TruckandTrackSummer2020

Truck and Track Summer 2020 www.truckandtrack.com 26 Culina Group - A truly unique business with a real focus on its people As we know only too well, 2020 has fast become a truly unique year of challenges and adaptation, both in terms of our personal and professional lives. Not least in the transport and logistics sector where employees are recognised as key workers alongside our hardworking NHS and other essential services. A positive aspect of the current situation is that it has brought to the attention of the general public just how important logistics is to the smooth running of the country. The logistics sector literallykeeps theUKmovingbydelivering the goods to keep our stores stocked and our fridges full. Without the fantastic and committed people throughout the industry who are going the extra mile this simply wouldn’t be possible. A large cog in thismassively important sector is chilled and ambient food & drink logistics provider Culina Group, an established and highly reputable business that puts its success down to its teams of knowledgeable, passionate and committed people. As a business Culina Group explores every avenue available to ensure that its employees feel valued and nurtured, whilst being provided with vast opportunities to develop their talents and achieve their career goals within the growing organisation. The Culina Group success story over the past 25 plus years has been impressive. However, the company’s overriding focus has always been on supporting its highly valued people. The aim, building a genuine family feel within its business that engenders a real sense of belonging and purpose for all colleagues. “Without our fantastic highly experienced teams of people Culina Groupwould certainly not be the business that it is today. It’s all about people, treat people how you would want to be treated yourself and the rest will follow,” said Culina Group CEO Thomas van Mourik, commenting in 2019 when Culina Group picked up the Motor Transport ‘Haulier of the Year’ Award at the Grosvenor Hotel Park Lane - an accolade aspired to by every transport and logistics organisation in the UK. Culina Group is unique, it continues to build a strong family of specialist logistics businesses each operating within its own marketplace. The key is that all of these businesses complement each other perfectly. Colleagues across the group are consistently working together towards a common goal of growth through service excellence and innovation. With a comprehensively diverse and passionate workforce, Culina Group are constantly striving to raise the bar when it comes to great places to work. The company recognises the importance and value of its people and is continually investing in them by providing high quality work environments, exceptional training and development programmes, and for its drivers the best fleet available including top of the range tractor units replaced on a regular rolling schedule. Culina Group is always looking to build and strengthen its family approach to business. SPOTLIGHT ON CULINA GROUP