Gerad Barclay
Founder / Managing DirectorAfter leaving the corporate world in 2005, I acquired my first business, a Freehold Business Centre. From this point, EDPA has continued to acquire new and exciting businesses to grow our portfolio.
We recognise that trading online means our customers and suppliers will judge us purely on the service received. We work hard to make sure every interaction with our company is positive and hopefully memorable such as - answering the telephone in 3 rings and the staff member who answers will “own” the call through to completion. We aim to respond to all emails within 3 hours. Live Chat means exactly that – if our staff are in the office they will talk Live.
In pursuit of excellent service, we recruit “nice people” then empower them to achieve their full potential by creating a comfortable and supporting meritocratic working environment. Wherever possible we promote from within and there is no waiting for rewards, if a staff member overachieves in their role we elevate the role.
After leaving the corporate world in 2005, I acquired my first business, a Freehold Business Centre. From this point, EDPA has continued to acquire new and exciting businesses to grow our portfolio.
After graduating and gaining many years of experience working at Sky Television, I turned to my passion of business web design and systems coding.
My days are usually varied with lots of different roles that need to be actioned. Working closely with our Warehouse Manager, I take a lead role amending and sorting any stock disparities and resolving any errors within our stock levels.
I oversee and manage all marketing activities across our sites and ensure that each are reflective of the individual brands. Including email marketing campaigns, basket abandonment, buyer behaviour, I take a lead role in ensuring we have the correct systems into place to guarantee our customers have the best possible online experience with us.
My typical day is varied and always busy. After being one of the most experienced members of the team I have spent time within different roles within the warehouse.
As a web developer at EDPA, I spend most of my day making enhancements to our company websites and systems to ensure all staff have the tools available to work as efficiently as possible.