Senior manager at an East Yorkshire poultry business celebrates success

A member of the Senior Management Team at a Middleton-on-the-Wolds poultry business is celebrating after gaining membership of a health and safety body.

Soanes Poultry’s Health, Safety and Procurement Manager, Kevin Holderness has been admitted to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) as a Technical Member.

Formerly an Affiliate Member of the IOSH, Mr Holderness had to submit his job description and document his workplace experience to gain full membership.

He said: “I’m always looking to improve my skills to maintain Soanes Poultry as a safe place of work. Being an IOSH member demonstrates a commitment to improving your Health and Safety professional development and gives you access to regular updates on changes to legislation plus other work-related information.”

Soanes Poultry is a family-owned business which has been rearing and preparing chicken since 1947. Employing 120 people, it sells its chicken to butchers, independent retailers and restaurants throughout Yorkshire and to wholesalers and catering butchers nationwide.

For more information about Soanes Poultry visit www.soanespoultry.co.uk