Today marked the end of a very, very long journey to get Oatley Resources onto the web. It’s been on my To Do list for a while - in fact a number of years - but we finally got there!
Does starting & growing a business for 10 years without a functioning website means a decade of missed opportunities? Or does our ongoing success & growth, despite the lack of an online presence, mean that we work in a sector that doesn’t rely on it as much as other industries?
My personal view is that it is likely a combination of the two. In a sector that still operates in many ways on an “old school” basis of face-to-face contact - business relationships, site visits, quality inspections etc - too much of a move to online business runs the risk of being a negative thing. Physically visiting supplier and reprocessor sites ensures we are checking the stock available, and importantly means we are on site to discuss the quality & commercial value of the material, as well as discussing feedback on any previous loads. However, I have to admit that there will be a whole swathe of potential UK suppliers out there that we could have been working with for years, but who don’t even know about us. Plus how many potential customers & reprocessors are there that we haven’t yet met who are looking for material that we already move on a regular basis? I hope the new site helps us connect with new recyclers, suppliers, customers and reprocessors here in the UK and around the world.
Many thanks to those that made the website possible - including Mark at T-PW, my son Jack who helped build the site, Helen (our Trading Manager) who kept pestering me to get on with it, and all the team for finally agreeing to have their photos taken for the Meet The Team page!
Our intention is to keep updating the site with news and other items. We will be posting enquiries regularly onto the site and these are intended for reprocessors and suppliers alike.
If you are a reprocessor interested in purchasing the material in an enquiry, please get in touch.
If you are a UK recycling company or other supplier and want us to post your material on our site, please contact us.
If you are a UK recycling company or other supplier and have similar material and you are interested in us discussing the value of your material, please contact us.
We can’t commit to posting everything, but all enquiries and contact will be followed up and captured in our trading system.
Paul Barnes