Session 4 · Portfolio piece
Research a supplier with AI
Priya Shah · Meridian Care · version 1 · 2 February
Harlow Linen Services: laundry and linen for care homes.
Who they are: family-run since 1998, two depots (Harlow and Chelmsford), 41 care-home customers in Essex.
What they offer: collection three times a week, a same-day service for infection-control laundry, cheaper per kilo than our current supplier.
What I checked: their Companies House filing (accounts up to date), two references from care homes (both called), and the infection-control certificate (valid to June).
What the assistant got wrong: it said they had a third depot in Braintree. It closed in 2024.
The assistant wrote a confident profile in two minutes, but one fact was out of date: a depot that closed in 2024. I now check every place and number against a source before I trust it, and I ask it where each fact came from.
- supplier-profile-harlow-linen.pdf · 210 KB
Johnnie usually marks within two working days.
