Reach and Rescue Ltd
Reach and Rescue is a leading manufacturer of water rescue equipment, supplying to emergency services and search and rescue teams, plusmultiple global industries includingmaritime, military and construction. The company is overjoyed to receive a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for its long-reach telescopic water rescue pole – an innovation that celebrated a decade of saving lives in 2020. The self-developed long-reach telescopic water rescue pole is unrivalled. It enables rescue operatives to conduct swift,
They encounter new, unique and often dangerous situations every day. Through open dialogue, we develop new solutions which overcome the dangers they face.” Reach and Rescue’s innovation is available for the public to use too. The Portsafe public-access water rescue system features the pole securely stored within an emergency throwline board. Numerous Portsafes are located at high-risk public waterways across the UK. REACHAND RESCUE LTD WinegroHouse, WorthingtonWay, WiganWN3 6XE Tel: +44 (0)3301 595088 • sales@reachandrescue.com reachandrescue.com @rescuepoles @ReachandRescue Reachand Rescue Ltd
Reach and Rescue’s long-reach telescopic water rescue pole in action.
“Creating innovative and bespoke rescue equipment designed to keep operatives safe is the heart of what we do,”says Director JoTaylor MBE. “It is our passion to take an idea and develop it via our state-of-the-art design process into a product that overcomes the real-world challenges faced by rescuers.” Reach and Rescue is able to continually produce innovative solutions for its customers through the pole’s range of interchangeable attachments, allowing rescuers tomeet the demands of any rescue situation. Jo adds: “Our ethos is the same today as it was a decade ago – address the needs of our customers.
directionally accurate rescues by retrieving casualties from safe distances, minimising the danger posed to rescuers while boosting casualty survival chances. The pole was developed in response to UK Fire and Rescue Services’need for effective water rescue equipment after the death of a firefighter. Previously, rescuers would dive into water when saving a life, putting themselves at risk. Presently, Reach and Rescue’s long-reach telescopic water rescue pole has prevented the deaths of 50-plus people. Testament to its success, it is currently adopted by 80% of UK Fire and Rescue Services and is supplied to over 50 countries. As the UK’s leading provider of outsourced waste and resourcemanagement, recycling services and environmental compliance, Reconomy is one of only twoWest Midlands-based companies to be awarded the 2021 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of Innovation. In recent years Reconomy’s revolutionary business model has transformed the management of house building, construction, commercial and industrial waste across the UK. The company is utilising market-leading digital technology to manage waste more efficiently, transparently, safely and with greater consideration given to the environment and sustainability. The waste and environmental industries have long garnered a reputation for being antiquated and ‘analogue’ in their business practices, with very little consideration given to exploring newways of working. Reconomy has tirelessly sought to change this, and through continuous innovations has successfully digitised the process of managing waste from end-to-end. This has included the development of unique and exclusive supply chain integrations through Reconomy’s digitalXchange, which provide for a truly automated exchange of waste movement and associated compliance data. Reconomy’s suite of apps have further advanced its technological Reconomy (UK) Ltd
The Reach and Rescue team ready to engage with customers at the Emergency Services Show 2019.
position by driving automation across previously manual operational processes, as well as offering digital ordering and invoicing capability. During the past five years, Reconomy has experienced an unprecedented period of sustained growth. In 2020 the company claimed 47th spot in the Sunday Times’ PwC Top Track 250 list – leaping 150 places from its 2019 position. Paul Cox, CEO, says: “Receiving the Queen’s Award for Enterprise is an incredible honour for everyone associated with Reconomy, and a landmark day in the journey of our business. It is the most prestigious, sought-after award that any UK business can receive, and an incredible testament to the hard work of all our people. “The development and roll-out of new technology underpins every aspect of our business model, and this award acknowledges our continued commitment to innovative thinking. It demonstrates that we are not only at the forefront of the
outsourced services industry, but are also a leading light across all sectors as we pursue our ambition to be the leading provider of technology-enabled services to drive the circular economy.” RECONOMY (UK) LTD Kelsall House, Stafford Court, Stafford Park 1, Telford, Shropshire TF3 3BD Tel: 01952 292000 • sales@reconomy.com www.reconomy.com
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