{"id":561745,"date":"2026-05-02T03:28:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/561745\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T03:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:28:28","slug":"scottish-family-business-nhs-gp-and-dental-surgeries-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/561745\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish family business NHS, GP and dental surgeries drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Rearo<\/a>, which is based at Govan in Glasgow and is registered at Lerwick in Shetland<\/a>, has created the Steritop and Stericlad brands for hospitals, clinics, health centres, GP practices and dental surgeries.\n<\/p>\n

\n The company, which specialises in the manufacture and supply of bathroom and kitchen surfaces for the UK trade and retail markets, declared the \u201cnew product family has been developed with a focus on the specific requirements of the healthcare sector, including infection control, durability, and hygiene\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n Rearo, which was founded in 1991 and has 77 staff, declared: \u201cThe move signals the company\u2019s transformation from a traditional cubicle manufacturer into a comprehensive supplier of joined-up interior solutions for the healthcare market.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Asked about orders for the NHS in Scotland and elsewhere in the UK, Rearo managing director Graham Mercer replied: \u201cWe have received orders from both Scotland and England. We tend not to get orders from the NHS directly but more from third-party contractors who are doing work in the NHS estates.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Rearo, which had turnover of \u00a310.6 million in the year to June 2025 and has about 80% of its workforce in Scotland, said: \u201cWith the introduction of Steritop – a new range of durable, infection-control-compliant worktops – and the expansion of Stericlad, its associated wall-lining system, Rearo can now offer a fully integrated suite of products, designed to meet the exacting demands of healthcare environments.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Mr Mercer said that recent contract wins for Rearo in other sectors, including work for Aberdeen<\/a> schools, \u201chave demonstrated the success of this approach\u201d for the company, encompassing cubicles, integrated plumbing system (IPS) panels, and Stericlad wall linings on the same project.\n<\/p>\n

\n He added: \u201cSteritop is our wedge into the healthcare market. It is a product that is difficult for others to manufacture consistently, and it allows us to start a conversation.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cBut our ambition is much bigger than just selling worktops. By offering a complete family of products, we can go to a contractor and say, \u2018here are all your answers for this site\u2019. We are not just a cubicle company anymore – we are a provider of holistic interiors in a range of different commercial and professional settings.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Robert Bennett, head of sales and marketing at Rearo, said: \u201cWe now have a portfolio that allows us to approach a healthcare project able to solve multiple problems.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWhether it is a contractor looking for robust wall protection in a hospital or a dental surgery requiring seamless, cleanable work surfaces, we can now provide a single-source solution.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n He added: \u201cThis reduces complexity for the buyer and ensures a consistent standard of quality and infection control across the entire project.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Rearo operates from a 67,000 sq ft manufacturing headquarters in Govan and has branches in Rosyth<\/a>, Aberdeen, Northampton, Skelmersdale, and Washington in Tyne and Wear.\n<\/p>\n

\n The company said: \u201cWith the Steritop and Stericlad brochures now published, new orders are already being processed, positioning Rearo for significant growth in the commercial healthcare sector throughout 2026 and beyond.\u201dn\n<\/p>\n

\n Rearo observed its \u201cinternal structure is evolving to support this strategic shift” with the integration of its internal sales and commercial teams to “help foster a more unified, sales-focused culture, designed to identify and target cross-selling opportunities from the head office\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n The company said that, as part of this \u201ctransformation\u201d, it is also investing heavily in its own infrastructure.\n<\/p>\n

\n Rearo added that it has developed a new meeting and presentation space to host continuing professional development sessions for architects and specifiers, \u201creinforcing the company\u2019s commitment to technical knowledge and partnership\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rearo, which is based at Govan in Glasgow and is registered at Lerwick in Shetland, has created the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-561745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}