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A massive congratulation to Ian on receiving his Long Service Award.

“Absolute pleasure to Present Ian Pitkin Contracts Director with his 30 Long Service Award. Congratulations Ian!” – Matt O’Conner 

View the latest JOC Newsletter December 2020 from John O’Conner.

John O’Conner are delighted to have received a major Principal Award 2020 for Employer Excellence at this year BALI Awards! This is the third time John O’Conner have been successful in this category having previously been won the award in 2008 and 2013.

The Employer Excellence is awarded in recognition to the contribution being made to the landscape industry by BALI members that achieve excellence through staff development and exemplary business practices.

This award was made possible through the dedication of our employees who have adapted throughout 2020 to ensure we continued to deliver the highest quality to our customers.

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BALI National Landscape Awards

National Winner Grounds Maintenance (Limited Public Access) 2020.

We are delighted that John O’Conner has been announced as a National Winner for Grounds Maintenance (Limited Public Access) from the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) National Landscape Awards 2020, for a prestigious company on a business park in Reading.

The Principal Award winner will be announced on Friday 4th December 2020, which for the first time in its 44-year history, will be held virtually via a special online broadcast.

In response to our recent award, Matt O’Conner comments: “Our team on-site have worked incredibly hard over the last few years to bring the client site up to an extremely high standard,

May I take this opportunity to thank everyone who has sent such heartful messages since the passing of my father and our Chairman JOC.  We have been overwhelmed by messages from friends, staff, suppliers, clients and numerous from others in our industry and JOC’s connections locally and far afield.  Thank you also to the NHS team who looked after him so well whilst in their care.

John O’Conner was buried at 1.00pm today Thursday 9th April 2020.  Due to current circumstances, the funeral was attended only by close family and this is with much sadness, since I know that if the situation had been different,

Updated 04/06/2020

At John O’Conner we are following all legislation and advice from the Government and ACAS regarding COVID-19. We are taking all the necessary steps to ensure we protect the health of our staff, clients and members of the public at this current time.

We are continuing to support clients with essential maintenance to ensure the sites are maintained to useable standards. These sites include schools and councils as well as hospitals and other customers which include, essential cleansing, waste removal, general maintenance and burial services, all of which are considered key workers delivering critical public services.

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