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ASG FOCUS - MAY 2022 Edition                                                                              Welcome

Welcome to
our first
Newsletter
of 2022

                                                                                                   Right
                                                                                        Nick Atkinson 
                                                                                 Managing Director

There are so many positive things to say         underlines our growing reputation for ser-               Centre, and Millgate for the co-operation
about the business in terms of what we’re        vice delivery and contract retention levels.             and support they provided to the auditor
achieving that I could write endless pages                                                                who commented on your open and
however, being mindful of the limited            You will see on the following pages the                  co-operative approach.
space that I have, I need to restrict my         numerous awards given to our staff in rec-
comments to the below.                           ognition of the great work they have carried             The importance of a business’s online pres-
                                                 out during their working day; this is the very           ence can never be underestimated, hence
This year we set ourselves ambitious sales       ethos upon which our business is built – well            the roll out of our brand-new website which
growth targets and I’m pleased to be able to     done to all awardees.                                    we feel certainly hits the mark by providing
inform you that we have exceeded our first                                                                relevant and easy to access information on
quarter’s objectives i.e. Jan – March, giving    I would particularly like to highlight Tom               all that we offer. Please take a look……
us a great start to the year. A host of new      Bowskill our Payroll Manager who demon-                  www.astonservicesgroup.co.uk.
contracts have been secured across the           strated enormous bravery to save a man’s
country (you will see some of these featured     life whilst on a weekend break with his wife             We are in really good shape as a business
in the following pages of the newsletter)        and son. Through Tom’s quick reactions                   experiencing strong growth, along with high
which is great testament to the reputation       and bravery, the death of a young man was                customer retention levels. As ever, I would
the business has for its consistent delivery of  almost certainly prevented. As you will see              like to thank each and every one of our
high-quality services to our valued custom-      from the full story featured in the newsletter,          teams for the professionalism and dedica-
ers 356 days a year, delivered by you, our       we have a hero in our business.                          tion you all apply to your roles which allows
teams on the front line.                                                                                  ASG to deliver the high-quality services our
                                                 We are now in the top 5% of UK security                  customers have come to expect.
The appointment of additional team               service providers due to our improved score
members such as our two new Operations           (from 136 to 145) under the SIA Approved
Managers James Neal and Gareth Spedding          Contractor Scheme’s audit. This is tremen-
is great news. It is wonderful to see the        dous news and certainly something to shout
business attracting such high calibre, experi-   about. I would like to thank the teams at Vic-
enced operations managers, which again           toria Shopping Centre, Middleton Shopping

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