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Christie Group plc
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Orridge wins prestigious supply chain service category at Retail Risk Awards

Christie Group plc (CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional & Financial Services and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services to the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors, is pleased to announce that Orridge, its specialist provider of retail stocktaking, pharmacy and supply chain services, was awarded 'Most Innovative Distribution / Supply Chain Solution' at the Retail Risk Awards.

Orridge were selected from Retail LP's shortlist for their collaboration on a ground-breaking retail survey (The 'Annual Distribution Centre Survey'), alongside a committee which included John Lewis Partnership and Amazon. The judges were looking for innovation products, solutions or services that reduce shrink in either physical aspects of driver, vehicle, site security or in managing the complexities of delivery and replenishment fulfilment.

Paul Harding, Orridge Chairman, commented: 'Orridge's supply chain services provide innovative and cost effective control solutions for the retail sector. It was a natural fit given our knowledge of the sector to collaborate with leading retailers and distribution operators in this project.'

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Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 43 offices across the UK, Europe and Canada, catering to its specialist markets in the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors.

Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional & Financial Services (PFS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PFS - Christie & Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Orridge, Venners and Vennersys.

Tracing its origins back to 1846, the Group has a long-established reputation for offering essential services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.

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