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Stopper Specialists appoints new General Manager
Leading construction services supplier Groundforce has appointed one of their former graduates to the post of general manager for their Stopper Specialist business.
SamWoodcock joined Groundforce in 2016 as part of the company’s graduate recruitment programmewhere heworked in a rotating role across various departments including sales, operations, hire desk, finance, international, technical and assetmanagement teams.
In 2018, Samwas promoted to Groundforce operationsmanager for Scotland and the north
east.Managing sites across Scotland and the north east of England hewas responsible for all operational personnel, regional profit and loss account ownership, cost budgets, and safe delivery of equipment and services to construction projects throughout the region.
In his newrole as generalmanager for Stopper
Specialists, his remitwill include overhauling all operational processes to further increase quality of service, take a leading role in new product development, increasemarket share, andmaintain business stabilitywithin the challenges of a COVD-impactedmarket.
He said of his appointment: “I’mexcited to take on this opportunitywithin a key business of Groundforce. Stopper Specialists is entering a periodwhichwill see itmaintain itsmarket- leading position and strengthen it in key areas such as pressure testing,with the release of our internally developed PressureTest+mobile application.We have already begun tomake great strides in the initialmonths and I look forward to continuing toworkwith our great team.”
Stopper Specialists’ former generalmanager Warren Buckland,who hasmoved to the role of director for BITS (Groundforce Bridge, Ireland,
Naylor win Queen’s award for Enterprise
Pipemanufacturer Naylor Clayware has been honouredwith a prestigiousQueen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category for its high-performance products which are used in demanding applications around theworld. Naylor Clayware is a division of Naylor Industries plc, a fourth-generation family business based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Clay pipe production is an activitywhich has been associatedwith the Naylor Group since its foundation in 1890, but as the needs of the construction industry have evolved, so too has the Naylor product offering. The development of high-performance clay pipe systems for trenchless installation and handling hot or corrosive effluents has led to areas ofworld- leading technical expertise. The company supplies challenging schemes across the globe, such aswhere surface activity precludes digging a trench orwhere process plants emit aggressive chemicals. Its Denlok trenchless pipe has been particularly beneficial internationally in allowing authorities to install
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or upgrade sewers in fast-growing metropolitan areaswhere it is impractical to dig up the roadswithout dramatically disrupting daily life. International sales growth of these high-performance products has led to the company being awarded the Queen’s Award for International Trade; indeed, since developing these ranges, the company’s products have been supplied onto every continent and into 65 countriesworldwide. Naylor CEO Edward Naylor,who has been running the business since 1993, said: “We’re absolutely delighted to receive this award. We’ve got a fantastic team: fromlong-servers with decades of experience through to young and enthusiastic apprentices and this really is a wonderful recognition of all their hardwork over somany years.” He added: “We’d also like to thank our international network of agents and distributorswhowork tirelessly in flying the Naylor flag across the globe.” Nowin its 55th year, the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are themost prestigious business
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Training and Stopper Specialists) said: “I have hugely enjoyedmy time as generalmanager at Stopper Specialists and I look forward to supporting Samand his teamtake the business to the next level.
EdwardNaylor,Naylor CEO
awards in the country,withwinning businesses able to use the esteemed Queen’s Awards emblemfor the next five years.
sales@naylor.co.uk www.naylor.co.uk 01226 794018
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