To celebrate the success of Safewell and mark the 15th year of business, managing director and business owner Nick Evans, with friend and fellow cyclist Ross Clewley, plans and completes a centenary cycle ride for Safewell’s birthday each year. This year however was more challenging than previous years due to having to start later because of bad weather, 4 (or was it 5?) flat tyres, a few extra coffee stops to warm up and the failing of the light forever approaching (disclaimer: they do ride with lights!). All this combined adds an increased mental challenge along with a good physical thrashing. The mettle of both men pulled them through and they pushed on to get the ride completed. Heading out from Royal Wootton Bassett up Broad town hill and on to Marlborough, from there on to Wantage and then Burford. Passing through Cricklade and back to Royal Wootton Bassett to finish, a total distance of 103.79 miles was completed. A big well done to Nick and Ross for this year’s ride!
We have worked with Safewell for many years and are retained clients, so we have developed an excellent working relationship with the team. However, this really came into its own when Covid 19 appeared.
As a Plumbing and Heating business, we were able to carry on working during the lockdown but only for responding to emergencies. We were obviously very concerned about the health and safety of our employees and before we even had chance to get in touch with Safewell, they had emailed us offering their assistance. It is hard to put down on paper how that made us feel - we like everyone else felt totally at sea, which way to turn, what to do? But Safewell were there guiding, supporting and being totally brilliant. Their attention to detail is very impressive and reassuring and we feel able to ask lots of questions without feeling silly.
During the pandemic Safewell helped us to write risk assessments, safety procedures and protocols. They kept in touch regularly, issuing new guidance as soon as it appeared and checking in with us. They held group Q&A sessions over Zoom which were helpful, and knowing other businesses were facing the same challenges and having the opportunity to discuss issues was invaluable. Their help during the preparation for a full return to work was brilliant, they enabled us to be fully prepared and feel in control, and when we had our first case of Covid within the team, because we had planned our response it felt ok.
I think our team felt very reassured by our robust approach and that our office was Covid secure. We are extremely grateful to all the team at Safewell
