Thomas Kneale & Co Limited is now owned by all of our colleagues through an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). This exciting transition extends TK’s strong commitment to its colleagues, which includes its status as a Living Wage Foundation and Living Hours employer, and Gold Medal awarded by the EcoVadis Sustainability Platform.
What does it mean to all of our Stakeholders?
Operationally, nothing changes whatsoever. Thomas Kneale continues to trade with the same name, people, premises, and commitment to providing an industry leading proposition across product quality, value for money pricing, service credentials, and ESG development.
What are the benefits to the customer & employees?
It’s a win, win scenario! There is strong evidence to demonstrate that employee owned companies outperform other businesses in a number of ways for example, growth and resilience. It is an excellent example of social value and not only increases morale and staff retention, but encourages innovation, engagement and commitment. As a company passionate about customer excellence and building collaborative partnerships with our customer base, we believe that being an EOT will only enhance this further.
We had previously been described during an Investors in People Audit:-
“Thomas Kneale has an extraordinary organisational personality and culture underpinned by an absolute determination to excel in customer care. Rarely is a company so customer focused”
As we move in to our next chapter a few years shy of our 80th birthday, the whole team at Thomas Kneale look forward to working together to continue to delight our customers, be part of a collaborative supply chain, and be a responsible business in our local community and beyond, and a leader in ESG matters. Please do get in contact with our team, we look forward to hearing from you.