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TC DIRECTOR SIGNS UP FOR SPARTAN
CHALLENGE Tomorrow’s Cleaning Sales Director, Gavin Nicholls, is swapping the office for the great outdoors, having signed up for the Alzheimer’s Research UK Spartan Race 2016.
Taking place on 3rd September at Elton Hall, just outside Peterborough, the race is more than your average run, covering a range of challenging obstacles across five kilometres, designed to test your strength, balance, mental tenacity and endurance – so it should be no sweat for our intrepid Director!
Gavin will be completing the Spartan Challenge alongside his wife Jo, and four of her colleagues from the
NILFISK CELEBRATE 110 YEARS OF
HISTORY The Nilfisk team at Penrith recently celebrated the companies’ 110 year anniversary with a visit from Anders Terkildsen, Executive Vice President of the Nilfisk Group. The head office team celebrated with a toast to the company’s success and birthday cake.
Nilfisk was founded in 1906 by a young Danish Engineer called Peder Anderson Fisker. Fisker was a trained electrical engineer who loved motors. From a small backyard workshop in Copenhagen he started to produce motors to power coffee grinders, machine tools, fans and drills.
The breakthrough came in 1910 when Fisker patented his first vacuum cleaner, the Nilfisk C1. At a time when vacuum cleaners had to be operated by multiple people the C1 weighed in at only 17.5 kilos and was indeed a revolution.
From the start Fisker had a dream to create a global company with innovative technology at its heart. After 110 years his dream has certainly been realised with the Nilfisk Group
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turnover in 2015 announced at £972million.
Looking to the future in 2015 the Nilfisk Group launched an ambitious three-year growth strategy focusing on growing market share with a number of new initiatives. Elements include strengthening the sales and service function at the front end, driving competitive offerings, building strong global
brands and improving supply chain performance.
The Nilfisk Group offers one of the widest product portfolios in the cleaning industry and employs more than 5,500 people in 45 countries across the world; therefore Fisker would be extremely proud of his achievements and the company’s development to date.
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Older People’s Mental Health Unit at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where she works as a Nurse Consultant, and he said that the work they do is what inspired him to sign up.
He said: “They do a really fantastic job in what is a really tough environment, but this is just the kind of people that the NHS have in their ranks – that really care about the patients under their care.”
And Gavin added that there were more personal reasons for choosing Alzheimer’s Research UK to raise money for. He said: “I have had family and have friends whose family members have been afflicted with either Alzheimer’s or Dementia in some form.
“It’s a terrible thing to see, and even worse to witness those you care about suffer, while watching a loved one not even recognise them or know who they are.”
With four months to go before the big day, Gavin is encouraging the cleaning industry to dig deep and donate. He said: “I know that the industry has a big heart and a massive sense of pride – it has to be worth it if only to see me get seriously injured or humiliated for a good cause!”
For more information on how to donate to Gavin’s cause, email him at
gavin@opusbm.co.uk.
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