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create synergies for customers. That has been the engine of growth since the acquisition, with existing customer relationships strengthening as SWARCO’ s ability to connect its products to live service contracts has opened new commercial opportunities on both sides.
We focus on developing the right culture across the whole business
Integrating acquired businesses without losing the culture that makes each of them work is not always easy. SWARCO is always looking to grow its capability through strong leadership and a positive company culture.“ Our strategy comes down to recognising that we cannot simply take one culture and apply it to another organisation. Instead, we focus on developing the right culture across the whole business, starting with a clear vision of what we want to achieve and broad principles for how to get there. From a personal perspective, creating the open environment we want means being as approachable with engineers on the floor and in offices as with the management team. We have 18 sites across the UK and Ireland, so getting into those depots and offices, talking to people directly, and understanding what is happening on the ground matters enormously. People transfer between
contracts all the time, so listening to their needs and making sure this is the best place it can be for them is something we take seriously. Each year, we try to improve the business and culture in a meaningful way. We also gather feedback through surveys and act on the results, because people need to see that we are interested
in them as individuals, not just in the bottom line,” John expands.
Investing in technology
Investing in people is just as important as investing in technology to optimise SWARCO’ s operations and fuel its growth. The company’ s MyCity platform, a modular urban traffic management system, allows it to seamlessly connect traffic infrastructure for our customers, enabling different systems to communicate and operate more intelligently together. This provides a critical
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