Dave Bradbury

Big Dave is the longest serving team member at GDT joining at a time when the tea and coffee round was a lot smaller – he was the start of the team in a way.

He has done everything within the business throughout his GDT career from picking orders, and handwriting invoices (yes, he really is that old…) and dealing with our ever-growing customer base developing key relationships with suppliers and clients alike. He took over the planning and logistics system when George went on a holiday and never gave it back. He has developed it from pencil, paper and abacus system capable of handling 800k rolls of turf a year, to a state of the art bespoke computer program that can service 1.5m rolls plus.

Dave’s dry sense of humour make him a firm favourite with the team and suppliers, and his ability to consume tea by the bucket is legendary at Tetley. His deep sense of commitment and ownership and communication skills make him the rock of GDT.