Ryan Anderson of Pendle Doors believes that company culture is central to business success

Ryan Anderson is operations manager at Pendle Doors, based in Darwen, Lancashire. Pendle Doors makes modern, contemporary doors, quality fire doors and custom doors for the construction industry.

Anderson is one of the graduates of Lancaster University Management School’s Productivity through People course, a twelve-month programme run in partnership with three world class manufacturers – BAE Systems, Siemens and Rolls Royce – and supported by Be the Business, which invests in the manufacturers of tomorrow.

He wants to improve the culture at his company, with a particular emphasis on ensuring that the business feels like “one team”.

His advice to other seeking to improve their business’s productivity is simple – “never give up”.