AN Elland firm is providing top tips for other businesses.
Wholefoods company Suma, based at Lowfields, is one of 100 firms enlisted to share their stories and provide advice to other firms via a new online service developed by Royal Mail.
The new website asks businesses to fill in a short questionnaire and analyses the information to provide free “growth packs” containing advice, relevant product and service recommendations as well as case studies from other companies of a similar size and type to theirs.
Advice provided ranges from information on finding new customers and keeping existing ones to tips on saving time and money.
The online service – available at www.royalmail.com/growth – is part of Royal Mail’s nationwide Partner for Growth campaign supporting the UK’s 4.4m small and medium-sized businesses.
As well as providing recommendations to other businesses through the growth packs, an in-depth case study of Suma outlines some of the challenges the business has faced, as well as employee Dan Norvell’s top tips for success.
Said Dan: “Suma has benefited enormously from the right advice given to us at the right time. In the last three years, our green business annual turnover has greatly increased and one of the tools used was a carbon-neutral mailer.
“By being part of this campaign, we can share the benefits of our collective experience with other entrepreneurs and support others in meeting their growth plans.”
Suma Foods is the UK’s largest independent wholefood wholesaler and distributor – specialising in vegetarian, fairly traded, organic, ethical and natural products.
Its commitment to environmental concerns includes planting thousands of trees every year to offset the emissions of the company’s fleet of vans. The firm gets its energy from renewable sources, recycles and organises river clean-ups.
