Directors: Alasdair Smith, Nicholas Parrish, Michael Parrish

Wightman & Parrish Ltd is an independent family business established in 1915 specialising in the distribution of quality Cleaning, Hygiene, Healthcare and Medical products servicing a broad range of sectors.

The company stocks 5000 products and employs over 95 people trained and dedicated to providing high levels of customer service; distributing a daily delivery service throughout Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Essex and South London.

Our Administration and Sales teams work closely together to give advice and support to customers. This is a unique partnership between dedicated trained sales representatives and office based customer advisors who provide flexible support to the customer with a service second to none.

Wightman & Parrish was accredited to BS EN ISO 9002 (BS5750) in 1994, for distribution of healthcare and janitorial products. In 2002 Wightman & Parrish were awarded the Investors in People accreditation and are proud to have held this award consistantly since its first introduction.

In 2006 Wightman & Parrish achieved national recognition at the Distributor Service Excellence Awards. The Awards recognise the quality of service provided by distributors of cleaning and hygiene products. A record number of independant distributors participated in 2006 and for each of those companies taking part a random selection of customers were chosen (over 3000 in total) and quizzed about the levels of service offered.

Graham Fletcher, General Secretary of the Cleaning and Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA) said: "Wightman & Parrish Ltd has performed magnificently to achieve such a high level of service performance. This is an example to everyone in the industry."

"In todays highly competitive business world, it is the companies with the competitive edge that succeed. Price is important but service usually provides the advantage."