Life at CWE – Balancing the books at an SME
13th December, 2024
At CWE, we’re proud to be part of the UK rail industry. We believe it’s a great place to work and that our
20th December, 2023
Thank you for your support in 2023!
We’re marking a year of achievements, expansion, and comm
unity outreach at CWE, and none of it would have been possible without the incredible support of our valued customers and suppliers.
At CWE it’s been a year of many successes.
As we approach the end of 2023, we thought it would be a good time to reflect on some of our biggest achievements this year… 🎉
📈We have seen a 18% growth in 2022.
🚀Launched our skills campaign.
🤝Announced partnerships with more key customers.
🏢Opened a new commercial site at RaisE Business Centre in Goole.
🔧Partnered with MCL Rail for our wagon repair project at Gascoigne Wood.
👷♂️Set up spares management.
👥Held our first two meetings of Doncaster’s rail community group.
⛳Hosted another successful charity golf day.
⚽Attended and won the Active Fusion charity football match.
🛠️Overhauled 1000 buffers!
🔄Reverse engineered due to obsolescence.
📜Accreditation for surveillance EN 15085/ 3834.
🎉The Marketing Pod taking home awards with our ‘The Talent Track: Addressing Rail’s Skills Shortage’ campaign at CIPR.
🏆Recognised as the ‘Best Nationwide Rail Refurb & Repairs Company 2023’.
In 2024, we hope to continue our accomplishments at CWE.
Something that we’ve already been working on at CWE is the plan to create a community for rail professionals in Doncaster. Allowing our region to have a community where people can engage and build valuable connections in our industry is incredibly important to us. We held our first networking event in September, and we plan to continue putting them on to create that community spirit among the rail industry in Doncaster to help strengthen the local sector. As part of our growth strategy, CWE partnered with MCL Rail, an independent, family run company dedicated to providing the highest quality rail storage solutions across the UK. Our wagon general repair work is being carried out at MCL’s Gascoigne Wood site in North Yorkshire. Services we are working together to provide include shotblasting, painting, and repairs and refurbishment projects. In the new year we hope to continue to develop our work with wagon general repairs at the Gascoigne Wood site.
We are committed to ongoing interaction and education with local youth, enhancing their understanding of working within the rail sector- especially with regard to the specialised services we offer. We plan to do this by continuing to attend local career fairs and doing school/ college visits. At CWE we take on two new apprentices each year, to ensure we keep a fresh outlook, perspective and attitude.
Additionally, none of our achievements would have been possible this year without the dedication and hard work of our amazing team.
Here’s to another year of success and growth in 2024!
13th December, 2024
At CWE, we’re proud to be part of the UK rail industry. We believe it’s a great place to work and that our
21st November, 2024
The Doncaster Schools U14 football team have received a significant boost to their season thanks to a new partnership with William Cook Rail
5th November, 2024
CWE has been recognised with the highly coveted Responsible and Sustainable Procurement Winner Award at this year’s Siemen’s annual supplier event and awards.