Our Vision & Values
Our vision is to be a leading regional contractor recognised for our customer focused approach to deliver safe, sustainable and quality construction projects, in line with our social value commitments.
We have four core values that represent who we are as an organisation and what we set out to achieve within the industry.
HONESTY
We are honest, and truthful in our business relations and operations.
OPENNESS
We are open, sharing information, ideas and best practise with our clients, supply chain and communities to ensure collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement
INTEGRITY
We are honourable and alwys follow our moral ethical principles.
TRUST
We are trustworthy, and will continually build trust in all our interactions by delivering what we say we will do.
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1934The company was founded by Frank Parkinson under the name of ‘F Parkinson & Son’ located on Elizabeth Street in Blackpool. -
1939The company contributed to the World War II effort by building RAF camps and production sheds for ‘Vickers’ who were manufacturing the 3841 Wellington Bombers at Squires Gate Airport, Lancashire. -
1947F Parkinson & Son becomes a Private Limited Company and moves to a new office on Mowbray Drive, where the head office remains to this day. -
19831983 Ray Eyre (now Managing Director) joins the company as a joinery apprentice. -
2002The company’s first partnering contract was undertaken for Blackpool Council at St Georges School (£5 million project value). -
2004The company achieves Investors in People recognition for the first time. -
2006Appointed to the Manchester City Council construction framework for the first time. -
2008Accredited with ISO 14001 for environmental management -
2012Won the ‘Community Contribution Award for SMEs at the Lancashire Business Environment Awards . -
2015Appointed to the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Measured Term Contract Framework as their sole contractor. -
2017Appointed to a record number of local authority frameworks.
Accreditations
Our commitment to continuous improvement extends into our daily processes as building contractors. We acknowledge our responsibility to constantly seek methods of improvements in our process technique and we do this via accreditations and our inclusion within best practice groups.
