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What makes us successful in our 130th year?

Henry Boot celebrate 130 years in business. From left to right: John Sutcliffe, chief executive of Henry Boot PLC, Simon Carr managing director of Henry Boot Construction, and Jamie Boot chairman of Henry Boot PLC
Henry Boot celebrate 130 years in business. From left to right: John Sutcliffe, chief executive of Henry Boot PLC, Simon Carr managing director of Henry Boot Construction, and Jamie Boot chairman of Henry Boot PLC

We look at what makes us successful as we mark over 130 years in business.

Our investment in our people is something that we are extremely proud of. We empower and develop our people to create long-term value and sustainable growth for all our stakeholders and we are very proud of the number of long service employees we have right through the business.

By actively promoting positive, long-term relationships with our people, customers, suppliers and the professional service firms we work with, we create strong relationships with stakeholders to build repeat business. Therefore, it is no surprise that 80% of our work is secured through repeat business.

Our historic success has been recognised in an article published by the Yorkshire Post.