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CROMWELL USES MP’S EARTH DAY VISIT TO HIGHLIGHT RANGE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Cromwell Polythene’s Managing Director James Lee highlighted a wide range of environmental issues when local MP Nigel Adams visited the company’s Sherburn headquarters, near Leeds, this week.
The Member of Parliament for Selby and Ainsty, who has consistently championed local businesses and, as Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Biomass Group,
WINNER OF GREYLAND PUTTING COMPETITION
ANNOUNCED The winner of the Greyland putting competition at the Manchester Cleaning Show has been announced.
John Wolohan, founder of Prestige Supplies NW in Wigan, was the overall winner of the competition, bagging himself a pallet of cleaning chemicals worth more than £750.
And John, who is a regular golfer, was delighted to have won. He said: “It’s unbelievable to have won, to be quite honest. I do play golf, but as my son keeps telling me, I can’t putt! So I feel really good about winning.
“When we went to the exhibition, we knew that Greyland were there, but I didn’t know about the putting competition, it was literally on the day that I saw it and had a go, which makes winning it even better.”
Established in 2005, Prestige Supplies NW is a family-run business, providing cleaning products and
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is an enthusiastic supporter of biomass, appropriately chose April 22, Earth Day 2016, for his visit. The first Earth Day, more than 25 years ago, is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement.
During his visit, in which Mr Adams agreed to lend his support to the All-Party Parliamentary Packaging Group, James Lee highlighted a number of areas in which the government’s assistance would be helpful. He said: “I explained Cromwell’s part in the UK packaging industry, which contributes £12bn to the UK economy and employs 85,000 people, more than the gas, oil, or pharmaceutical sectors. I also took the opportunity to highlight how packaging actually saves non-renewable resources, far greater than those used to make the packaging itself.
chemicals to the automotive industry, and the company is looking to expand into the catering market too, which is what brought them to the show.
Held on 6-7th April at Event City, the show was by all accounts considered to be a huge success, with organisers the British Cleaning Council and Quartz Business Media putting official visitor numbers at just under 2,500 – more than double the amount originally anticipated.
And John added that having an event in the north was of particular benefit to Prestige. He said: “Being from Wigan, it was lovely for us to be able to go to a show on a local basis, rather than having to travel all over the country.
“And I was very impressed with the show and with the calibre of people that were exhibiting there. I was really impressed with the whole set up of it.”
Richard Dyson, Managing Director of Greyland, added: “The Golf Putting Challenge was actually a last minute idea because Jack Barber, one of our sales reps, is an ex golf pro, so we thought we’d have a putting competition and give away a pallet of our cleaning chemicals.
“We’re very pleased with the show. It was busy – I think we had almost 100 people take part in the competition – so I think we’ve got a permanent fixture in the diary now.
“Out of it we had at least a dozen
new Greyland distributors around the north of England and the Midlands, including Prestige. So I’m delighted that John and Prestige Supplies won the competition, and the free pallet of cleaning chemicals.”
You can see the less successful attempts from the Tomorrow’s Cleaning team, on our Twitter page, @TomoCleaning.
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“Our very broad discussion ranged from how modern, lightweight packaging contributes to the minimisation of food waste throughout the UK supply chain, to the circular economy and the importance of waste as a resource. I also took the opportunity to suggest how the government can assist the waste management sector through the implementation of cohesive, nationwide collection systems, reducing the present 300 or so systems to around 10.
“It was a really positive meeting and I was greatly encouraged by Mr Adams’ willingness to take on board such a diverse range of topics – from waste to security of energy supply, from carbon reduction targets to the well-meaning, but mistaken imposition of the carrier bag tax.”
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