R&M Electrical Group Wins “Company of the Year” Award

Sept. 26, 2011 - PRLog -- Facing stiff competition from the other two finalists in this category -  Lymington Precision Engineers and Pabulum – R&M Electrical are proud to join the esteemed company of The Southern Cooperative and the Whitely based defence firm Chemring Group , previous winners of the Company of the Year Award (2010 and 2009 respectively).

Commenting on the win, Will Smith, partner at KPMG’s South Coast office, said: “http://www.rm-electrical.com is a well-deserving winner of the Company of the Year Award. It is a truly international business delivering sophisticated products to a demanding global audience as evidenced in particular by the gas project in Australia. The team here at KPMG wish R&M every success for the future and hope that it will inspire other local firms to expand into global markets.”

Celebrating their 21st year the Hampshire Business Awards annually acknowledge and reward the most exceptional businesses within the Hampshire area, celebrating their flair, innovation and strength, both as an internal organisation and through their contribution to local communities.

This year the awards were held in association with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), who joins the awards sponsors – Bond Pearce, KPMG and the Royal Bank of Scotland in assessing local organisations in the categories of:
• The Bond Pearce Innovation Award
• KPMG Company of the Year
• RBS Management Team of the Year

The KPMG Company of the Year award seeks to recognise an organisation in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight that has an “outstanding financial track record and a strong commitment to increasing profitability”.

To be considered for the award, a company must display the ability to think strategically in terms of industry developments and general economic issues and illustrate its plans for future growth.  In addition, it will need to exhibit a strong ethical conscience in relation to its employees and the environment it operates in.

Previous winners of this prestigious award have been able to demonstrate their dedication to the quality of the products and services they provide, in conjunction with a dynamic approach to innovation.  They have been local organisations that have achieved all round business excellence, not only in terms of financial performance, but also in the areas of strategic direction, people, products and the services they offer.

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The R&M Electrical Group are one of the largest independent electrical distributors in the UK, providing a range of products to a worldwide group of clients The head office is based in Southampton with 10 additional stocking branches in Ringwood, Portsmouth, Southampton Central, Newbury, Oxford, Swansea and Neyland and stand alone Cables, Assembly and Fixings Divisions. R&M have three overseas branches in the Caspian region and the Middle East with a focus on supplying the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical sectors. R&M offer an unrivalled product range through their extensive distributorships and affiliation to A.N.E.W (the largest Independent Electrical Buying Group in the U.K).