6 years ago, Genuine Solutions were operating their mobile phone accessory distribution from the front room of a house in Chessington, using a push-bike to pick up stock they stored at a local storage unit ready to deliver to customers.
Today they hold a prestigious Queen's Award for International Trade, serving 800 customers in more than 30 countries, employing 75 employees and turning over upwards of £25 million. A true success story.
Christian McBride, co-founder, said, "I am totally overwhelmed by this award. It is an amazing achievement and I thank everyone at the company for their hard work. 6 years ago we were operating out of the front room of a house, today we have 4 commercial units, 75 employees and are now going to meet the Queen who has honoured us with an award for enterprise. A very proud moment."
Bav Majithia, co-founder, also spoke about the achievement. "This is an incredible milestone for Genuine Solutions, and demonstrates what can be achieved with hard work. Personally I am over the moon we have received such an honour, and this can be reflected upon the entire team as well."
The award also focuses on International approach, and Genuine Solution's strategies of using a multilingual sales team, working to hours that reflect different time zones and positioning themselves to understand the requirements of international markets all impressed the awarding body.
The distribution company now forms part of the Genuine Solutions Group, and within the group are operations that concentrate on ethical business practices, such as the environmental product recycling carried out by Genuine Solutions UK, an operation put together to address the environmental impact caused by sending tonnes of old and damaged mobile phone accessories to landfill. In 3 years of operation, Genuine Solutions UK has recovered more than 7 million accessories, diverting hundreds of tonnes of materials sent to landfill for companies such as Vodafone, T-Mobile, The Carphone Warehouse and others.
Another operation, Recyclewise, offers mobile phone recycling for charities, raising valuable donations for national charities such as Scope, Unicef, Willow Foundation, Kids Company and organisations such as the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
As well as a Queen's Award, Genuine Solutions have picked up various accolades along the way, including listings in both the Fast Track 100 and International Track 100, regional business awards and most recently an International Safety Award 2011 from the British Safety Council.

Genuine Solutions Group
Unit 21 Barwell Business Park
Leatherhead Road, Chessington
Surrey  KT9 2NY  UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3177 0123
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