#ukmfg #engineering #rotherham #Tom Barrett, branch director at Rotherham-based C Roberts (part of the UK’s largest independent steel stockholder Barrett Steel), has been shortlisted in the Young Gun category at the fourth annual Family Business Place Red Ribbon Awards for family businesses.
Tom, who is 30 and lives in Sheffield, has worked at C Roberts for eight years. He has overall responsibility for the business, which employs 100 people and has a £40 million turnover.
James Barrett, CEO of the Barrett Steel Group and Tom’s father, said: “With his personable and charismatic character, Tom is able to overcome the daily pressures of running a steel business, as well as being part of the sixth generation of the Barrett family. He is a modest young man, who does not shirk his responsibilities and has deservedly earned the respect of his colleagues.”
The winners will be announced on 5 July at a ceremony in London.