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SME collaboration is the key to success

Two companies have joined forces to offer a complete electrical and mechanical inspection and testing service to their industrial clients.

Lee Grears, CEO of Whitehaven's Responsive Ltd, and Ryan Bound, owner of Cleator Moor-based RB Electrical, have come together to sign a memorandum of understanding offering to support one another.

Lee said: “Responsive has been offering mechanical testing such as radiography and ultrasonic testing of welds since 2011 from our bases in Lillyhall and Whitehaven and have been asked many times to offer electrical inspections. We just couldn’t find the correct partner, until now.

“Collaboration is key to Responsive’s future growth, allowing us to concentrate on our core business and helping to enhance other SME businesses around us.”

A combining of services takes the core staff numbers of both companies to 31.

RB Electrical was also founded in 2011 and has grown from Ryan being a sole  contractor to six staff with two apprentices working in both domestic and commercial  settings. 

Ryan Bound said: ‘Collaborations such as this with Responsive will help our company  grow. Immediately we have secured work on Sellafield allowing us to take on further  staff and target new premises at Cleator Moor.”

Both companies believe that working together will open the door to new opportunities  by offering a complete service for industrial clients on Sellafield and elsewhere around the UK meaning more staff, training, and apprenticeships.

Earlier this year Responsive was the winner of the Nuclear Waste Services (LLW Repository Ltd) ESAT Lot 1 framework for the next four years and has also opened premises in Southampton in addition to its staff in the Manchester area. 

RB Electrical and Responsive are members of Britain's Energy Coast Business Cluster (BECBC,) which helps enable businesses to come together in collaboration. 

Dianne Richardson, CEO of BECBC said: “Our purpose here at Britain’s Energy  Coast Business Cluster is to create an environment for our members to do business  and RB Electrical and Responsive have made the most of that environment. 

“Collaboration of this type, bringing together specialisms to offer easier solutions for  customers, are so great to see. We are looking forward to seeing both companies  thrive as a result.”

The move is also in line with the aspirations of the Industrial Solutions Hub (iSH) which by enabling collaboration between businesses, academia and other organisations, aims to solve industry challenges in a way which will create jobs and opportunities and help regenerate the community of Cleator Moor and the wider West Cumbria region.

John Maddison, managing director of iSH, said: “The way Lee and Ryan have come together for this business partnership is just the type of collaboration which will help create more jobs and opportunities in Cleator Moor and beyond.

“We are already discussing with a whole range of businesses and organisations  multiplying the effect of this type of collaboration in Cleator Moor and across the wider region through the development of iSH.

“These collaborations help the economy and the community to grow in a sustainable, dynamic and adaptable way, creating jobs, building resilience, and helping make a positive difference to people’s lives.”

Further information about Responsive is online at www.responsive.ltd and RB  Electrical www.rbes.co.uk

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