Summary
Significant media coverage of their contributions to the community has benefited data destruction company Russell Richardson and Sons.

Background
Family run Russell Richardson and Sons have been established in Sheffield for over 25 years. The company is at the forefront of data destruction with cutting edge technology to implement these processes.

Russell Richardson and Sons has achieved the CommunityMark standard.

How they do it
Russell Richardson and Sons support a local Junior Football Club, South Yorkshire Police Lifestyle Project 2002/3/4, Sheffield Community Enterprise Development Unit (SCEDU), National Association Community Voluntary Services (NACVS) and local schools.

Business Benefits

• Marketing and increased visibility. They have been awarded the CommunityMark quality standard from Business in the Community.  Having this award enabled them to use it as a marketing tool. They have received new business and media coverage that can be quantified quite easily in monetary terms. Their profile in the business sector hs increased so has improved their business in a very short space of time.

• Improved teamwork.  The staff together choose which charities the company gets involved with.  This has increased teamwork and staff satisfaction.