Boots Care

The wellbeing of their employees was very important to Jesse and Florence and they provided welfare, education, sports and social facilities for their growing retail and manufacturing workforce.  Full time welfare professionals were employed and a surgery was established at the Island Street site to care for the health of employees.  A Day Continuation School (later renamed Boots College) was opened to provide extended academic and vocational education for younger employees.  Jesse and Florence enjoyed organizing and hosting social events and outings for staff in the early days of the business and continued to help hosting and creating sporting clubs and facilities as their employee base grew as they believed that healthy and happy employees would make Boots a happy and productive place to work.