It's amazing how quickly the years pass as we now approach the end of 2021! Of course, Covid has continued to disrupt but it does seem to be in retreat as the vaccines are rolled out and the world slowly returns to a new normality. The pandemic has certainly caused great problems to many businesses, though at D&S we have all worked hard to manage it and the year will close with business levels slightly up. We are grateful for this.
The Davis and Shirtliff Product Manual is now a well-established reference for the wide D&S product range that defines industry standards in the water and energy markets. The Manual was introduced in2010 and has been annually updated ever since, the latest 2022 version, the 12th edition, being released at the recent Group Management Conference.
D&S Tanzania under Managing Director Ben Munyao has recently taken the initiative of bringing the D&S range of products and solutions closer to the people who need them by opening the company's seventh branch in Mbeya, the picturesque region in Southwestern Tanzania famous for its volcanic mountain range and expansive National Parks.
Themed 'D&S v3.0', this year's Management Conference, a hybrid event spanning seven days, has taken place in the Conference facility of the Dayliff Building at D&S HO using new state of the art conferencing equipment for the first time that enhanced and enriched the experience for all participants.
D&S Zambia's Managing Director Jonathan Mainga has long been known as the Group's trailblazer in projects having successfully executed some of the company's largest and most complex to date.
Davis & Shirtliff Kakamega branch last weekend (2nd - 3rd October) organized a Golf tournament hosted at the prestigious Kakamega Golf Club that attracted 56 golfers from across the region and country. The tournament, organized by the Kakamega branch under branch manager Loise Mutua, saw Julius Oketch walk away with the title after he fired 2 birdies to propel him to victory.
Over the past decade, there has been a paradigm shift in what a successful brand represents, the result of the cumulative impact of both international and local, external and internal forces. Consumers, employees, and others are now attracted to brands that resonate with their own values and look beyond the bottom line to make a positive impact on the societies in which they operate.