Meet Our Sponsor: Fishers
As we approach the Highlands & Islands Thistle Awards 2025, we are delighted to showcase the leading organisations whose support is pivotal to this year’s celebration of excellence in tourism. Today, we spotlight Fishers, the market leader in textile rental and commercial laundry services for Scotland’s hospitality sector.
About the Company
Fishers Laundry is the hospitality sector market leader for textile rental and commercial laundry services in Scotland and, with its sister company Shortridge, the North of England. The business is fully committed to supporting hoteliers and restaurateurs with their laundry needs – bed linen; towels; bath robes; napkins; and chefswear.
We have invested significantly in our large, highly automated laundries to provide a dependable laundry service for large hotel chains operating across the country, while also providing a tailored service to boutique and luxury hotel chains.
With innovation and sustainability at the heart of the business, Fishers and Shortridge wash, dry and iron more than 2 million individual pieces of laundry every week in high season, ensuring that our customers can focus on what they do best – providing a warm welcome for guests.
Fishers and Shortridge are owned and backed by K-Bro Linen Inc., Canada’s largest provider of laundry and linen services and, together with our sister companies, Synergy and Aeroserve, constitute one of the top laundry and textile rental companies in the UK.
Why They Sponsor HITA
Fishers is very much a part of Scotland's hospitality sector and we're keen to promote excellence wherever it appears as, together, we provide the warmest of welcomes for Scotland's guests.
Category Sponsorship
Fishers sponsors the Best Hotel Experience.
We recognise the value of the visitor economy to Scotland and we are proud to help the industry to celebrate the best of hospitality.
Supporting Businesses and Tourism in the Highlands and Islands
The company focuses on supporting hospitality businesses by providing a reliable, professional laundry service, leaving our customers to do what they do best – being the best of hosts for guests, whether they come from round the world or round the corner.
Role in the Local Economy and Community
Where possible, we partner with other Scottish businesses and suppliers and, of course, we employ 900 people in Scotland in peak season. Whether that’s operatives in our laundries, drivers to take our linen the length and breadth of the country, or backroom staff, the Fishers and Shortridge team works tirelessly together from our four laundries in Scotland to ensure that the hospitality sector can function effectively.
Industry Trends and Innovations
Innovation is at the heart of what we do, and Fishers has recently pioneered the use of Radio Frequency Identification, helping our customers to track where their laundry is at any time and ensuring that it gets to the right place at the right time for them to meet the needs of their guests – every time.
Looking Forward to HITA 2025
The army of people who come together to showcase the best that Scotland has to offer are a force of nature. They work tirelessly to ensure that our visitors enjoy their time in Scotland, and we're looking forward to seeing the hospitality industry in the Highlands and Islands come together to celebrate the best hospitality that the North of Scotland can offer.
Alignment with Company Goals and Values
Our core values are based around providing a service that is dependable, efficient and friendly. It's clear for all to see that these are the same attributes that make Scotland's hospitality sector the success that it is today.
Upcoming Initiatives or Events
Our focus is on the Thistle Awards and celebrating the best of the best of Scotland’s hospitality stars.
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Three Words to Describe the Company
Dependable. Efficient. Friendly. (with a capital F)
Message to the Finalists
“Scotland is known the world over for its lochs and glens; its heritage; the warmth of its welcome; the food and drink that’s such an important part of that; and a hundred other attributes which come together to make it such an attractive place to visit.
You are the best of the best. Be as proud of what you've achieved as we are in supporting you.”
