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Local housebuilder employees celebrate a collective 230 years of service

Local housebuilder, Barratt Developments Yorkshire West, which includes the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, is celebrating a collective 230 years of service between 10 of its longest serving employees.

Celebrating between 20 – 35 years each, the award winning housebuilder is marking the achievements of Customer Service Operative Stewart Elvidge, Sales Progressor Beverley Bedford, Senior Site Manager Andy Briddock, Contracts Manager Gary Taylor, Construction Director Darren Johnson, Technical Director Dave Hudson, Senior Site Manager Dave Beck, Labourer Geoff Roberts, Contracts Manager Chris Leyland and Purchase Ledger Supervisor Debbie Axon.

Their ongoing commitment to the company was celebrated at the Barratt Long Service Awards Dinner, which was held in London.

Debbie Axon, a Purchase Ledger Supervisor is celebrating an impressive 35 years of service and was presented with a prestigious long service certificate, along with a £1,750 voucher and £250 to put towards a pen or watch of her choice.

Ian Ruthven, Managing Director at Barratt Developments Yorkshire West, commented: “We take pride in celebrating all of our employees as they are the ones that have helped us to achieve a five star status for ten years running, and we of course want to retain our talented team. The dedication and hard work that our most recent Long Service Award employees have shown is outstanding and I would like to personally extend my thanks to them. Stewart, Beverley, Andy, Gary, Darren, Dave, Dave, Geoff, Chris and Debbie are all highly valued employees and assets to the business; we are incredibly proud to have them as a part of the team here.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Richard Savage .