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Mechanical and electrical contracting engineers, J & B Hopkins has used its headquarters in Concorde Way to demonstrate a highly energy efficient way of controlling the temperature within buildings using low temperature heating and high temperature cooling.
“Concorde House was built on a brownfield site and designed around a light-weight steel frame with walls constructed from standard cladding panels,” explains Managing Director, Paul Hopkins.
Where Hopkins and his team have been truly ... [more]
Look forward to Monday mornings and make waking up a real pleasure with a stylish Jacuzzi Atreo shower : Shower in style with the new Atreo wet room concept from Jacuzzi UK that is designed to be both beautiful and adaptable.
With fluid shapes that embrace the body and stimulate the mind, the Jacuzzi® Atreo is something to wake up for rather than pass through.
There are two sub categories within the Atreo luxury shower range - all distinguished by the overhead bracket and many configurati... [more]
Stove manufacturer Jøtul is celebrating its tenth year of success in the UK this year.
Jøtul was initially introduced in the early 70s and was the first wood burning stove brand to appear in the UK, but the real established business in its current guise made its mark from April 2000 under Managing Director, Nick Sloane. "Wood burning has long been the preferred source of heating in many countries with the wood burning stove the first choice to harness its benefits. But it’s taken some time an... [more]
Thomas Crapper, the Victorian plumber and sanitaryware manufacturer whose name has become synonymous with the water closet, is commemorated in a new edition of Flushed With Pride: The Story of Thomas Crapper to mark the centenary of his death on 27 January 1910.
Although the founder of the Thomas Crapper company did not actually invent the toilet he did much to popularise it. Based in Chelsea, he opened the world’s first bathroom showroom in the 1870s and was soon invited by the Prince of Wal... [more]
Christopher Watson, who is the second generation to run J Watson Plumbing in Blackburn, has been using Yorkshire Copper Tube's copper tubing since he started his career 34 years ago.
The winner of Yorkshire Copper Tube's latest competition has lots of celebrations in the pipeline this year and a £300 hotel voucher prize is the icing on the cake.
His father, Joseph, started the business in 1950, which coincides with Yorkshire's milestone anniversary of copper tube manufacturing in Kirkby. A... [more]
Graham has appointed David Gledhill to the role of Managing Director, replacing Simon Carin. David joined Graham’s sister company, Jewson, in 1986, starting in a sales role and progressing to become a branch manager before moving into area management. He has held senior management roles in Frazer, IDS and Platform, and two years ago was appointed the first Managing Director of the Timber Group.
Simon will be joining Solaglas, one of the leading distributors, processors and installers of glass... [more]
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