The corporate’s dynamic response to Covid-19 meant it began 2021 with a powerful order guide, permitting it to put money into all of its websites, with new gear and equipment to enhance efficiencies.
Main roof tile producer Russell Roof Tiles has launched a serious recruitment drive for what it’s anticipating will likely be a report 12 months for the enterprise.
RRT is predicting 2021 will likely be its greatest 12 months ever, with a predicted improve in turnover of 40% 12 months on 12 months. This is because of huge market progress in addition to the corporate’s put up Covid technique, which noticed the agency resume manufacturing in a totally Covid-compliant method, earlier than its opponents.
RRT’s dynamic response to Covid-19 meant that the corporate began 2021 with a powerful order guide, permitting it to put money into all of its websites, with new gear and equipment to enhance efficiencies. The agency now wants new recruits to assist it proceed to satisfy demand.
Andrew Hayward, Managing Director at RRT, mentioned: “We’re actually Constructing Again Higher, with a predicted improve in turnover of 40% 12 months on 12 months. 2021 will likely be an distinctive 12 months for the enterprise, so, we’ve got created two further shifts to assist meet demand. What we now want are new recruits to hitch our nice group to assist us to proceed to develop.”
Regardless of ceasing manufacturing when the primary nationwide lockdown was introduced in March 2020, the enterprise was shortly in a position to restart manufacturing in any respect of its three websites in Might final 12 months. This meant that RRT has been in a position to keep good lead occasions and fulfil a rising order guide, as development bounced again.
The corporate is recruiting for mechanical engineers and operators for its websites in addition to forklift truck drivers and can be taking over apprentices to nurture children to begin a profession in manufacturing.
RRT is the most important impartial producer of concrete derivatives within the UK pitched roofing market and at the moment employs 140 workers throughout its three websites (two in Burton) and Lochmaben, Scotland.