One of Ripon’s biggest employers has appointed a highly qualified Facilities Manager as the family-run engineering businesses seeks to further expand its operations. Gareth Bovington, who was facilities and environment manager at the Monks Cross shopping centre, on the outskirts of York, will supervise the day to day running of each
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Yorkshire automotive specialist launches first electric Twisted Defender
A British motoring icon has been given a sustainable twist with the global launch of the much-anticipated Twisted EV. An exclusive partnership with Dutch electrification specialist Plower will see a fully electric Twisted Defender® available for the first time. The Twisted EV will offer more than 200 miles of real world driving range,
Leeds drainage company steps up operations to serve construction
Leeds-based drainage contractor, Jet Aire Services, is gradually ramping up towards full capacity to meet demand for essential services whilst supporting the construction industry as it remobilises. The company’s site activities during the coronavirus crisis have been restricted to essential works, with key worker engineers carrying out reactive cleansing, remedial and
EN:Procure now seeking contractors for new £25m framework
EN:Procure, the specialist procurement arm of social housing consortium Efficiency North Holdings Limited, is now inviting suitably qualified and experienced contractors to join a new Lifts Framework to provide passenger lift installation, servicing, repairs and maintenance services for members and customers in the social housing and wider public sector in
Drax’s largest biomass shipment arrives at the UK’s biggest biomass handling facility
Associated British Ports (ABP) and Drax received and unloaded the largest shipment of sustainable biomass to arrive at the Port of Immingham in the UK’s Humber region earlier this week, marking an important milestone for the port and the energy company. The Zheng Zhi bulk carrier vessel transported 63,907 tonnes of
Smith Brothers connects 50MW Cambridgeshire solar farm
Yorkshire-headquarted high-voltage power contractor, Smith Brothers, has successfully completed electrical engineering works at the Next Energy Capital Ltd solar farm in Little Staughton, Cambridgeshire. Working as the Independent Connection Provider (ICP) on the generation project, the 21-strong Smith Brothers team designed, constructed, installed and tested the UK Power Network’s (UKPN) 132kV
Jet Aire appoints business development manager
Drainage contractor, Jet Aire Services, has appointed Lee Whitear as business development manager to support the company’s continued UK-wide growth. Lee was previously the operations manager at Jet Aire’s Leeds office prior to his move to the sales division. Following four years of military service, he joined Jet Aire in 2013
Northern Gas Networks pledge savings of £150m to customers across the north
Northern Gas Networks (NGN), the North of England’s gas distributor, has shared its business plans for next five years in its most ambitious programme of service improvement to date. The business, which is headquarted in Leeds, has planned a £1.25 billion investment in the network from 2021 – 2026, which is
Forward-thinking manufacturers welcomes duo of experienced operators
Sheet metal manufacturers Salamander Fabrications has further bolstered its growing workforce with the additions of two highly qualified recruits. Mohammed Zub has joined the Slaithwaite-based firm as a quality engineer and Nick Horn has come in as a manufacturing engineer. The duo of appointments sees Salamander’s workforce rise to 50-plus, as the
ECON ploughs £850,000 into new state-of-the-art laser cutter
A North Yorkshire engineering company that manufactures more than 80 per cent of the winter maintenance and repair vehicles used on Britain’s roads has ploughed £850,000 into a new state-of-the-art laser cutter. The new machine purchased by Econ Engineering will not only significantly increase throughput in its engineering workshop, it will