Our Mission

At Guthrie Group Ltd, we are dedicated to providing exceptional distribution services to our customers. Our mission is to deliver products quickly and efficiently, while maintaining the highest level of customer satisfaction. We regularly exceed 98% on KPIs for delivery and customer satisfaction.

About us

With over 35 years’ experience in the industry Guthrie Group Ltd is one of the largest independent distributors of Health & Safety and facilities supplies in Scotland. GGL is owned by Graham & Cynthia Guthrie and the company is based in Livingston, West Lothian and Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders.

At Guthrie Group Ltd we listen carefully to the needs of our customers and provide them with advice and cost-effective solutions to the Health and Safety challenges they face.

Cynthia Guthrie

Chief Executive Officer

Cynthia Guthrie joined Guthrie Group following previous senior corporate roles in the defence sector and the media. Prior to joining Guthrie Group Ltd Cynthia was a member of the operational Board which set up Sky Television’s operations in Scotland. She then moved to London to head up the HR function for the British Sky Broadcasting Group throughout the UK. Cynthia is an alumnus of Naper University and is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD.

Graham Guthrie

Chief Executive Officer

Graham is originally from a farming background in Angus, and he obtained a Post Grad in Farm Business Organisation & Management at Aberdeen University. In the early 1980s Graham founded a business distributing janitorial supplies and workwear. Over the next decade he acquired a further three businesses-in Edinburgh; near Duns in the Scottish Borders and in Dundee. Graham founded Guthrie Group Ltd in 1992, and the other businesses were incorporated into GGL.

Our wonderful colleagues

Our wonderful colleagues go out of their way to provide the highest levels of customer service and fulfilment. Our customer stats show that we consistently score >98%.

Guthrie Group holds ISO 9001:2015

Guthrie Group holds ISO 9001:2015 and British Retail Consortium Global Standard in Storage & Distribution AA+ accreditations, both audited annually by British Standards Institute.

We are committed to working towards Net Zero

We are committed to working towards Net Zero and constantly seek ways in which we can reduce our carbon footprint and that of our customers.

Sustainability is a key objective

Sustainability is a key objective, and we work with our customers and suppliers to introduce recycling schemes where possible; reduce wastage and packaging and reduce the number of deliveries/journeys. Our fleet is compliant with LEV emission standards, and we have several electric vehicles.

Testimonials

“The supply of consumables is no longer a source of frustration; in fact, this whole area of business has been completely taken off our minds.”
Billy Connelly
Corporate Procurement Manager
“The supply of consumables is no longer a source of frustration; in fact, this whole area of business has been completely taken off our minds.”
Tom Cassidy
Former UK Director ofSupply Chain Development, Farne Salmon (Scotland) Ltd

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