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safety and well-being of our staff across all our businesses. We have continued to refine our behavioural safety techniques, leading to a decrease in incident severity and frequency. Specifically, we are conducting a comprehensive health & safety review of competence and training to further bolster our safety culture.
Financially, Johnston's performance was bolstered by a thorough review of operating costs and integration into the SigmaRoc supply chain, resulting in substantial savings. Our commitment to high levels of customer service, strong customer relationships, and top-quality products has resulted in exceptional customer retention throughout the year.
Moving forward, our Bath Stone Group's focus is on developing the mine to produce high-value dimensional stone products, positioning the company for future growth and increased market share. Plans are underway to initiate secondary processing of historic and new waste streams to generate additional income and create valuable void space, supporting continued expansion in the coming year.
PLATFORM METRICS
to our ongoing growth and success.
In our quarries division, we observed strong production levels, an improved health and safety culture, and strategic investment across all sites, fostering further growth in the year and positioning the business for sustained, profitable expansion in the years ahead.
Notably, the most encouraging aspect of the year within Johnston was the continued integration of the business, its people, supply chain and loyal customers into the wider SigmaRoc Group.
As we look to the future, numerous opportunities exist across all sectors of the business to enhance efficiencies and output. With a new leadership structure in place bringing significant industry experience, we are poised to further elevate our operations. Furthermore, a full cost base review has us well positioned for 2024, providing significant headroom for growth when market conditions improve.
Key operational metrics for the England Platform during the year were as follows:
People
Reserves and Resources (tonnes)
Sites
Johnston saw an increase in staff due to the internalisation of some quarry processes that were previously outsourced.
2023
2022
Change
80
74
+8%
90.1m
90.8m
-1%
7
7
-
PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS Our strategic review of operations within Building Stone
In 2023, our core focus remained on enhancing the health,
has identified key areas of operational efficiencies. We anticipate realising these efficiencies in 2024, contributing
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