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| Commercial catering equipment company Carford Group has achieved Investors in People status. Ferndown-based Carford distributes catering equipment from around the world, provides kitchen design and project management services, manufactures its own stainless steel kitchen systems and provides full servicing support from directly-employed engineers. It employs 100 staff, based mostly at its Ferndown Industrial Estate head office and has an annual turnover of £8 million. Carford was praised in its assessment for involvement of the directors and managers in helping and developing members of staff.
The report also highlighted a number of good career development trails, with many individuals joining from school and going on to become highly-trained and skilled workers and managers. Managing director Nick Oryino himself began life with the company as an engineer. |
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