About GO SHRED
How We Started
How We Started
How We Started
In August 2013, Michael Cluskey and his wife Belinda sat in their garden to discuss their next move following his departure from a shredding company. Over a cuppa, Michael suggested starting their own shredding company and with Belinda's support, Go Shred was born:
For home shredding & office confidential waste disposal - We Go Shred it
Growing Up
How We Started
How We Started
Some may remember Belinda was the face of Go Shred on our original website, but she wasn't involved in the day to day as she was still working for the NHS at the time. As the confidential waste disposal business increased it was clear more staff were needed & Belinda came on board. Following her was Gavin, Luke, Glenn, Julie and latest recruit, Jez
Being The Best
How We Started
Being The Best
We are permanently striving for perfection in Security and Customer Service. Because of this, we are always looking to improve our knowledge, our practices and how we collect & process your confidential waste disposal. We're audited annually for ISO9001, EN15713 and are full members of our governing body, UKSSA
Who are Go Shred?
Michael
MANAGING DIRECTOR
After graduating from the University of Huddersfield, Michael started out working in the Television, Film and Music industry, but after 15 years of that moved on to the Security Shredding & Records Management industry and has been in the thick of it for over 20 years, with experience of working for one of the UK's largest shredding companies and then years of working for a small family shredding company at Director level.
In 2013 he started Go Shred to bring the best of everything he learnt in security, customer service, document scanning, document storage and also dedicate his work to help customers achieve 100% landfill avoidance. Michael is a pioneer in B2B confidential waste disposal, Home Shredding and Records Management services and has a strong industry network reach after 20+ years of experience in sales, operations and ownership.
Michael is a dedicated family man, and he loves sports - especially American Football - he is an audiophile who can be found tinkering with old Reel to Reels & vintage record players and he also likes to ride and tinker on his vintage Lambrettas.
Belinda
CUSTOMER SERVICE DIRECTOR
Belinda has worked in television, engineering, the NHS, a sweet factory and selling antiques. In between that she is a Mum and a wife. Let's face it, she needed a rest, so she thought it would be easier to help her husband start a shredding company from scratch.
Bel will be the person who more than likely answers the telephone, does the routing, sends your paperwork or invoicing. Bel loves to do customer visits so there's a good chance you will see her mucking in with the team. Away from work, she loves long walks in the countryside with Lulu the dog, cooking, eating out and cups of tea with a nice chocolate biscuit whilst watching Films and TV.
She has been a passionate advocate for Home Shredding & WEEE Recycling and is renowned across our industry for her knowledge & expertise in running a tight operational machine.
Gavin
SERVICE TEAM LEADER
Gavin has over 20 years experience of working in the paper shredding industry in various roles.
Michael and Gavin first met up in 2006 when they worked together at PHS in their shredding division, which is no longer in existence.
Gavin was part of the outstanding Dewsbury service team that won Depot of the Year many times. We were thrilled to be able to bring him into the Go Shred family when we needed to expand further in mid-2018 and he has proved to be a huge asset to the company and our office & home shredding customers, with a strong focus on our Customer Service ethic.
Away from work, Gavin has a keen interest in restoring and riding vintage Lambretta scooters and is a very proud family man.
Luke
SERVICE OPERATIVE
Luke is a real family man, with three children and a loving wife, all in the West Yorkshire town of Wyke.
Luke likes nothing better than making sure our clients are kept secure and get the best service possible.
Away from work, Luke is a real petrolhead, enjoying working on his own car, as well as participating in stock car racing and is a big Leeds United fan as well as supporting the Batley Bulldogs in Rugby League
Glenn
SERVICE OPERATIVE
Glenn has worked for many years in customer facing roles and his experience has proved invaluable for Go Shred confidential waste disposal since he started with us.
Glenn is customer focused, conscientious and hard working with his working career starting in pro football, he switched to the business world and hasn't looked back.
Away from work, Glenn is a real family man, Lambretta owner and a massive Huddersfield Town fan, he enjoys travelling up and down the country watching the Terriers.
Jez
SERVICE OPERATIVE
Coming very soon
Julie
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Julie is our office administrator and works alongside Belinda and Michael. Julie loves working in the Go Shred family company environment and a valued addition as a member of the confidential waste disposal team since she came onboard.
When she isn't at Go Shred organising your office shredding & home shredding, Julie loves time with her family and especially her new grandchild, walks with her dog Olive, she really enjoys a good film or TV series, listening to true crime podcasts, nights out and holidays in the sun.
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