• Death in Service
• Income Protection Plan
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Team Member gifts for Special occasions
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season ticket loan.

Career development and growth

We take the development of our teams seriously and encourage continued development, including offering formal CIPD and Finance sponsorship as well as offering “Warehouse to Wheels” training, which sponsors team members that wish to gain their HGV license
Our Graduate Academy is a 24-month programme and has been designed to allow the individual to be fully immersed in the operation through rotational placements and externally provided courses to support with learning and development.
We also offer an Apprenticeship that during the first year will offer a level 2 Trade Supplier qualification. This will support and help the individual to gain a strong understanding of how our branches work, progressing in Year 2 onto a level 3 qualification in either sales, customer service, team leadership or operations.

EDI (equity, diversity & inclusion) initiatives

We are committed to treating all team members and applicants for employment with respect and dignity, and we prohibit discrimination. We recruit, train, develop, promote, and provide conditions of employment without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to an ongoing review of our policies and practices in the areas of recruitment, talent development, promotion, and reward to ensure that we provide fair and equitable opportunities.

Sustainability / environmental stewardship

Lawsons (Whetstone) Ltd timber merchants aspire to adopt and apply the principles of sustainable development to meet our needs in the present without affecting the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs.
Lawsons will aspire to achieve this aim by the following measures:
1. To monitor and improve the company’s environmental performance on a continual basis. This will be achieved by following the guidance to BS8555 2003:
“The phased implementation of an environmental management system including the use of environmental performance evaluation” (via Project Acorn). This system will be used as a stepwise approach towards achieving ISO14001 accreditation in due course.
2. We will seek to adopt the highest available environmental standards in all our areas of operation in so far as is reasonably practical.
3. We shall use the principles of waste minimization and energy conservation to optimize our business performance and minimize our impact on the environment.
4. We will adopt an environmentally sound transport strategy, purchase fuel efficient vehicles and operate the fleet to maximum overall efficiency.
5. Assess the environmental impacts of the company’s operation now and in the future and set in place measures to minimize pollution arising there from.
6. We expect our suppliers to adopt similar environmental standards.