Managing Director of Richardsons Healthcare Michael Gould describes himself as an Exporting Evangelist. His company manufactures operating table mattresses and accessories for some of the World’s largest medical companies and exports 85% of its products to more than 20 countries. He is a long-standing Export Champion for the DIT and in 2019 Richardsons Healthcare was awarded the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise for its outstanding exporting success. Michael is a well-known public speaker on the subject of exporting, and often speaks on behalf of the DIT and Liverpool City region.
Liverpool City Region is one of the main reasons for our success. The region has availability of staff with the right skill set which has enabled us to expand in the past 2 years post pandemic. We have increased staff numbers from 22 to 32 with most of our growth coming from the USA.
Liverpool City Region helped us financially during the pandemic when orders fell off a cliff for 6 months.
Richardsons has increased its turnover by 60% in the past 18 months and expects a further increase of 30% in 2022/3 financial year
We are proud to have as our company strapline, Made in Liverpool, Sold to the World.
