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John Pye Auctions Announce Multiple ISO Accreditations

John Pye Auctions Announce Multiple ISO Accreditations

Nottingham based John Pye Auctions, the UK’s leading asset disposal services provider, has announced the award of three major quality management accreditations, further developing its service excellence to clients.

                                                           Adam Pye and Steve MacIver

The company’s Integrated Management Systems covering ISO 9001:2008 Quality, ISO 14001:2004 Environmental and OHSAS 18001:2007 Health & Safety were audited and approved by BSI, a world-leader in the certification of management systems.

The quality accreditations will form one part of the company’s long term strategy of business growth in the UK and overseas markets, providing auction and professional services for the disposal of surplus assets and stock.

John Pye Auctions Adam Pye, Managing Director, said:

“Our achievement of these accreditations demonstrate the robust processes and systems we have developed within our business."

“These accreditations are vital for our business processes to be further stress tested and to maintain the good health of operations, supporting longer-term strategy of being fit for growth."

“I have no doubt our ethos of continual improvement and assessment will help us achieve our strategic aims”. The company providing appraisal, valuation, logistical, remarketing, auction and asset sales services to UK Banks, Lenders, Central and Local Government Authorities, Recovery & Insolvency Practitioners, Property Owners and Agents.

John Pye has grown significantly over the past 5 years, from one UK trading site to 18, with staff headcount rising from 48 to over 220 and auctions increasing from 215 a year to over 600 annually.

The firm’s Commercial Manager responsible for the design and implementation of the system Steve MacIver added:

“Our staff have worked hard and adapted to significant change within a short space of time. It is now important for us to embed the ISO way of life within the culture of the business and for us all to become unconscious competent when it comes to Quality, Environment and Health & Safety."

John Pye & Sons Ltd trades as John Pye Auctions and operates five trading departments:

John Pye Retail

John Pye Business Assets

John Pye Vehicles

John Pye Property

John Pye Luxury Assets

It has recently invested in prestige Mayfair salerooms and offices at 5 Old Bond Street in London W1 to cater for growing market demand for the auction of luxury assets.

About John Pye & Sons

John Pye auctions were formed in 1968 and became a Limited company, John Pye & Sons in 1990. It is a progressive company and during 2005 to 2015 has grown organically and significantly to be the leading provider of auctioneering and asset disposal solutions in the UK.

It now employs over 220 staff at its 18 UK locations and was the first auction company to offer end- to-end online auctions across the widest UK asset and stock portfolio, from retail to property, vehicles to plant and machinery and luxury assets.

The company regularly features in national media. Earlier this year the company featured across a swathe of national and international media, from ‘BBC Sport’ and ‘Top Gear’ to the Cote d’Azur ‘Riviera Times’ for the sale of a quartet of F1 cars. This month John Pye Auctions retail auctions were the focus of BBC1’s day-time show ‘Right on the Money’.

For more information visit www.johnpye.co.uk


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