Staff Spotlight: Amanda White, Finance Director

We were delighted that Amanda accepted our invitation to step into the spotlight because, while her role is perhaps not as visible as our core business of selling service hours, parts and supporting vehicle sales, it is safe to say WG Davies could not function without the support of her team and...

Staff Spotlight: Kelvin Miles, Swansea Yardman

We had the pleasure of catching up with Kelvin, the Yardman at Swansea, who might be approaching retirement age but he has a work ethic that defies description and clearly no plans to slow down any time soon.  Kelvin’s zest for life in and out of work, his positivity and his family values...

Customer Spotlight: Martin Jones, Director of Transport Operations at Castell Howell Foods

Castell Howell Foods is a family- owned company which has grown from humble beginnings to become Wales’ leading independent food service wholesaler. That success has been achieved by remaining true to the uncompromising desire to look after their customers, as well as attracting and retaining...

Staff Spotlight: Kelvin Walters, Auto Electrician

Kelvin Walters was persuaded to step into the spotlight this quarter and it was an absolute pleasure talking to him. He will be celebrating 17 years of working with WG Davies this January and must surely be one of only a tiny minority who can boast that he was headhunted by Roger himself! From...

Kaymac Marine & Civil Engineering, Rhiannon Crees-Moore

We had the pleasure of speaking with Rhiannon Crees-Moore, Marketing & Business Development Director at Kaymac Marine & Civil Engineering, who rely on WG Davies to source, maintain and repair vehicles. Kaymac is a specialist Marine and Civil Engineering Contractor based in Swansea and...

Customer Spotlight: Richard King, Senior Transport Manager at Certas Energy

Certas Energy is the UK’s largest independent distributor of fuels and lubricants in the UK. With more than 130 depots nationwide and 2,300 employees, Certas work to ensure commercial, agricultural, industrial and public sector customers, as well as domestic users, never run out of fuel. That...

Alun Taylor - Staff Spotlight Interview

WG Davies’ Parts Manager, Alun Taylor, joined the company just over four years ago as a Parts Advisor in Cardiff. He is likely known to you already and you might even know that he lives with his partner Louise and his daughter Mary-Kate in Treharris, along with their three cats Frank, Nutmeg and...

Company Spotlight - Runtech, Peter Miles and Andrew Dowsett

There is more to Runtech than immediately meets the eye, much more, both in respect of what they do and perhaps more importantly, how they do it. When Janet Birkmyre talked to Peter Miles and Andrew Dowsett about the company - which is enjoying its 25 th anniversary this year - it quickly becomes...

Staff Spotlight - Kirsty Jones, Workshop Administrator, Llanelli

This quarter, Kirsty Jones, the Workshop Administrator for WG Davies, based at Owens Group in Llanelli volunteered to step into the spotlight and be interviewed by Janet Birkmyre. Kirsty has been a member of the close knit team in Llanelli for almost five years now but the route she took to get...

Owens (Road Services) Ltd / Owens Group

Interview with Eurof Owen and Andy Williams, January 2021 Owens Group is an outstanding success story by any standards; the business was started by Huw Owen back in 1972, shortly after that he was joined by his brother Eurof and together they have built a business that turns over in excess of £100...

Lisa Mason, Retail Administrator at WG Davies Cardiff, steps into the spotlight

Lisa Mason joined the team in Cardiff just over four years ago. She took the job at WG Davies on the recommendation of a friend who told her it was a lovely place to work and that, in combination with the location close to her home, made it seem like a great opportunity. We caught up with Lisa to...

WG Davies Staff in the Spotlight : Sarah Blockwell steps into the spotlight

Many will know Sarah as the Depot Manager at the newly refurbished WG Davies Tenby depot, but what you might not know is that she started at WG Davies almost 15 years ago as an Apprentice Technician, a role she relished. “I loved it.  It was obviously more of a challenge for me being a...

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