Garry Staines, Managing Director, GSQ Brickwork Ltd
As a boy, my Dad would take me to his work as a bricklayer. After exploring other jobs in my early twenties, I rediscovered the trowel and a love of bricklaying. Initially working for, and learning from, other sub-contractors 16 years ago I created GSQ Brickwork. Primarily focussed on new housing builds, we now work for top tier developers across London and the South East with around 200 operatives working for us currently. I am passionate about building quality homes and I also believe in providing the opportunities for others to learn the bricklaying trade, as I did, so that we can provide the jobs, homes and skills for the future.