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White Light
“White Light Ltd., the UK’s leading entertainment
lighting company, founded 40 years ago, moved to Merton in 2001
because of its proximity and ease of access not only to the West
End of London with its myriad of theatres and entertainment venues,
but to venues and companies across the UK. Merton Borough
consistently supports businesses and provides resources and
training within its Borough to the benefit of businesses, their local
workforces and their customers. This encourages networking and
intertrading amongst the Merton Business community which
promotes access to the national and international commercial,
manufacturing, leisure and retail industries.”
John Simpson, Chairman, White Light Ltd
Wimbledon Studios
“We love having our Business based in Merton.
As a company working in the Film and TV Industry, we have access
to a lot of unique resources and we are keen to continue to share
that with other local businesses as our support of the local
community and integration of the local businesses continue.
We love being in an area where we can offer a great events venue
and a place for a community hub to all the local businesses in the
area - and are constantly building new relationships with them in turn
as we use their services on a professional and personal level.”
Piers Read, Managing Director, Wimbledon Film and Television
Studios, The UK Film and TV Industry
Carclo Plastics Ltd
“Carclo Plastics Ltd is a supplier to the global medical/pharmaceutical
industry with customers in the UK, USA and across Western Europe.
Merton is a good location for doing business because it is relatively
close to the major London airports of Heathrow and Gatwick, close
to the national road network and only around 30 minutes by rail from
Central London.”
Martin Day, Director, European Sales & Marketing,Carclo Technical
Plastics Ltd
HSS Hire
“HSS Hire is the award-winning supplier of tool and equipment
hire and related services. We’ve been working with big businesses,
trade and DIY customers since 1957 and now also have a dedicated
training division and a clever range of hire related and asset
management services, all designed to help make life a little easier.
We are proud to be located in Merton and doing business with
companies in the borough and the wider South West London area.”
Chris Davies CEO, HSS Hire
Aztec Event Services
“Aztec is a technical production company that specialises in
providing technical services to corporate events and exhibitions.
The company has agreements with most of the top UK exhibition
organisers as official supplier to over 200 exhibitions a year. We
moved our premises to the Mitcham area in 2007. We looked for
several other options but this was the one that ticked all the boxes.
It has ideal transport links with both the Tram and the rail services
working really well and the motorway is really easy to reach. We
like working with other local supplier companies to create synergies
as well as supporting local events for the Merton Chamber of
Commerce. We wanted to give to the community something back
and in 2011 we started an apprenticeship scheme with young people
from the area and currently two of those are full time employees.”
Steve Colesell, Operations Director, Aztec Event Services
DS Systems
“DS Systems is one of London's leading security companies, installing
and servicing CCTV, Access Control & Door Entry systems. We have
enjoyed over 20 years of successful trading from our Merton premises.
Our location is ideal to service our portfolio of customers who are
largely London and Surrey based and local public transport services
enable me to recruit from a wide selection of employees. The
Borough's business support organisations have provided me with
valuable business networking opportunities which have undoubtedly
contributed to our continued growth & development.”
John D'Aprano, CEO, DS Systems
Geeks Ltd
“Geeks Ltd is a software development company for large enterprise
as well as start-up clients across the UK and Europe. As a supplier
of bespoke software, understanding client requirements is key to
Geeks Ltd’s success…and this is best done face to face. Merton
provides excellent transport links with tubes, trams, rail, bus links and
excellent road access from the south making it an easy destination
for any meeting.”
Somayeh Aghnianejad, Software Architect, Director, Geeks Ltd
KNK Building Services Ltd
“The London Borough of Merton provides a good quality of life,
integrated services, public transport, parking and affordable
amenities. Merton’s diverse and growing population illustrates
the success of their organisational and management ethos.
The KNK Group has found that the Leadership in Merton has shown
a sincere consideration for business needs and for the community in
general. This has led to KNK, one of the leading building companies
in South West London, establishing its base in the borough to
provide a high quality building, plumbing/drainage service to a range
of public and private sector organisations across London and the
south east.”
Philip Solomon, Senior Account Manager, KNK Building Services
Faircut Barbers
“Faircut Barbers Limited professionally cuts and
styles all hair textures and lengths. Our salons are
customer orientated and serve a diverse population,
with staff members representative of our local community.
Given that Faircut Barbers’ business model embraces diversity,
Merton’s melting pot of ethnicity has given us the edge in a very
competitive industry. Merton Council also demonstrates vision to
SMEs struggling in the downturn - as customers shy away from the
high street - through business advice and financial support to
combat lower footfalls. As a result our business continues to grow
and has done so for the last decade - and for this support and
awareness we are extremely grateful.”
Edwin Appiah (Director, and proud Merton resident),
Faircut Barbers