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Legionella and Fire Safe Services, a building compliance services company based in Staffordshire, is one of seven small businesses to receive advice from business guru Deborah Meaden in a new mini-series launched by NESCAFÉ® by Nestlé Professional to give practical support to SMEs.
Business manager Kym Morris was one of over 800 SMEs to register to receive advice on the series, Let’s Partner Up for Good. Legionella and Fire Safe Services delivers a range of water hygiene and fire safety critical building compliance services. The business is committed to minimising its impact on the environment by reducing its waste and carbon footprint.
She appears in the third episode of Let’s Partner Up for Good which focuses on sustainability. Discussions with Deborah Meaden and Nescafé business experts talk about several subjects under this banner including integrating sustainability into the organisation, reducing carbon footprint and responsible sourcing.
Deborah Meaden had this advice for the business: “Your language needs to define service excellence. It needs to add sustainability as part of its service excellence. So, my worry about sustainability is it is seen as a separate thing that is a bit of a pain in the neck when it is something we should all be embracing. It is the future of our planet. If you can say our better is that we have good service and care about the planet, then people will start seeing your service from a slightly different viewpoint, and they will take that into account. So, I think shouting about it, making sure your language talks about it in a very positive way. You are part of the solution; you are helping them be part of the solution. Just be clear that is a part of what you are offering, and that is what makes you different from other organisations.”
Kym Morris, business manager at Legionella and Fire Safe Services, said: “It was an incredible honour to be selected as one of the seven winners by Nestlé Professional to spend a day with their experts and Dragon Den’s Deborah Meaden. The advice we received was invaluable, and we were thrilled to get feedback not only from Deborah but also from Nescafé’s sustainability expert, Robin Sundaram, who congratulated LFS on our significant efforts in business sustainability.”
In total, seven small business owners are sharing their challenges on business growth, sustainability and wellbeing with Deborah and Nestlé Professional business experts in the 3-episode series.
The third episode can be viewed on the Let’s Partner Up for Good hub and YouTube from today:
Discover the benefits of business sustainability: https://youtu.be/mc59EuSGLUQ
