Urban+ was founded by Gary and Claire Allan. Prior to starting their own business together, Gary was a qualified fitter and turner and had become frustrated with business practices that created products with built-in obsolescence, and Claire was a nurse by trade who was devoted to going above and beyond to care for her patients. Gary had a vision of crafting and manufacturing products that would last, and that vision matched with Claire’s desire to run a business that was meaningful beyond the products sold. From those sympathetic visions, Urban+ was born. “Gary started the business wanting to make products as good as he could possibly make them,” says Simon Higgins, Managing Director. “His and Claire’s goal was always to make life easier for the customers who used their product. They baked in some instinctive values into the way they did things.” In 2019, Gary and Claire had the desire to take the company to the next level, and that’s when they brought Simon on board. Simon connected them with the team at Coreo – an award-winning organization of systems, strategists, and “allaround doers” who promote the transition a ‘circular economy’ – and that proved to be a “pivotal turning point.” “Urban+ gained a new THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AUSTRAL IA “Gary started the business wanting to make products as good as he could possibly make them,” says Simon Higgins, Managing Director. “His and Claire’s goal was always to make life easier for the customers who used their product. They baked in some instinctive values into the way they did things.”
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