Griffin Fire has been supplying businesses in London with fire alarms, extinguishers and fire safety training courses for over 20 years.

In response to the growing reliability on technology, the company was looking to enhance their web presence, provide online functionality to their customers and extend their advanced internal IT systems to the Internet. These changes would allow their customers to use their website as an ‘information centre’ to research all that the company offers. 

They became interested in participating with STEP when they realised all the benefits it could bring to both the student and the company. So when they decided to develop and expand their website, they enlisted Kawsar Saiyeed, a student from the STEP programme’s help.

Cassie Jacobs, the Operations Manager was very pleased with the outcome and said: “Kawsar successfully developed a new improved website and he proved to be so beneficial, we’ve hired him to work on a part-time basis. He was able to gain crucial experience and I think the improvement Kawsar made speaks for itself.”

“[The STEP programme] allows the company to gain a refreshing new insight and implement their ideas. This is especially important to a small business who may not always have the time to do things themselves. We would without a doubt participate in the programme again.”

Griffin Fire continue to assist a mixed client-based of companies- from large financial institutions to small private companies and look forward to utilising STEP again in the near future.