SME News - Midland Enterprise Awards 2024/ 34 Best Garden Building Specialist 2024 – Shropshire As the weather gets warmer, most of the population hurry to their gardens, wanting to soak up the sun while they can. Whilst outside, we often find ourselves compiling mental to-do lists of garden refurbishments and enhancements that we always mean to start, but never really finish. Shed City is a leading company in supplying a range of gorgeous garden buildings designed to elevate your outdoor space in no time. As Shed City receives its title in the Midlands Enterprise Awards 2024, we catch up with Dean Mann, Sales Director of the company. Established in 1996, Shed City has spent over two decades building a reputation for being a trusted local brand for its community. Known for delivering the personal-style service that customers expect from a local company, Shed City goes one step further by offering a product range and professional service one would expect from a larger, national company. The company offers its clients a vast range of garden buildings and associated products, with both ‘supply only’ or ‘supply and build’ options available. Shed City have been producing and supplying clients with high quality garden buildings for almost 30 years, and displays its range of sheds, summerhouses, garden rooms, workshops, and garden stores at its show site, one of the biggest sites in the country. With a growing demand for functional spaces within the garden for hobbies and interests, Shed City are proud to offer the Elite Garden Rooms range. Fully insulated and complete with double glazing, these buildings come in an array of designs and styles that perfectly suit garden offices, studios, salons, bars, gyms, and many more recreational activities. Anticipating the needs of its customer is a skill Shed City has honed over the years, in complete alignment with its client-centric approach to business. Customer service lies at the heart of everything the company does, with its reputation and rate of ‘word of mouth’ referrals attesting to its success. “We believe that customer experience is key to our success and have always strived to offer our customers a unique experience when visiting our show site,” says Dean. “We have a varied array of buildings on show and have always taken pride in the appearance of our show models and surrounding environment.” Offering a vast show site is a unique offering that sets Shed City far beyond the scope of its competitors. In the age of the internet, many shed retailers provide brilliant imagery of garden sheds and outdoor buildings for online viewing. However, Dean tells us that for many customers, the need to see the real product in person is still of huge importance to the sales experience. By maintaining an impressive online presence in addition to the show site, Shed City offers its customers the best of both worlds. Shed City’s successful business model is made possible by the team working hard to supply the highest quality of garden buildings to its customers. Described as a ‘small team with a big heart’ by Dean, Shed City promotes the inclusion of its staff in all aspects of its business. Being so hands on in Shed City’s operations means that management have opportunity to spend time with both team members and customers at every point. This allows Dean and his team to stay on the pulse of day to day operations, enabling them to adapt and react in an effective and positive way to any challenges that may arise. With a client-centric approach and a commitment to quality, it is no wonder that Shed City has solidified a reputation for achieving excellent results that put the customer first. It is for this very reason that SME News are delighted to recognise Shed City as the Best Garden Building Specialist 2024 – Shropshire. We ask Dean what the future holds for Shed City, and he tells us, “2024 has been an interesting year to date; spring started late, and a general election and financial uncertainties all leave consumers uncertain about the shortterm future. It’s the job of retailers to inject new and exciting ideas into their individual sectors, and we are very much on board with this ethos. We have launched new product lines including quality log cabins, composite sheds and summerhouses as well as new variations of the humble garden shed. So, you could say that 2024 has only just begun in many ways!” Company: Shed City Web Address: https://www.shedcity.co.uk Show Site: Whitchurch Road, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire TF1 3AG
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