SKIP NEWS
The NWH Group expands with new skip loaders from MV Commercial
Multilift bodywork and one with Boughton bodywork, will be used across the company’s hire division and for its popular wait and load services. The NWH Group needed the new vehicles to meet increasing customer demand and MV Commercial was able to provide the right spec trucks from its Ready to Go range of stock vehicles – which includes models designed to anticipate upcoming market trends and provide
MV COMMERCIAL has supplied waste and recycling management specialists, The NWH Group, with three MAN TGM 4x2 skip loaders within a matter of weeks – enabling the operator to quickly keep up with continued business growth.
The new trucks, which join an existing fleet of 36 skip loaders and include two with
operators with quality equipment in rapid time.
Craig Williams, Group Operations Director at The NWH Group, says: “Demand for skip hire grew significantly throughout the pandemic and has not slowed down. In order to respond to this, we made the decision to extend our skip loader fleet.
“We’d previously leased vehicles from MV Commercial, so we knew they provide a quality service. From our initial conversation to taking delivery of the liveried vehicles, took less than a month – considerably less than had we ordered a new chassis from a dealer and then waited to get it bodied.
"The whole process was seamless, and we’ll definitely be returning to MV Commercial when we need to extend or upgrade the fleet again.”
The 18-tonne rigids will operate out of the company’s Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle sites. They work five days a week and are finished in the firm’s striking two- tone blue livery.
With a vision to eliminate waste by transforming it into valuable resources, The NWH Group provides waste collection services to the hospitality, leisure, construction, engineering, commercial, industrial and waste management sectors across the UK.
Refuse collector portraits in campaign to 'humanise' sector
A COUNCIL refuse collector whose portrait features in a series depicting key workers, is to become the face of a campaign to show the human side of the waste sector.
The portrait of Pete McNee, who works with Clackmannanshire Council in central Scotland, will feature on the side of the authority’s vehicles to remind the public of the real people involved in clearing their waste.
His portrait was created by artist Karen Strang, who spent part of lockdown painting more than 50 key workers. Her series is intended as a tribute to doctors, nurses, shopkeepers, waste workers and others who put their own safety on the line to support their communities.
Portrait of Pete McNee by artist Karen Strang Photograph by Alan Paterson
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Pete’s boss, Iain McDonald, Senior Manager in Environment Services at the council, said he was a natural choice to be nominated for a portrait because of his friendly manner and willingness to go the extra mile to help others.
“I went did a shift on the bins with some of the boys and Pete showed me how to do it,” he said. “He has more than 30 years’ experience and is a solid, dependable guy who’s good at interacting with the public.
“He is well-respected and one of those guys who is always willing to help.”
Lockdown rules at the time meant the artist had to paint Pete’s portrait from a photograph. However, Pete said the likeness was “fantastic”.
He added: “Pete has turned into a bit of a poster boy. He is going on the side of waste trucks as part of the council’s ‘zero waste’ campaign and to remind the public to be nice to staff.”
Pete’s portrait is also to feature in a new book which will bring all the key workers’ portraits together with their individual stories, with proceeds going to help local charities.
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