Business Updates

Greenwood supports client training day with plant talks

At the beginning of the year, we joined our longstanding clients, Archway Green, on their annual staff training day. Internal Sales Co-ordinator Nathan Page, as well as Sales and CPD Co-ordinator  Garth Elkins attended the event, and gave talks to members of the team on tree sizing, plant identification, and common pests and diseases. Greenwood understands the importance of team knowledge, and we were delighted to attend.

Greenwood provide plants to London Showroom

Greenwood was thrilled to have partnered with innovative rooftop planter designers, Raaft Ltd, to provide plants for their new London Showroom. We designed a scheme for their rooftop planter systems, and installed it in late January. The showroom hosts hundreds of landscape architects per year, as well as regular events and CPD sessions. It was a privilege to be a part of this project.

Greenwood-funded PhD Student visits Fresh Acres

As you may know, Greenwood have partnered with the Royal Horticultural Society to joint-fund a PhD study into carbon budgeting of nursery grown plants and trees. In February, we welcomed Professor Jill Edmondson specialist in Ecosystem Sustainability at the University of Sheffield, RHS Head of Environmental Horticulture Dr Mark Gush, and our new PhD student Louie, to our Fresh Acres HQ for a tour. We’re looking forward to learning more about the amazing potential of trees and plants as the study progresses.

Greenwood trials electric delivery vehicle

Throughout February, Greenwood have been working with innovative electric vehicle company, Volta Trucks, trialling a fully electric HGV within our delivery network. The truck, which has been designed from the ground up to improve safety and reduce emissions, was used for a period of two weeks by longstanding Greenwood delivery drivers, Rolandas and Pawel, to understand the feasibility of using electric vehicles within our delivery fleet. Sustainability is one of our core values, and it has been exciting to take part in such an innovative project.

G Team members achieve qualifications

Growth is one of our core values, and yet more of the G Team have been expanding their knowledge and attaining valuable qualifications. We’re delighted to share that several more team members have now also passed their 3MAC (3 Month Accounting Course) from UBT, in addition to those who past last year, including Maggie Szczudlik, Grant Prudente, Nathan Page, Barbara Szczudlik, Veronika Kubankova, and Hayley Presley. Hayley has now also passed her AAT level 2 qualification. This is an internationally recognised accounting qualification, demonstrating standardised practical accounting skills. Lastly, Ceara Bailey recently passed her ethics and law exam, achieving her CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting. Please join us in congratulating these G Team members for their achievements!

Thank you for your employee survey responses

A massive thank you to everybody who took the time to fill in our employee survey over the last few weeks of February. The G Team is Greenwood’s greatest asset, and your insight, thoughts and suggestions are incredibly valuable to us. Furthermore, following popular demand, we can confirm that we will be once again holding a summer G Team event. We look forward to more teambuilding activities in the sun!

G Team focus: Pawel Czyzykiewicz & Rolandas Slazikas

Pawel and Rolandas are two of our longest serving drivers, pictured above with Tony from Volta. Their job is to ensure the timely delivery and safe arrival of our plants to our clients’ sites. As the final step in the client journey, our drivers are vital in ensuring our effortless client experience is delivered in full. Recently, Pawel and Rolandas were both chosen as the drivers to feature in our Volta Truck trial, representing the company in driving change through electric powered vehicles. The pair were trained in driving the innovative ‘Volta Zero’ truck, and as the most experienced drivers at Greenwood, their feedback was valuable to our overall insight we gained into using electric delivery vehicles within our transport fleet.