Weston’s ‘Unified Team’ is, in fact, the entire organisation. It is everybody who works in or supports every process; because all share the four Weston values and help deliver them in terms of unrivalled customer support, trail blazing service and globally competitive cost.

At Weston, working methodologies ensure that everybody’s efforts are aligned to achieve a set of common objectives. Key to this is understanding how we can help one another. To this end, there are many interdependencies: between teams and individuals. The result is that everyone supports each other, we become a cohesive force which collectively attains the goals we have committed to.

At Weston we BELIEVE business should be fun, and we do all in our power to make sure everyone enjoys themselves. Cordiality is the hallmark here – staff and customers like it that way! The underlying strategy is, of course, that happy people are productive people.

This said, we believe in challenging our people to develop existing skills and learn new ones. At any one time, approximately 15% of our 230+ employees are undertaking some form of training programme. Such is the focus on staff development that we were recently benchmarked as the best Investors in People company in the Northwest of England.

Another aspect of Weston that adds to the continuity and stability is that staff turnover is low and, wherever possible, most vacancies are filled internally. A significant number of people have worked for Weston for much of their professional lives. As customers find when they visit us, pride in the company and passion about its capabilities are common threads throughout the organisation.

We also have an absolute belief in the adoption of the latest and best business practices, the need to continuously invest in new technology and to constantly reshape the company as new challenges come along. Consequently, the dynamic at Weston is exciting, fresh and vibrant.