Glasgow Business . 11
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133,000 sqft facility in Hillington ecommerce
Bathroom superstore’s £3.5m investment
Wholesale Domestic, the family-owned bathroom goods supplier, is consolidating its leading role in the UK ecommerce revolution by opening a new 133,000 square foot new facility in Hillington, outside Glasgow. The newly-refurbished
premises, close to its existing 45,000 square foot outlet, is expected to create up to 40 new jobs by the end of 2017. The storage depot and showroom marks a major landmark in the company’s drive to transform itself from a trusted local family business to a leading national bathroom supplier.
Wholesale Domestic, which has had a base close to the new facility in Hillington since 1990, has seen turnover double since 2012, largely on the runaway success of its online sales operation. The £3.5 million investment in storage space and stock-picking technology in the formerly derelict warehouse will allow the firm to grow at a projected 20 per cent per year, putting it at the forefront of Scotland’s small but growing contingent of ecommerce pioneers. The Toward family launched the business in 1963 and is pursuing a two-pronged local-plus-national strategy aimed at both B2B and B2C customers. It is giving access to the current 5000 product lines held in Wholesale Domestic’s own stock, while giving web customers access to up to 30,000 products through ecommerce partnerships with other national suppliers.
SgurrEnergy unveils state- of-the-art control centre
S
gurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has officially opened its
newly upgraded state-of-the-art control centre at its Glasgow headquarters. Te SgurrControlCentre is
a technical support hub, which provides the company’s global client base with an all-encompassing asset management service. Te occasion was marked
with the unveiling of a plaque by Scotland’s Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, Paul Wheelhouse. While visiting the renewable
energy consultancy company’s Bath Street offices, Paul Wheelhouse took the opportunity to speak to staff and see for
Ten years of the Language Room
Ten years ago, The Language Room was launched to serve people and make language more available. Since then, it has been doing its best to deliver quality and make the world smaller, enthuse translators, deliver quality to clients and help people communicate wherever they are in world and whatever language they speak.
The Language Room
offer quality time after time, offer the best customer service as possible and manage to serve businesses all over the world. It helps companies to
grow by communicating with potential customers and being able to deliver their message. The firm keeps growing while still maintaining the same high demand for quality and excellence. It hopes to help you grow your business.
Garth Wilson, Asset Management Team Leader, SgurrEnergy; Paul Wheelhouse, Scotland’s Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy; Robbie Gibson,
Director of Asset Management, SgurrEnergy; Martin Letham, Control Centre Supervisor, SgurrEnergy; Steve McDonald, Implementation Director, SgurrEnergy and Kevin Groom, International Controller, SgurrEnergy
himself the newly refurbished and upgraded SgurrControlCentre. Te SgurrControlCentre is
manned by a team of operational controllers who provide round-
the-clock control, monitoring and management of a number of onshore and offshore wind, and solar projects, and associated site contractors.
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