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Wates pledges support for armed forces T


he Wates Group has strengthened its support for the military by signing BuildForce’s Veteran Alliance Charter, designed to support ex-service personnel into sustainable employment in the construction industry.


Wates will now work in partnership with industry-led initiative, BuildForce, which helps Armed Forces personnel to make decisions about their future careers. The pledge forms part of the Wates Group’s wider commitment to support all veterans and current members of the armed forces, which has also seen the business sign the Government’s Armed Forces Covenant.


As part of its growing partnership with BuildForce, Wates is hosting its first BuildForce Armed Forces Insight Day in Manchester and look forward to hosting other locations in the future.


Wates is currently developing a series of BuildForce Insight events, designed to introduce ex-military personnel and veterans to the industry and help reduce industry skill gaps.


John Dunne, group health, safety, environment and quality director at Wates, commented “At Wates, we’re extremely passionate about supporting all Veterans and current members of the Armed Forces.


“By signing the Armed Forces Covenant and through our flourishing relationship with BuildForce, we are connecting those who have key transferable skills, experience and knowledge to our wonderful industry. Not only does this support people into sustainable employment but it also enables us to continue to improve the services we offer to our customers.”


Caroline Logan, Buildforce programme director, commented “Wates has been a valued partner of the BuildForce Alliance since signing the Charter in August 2017 and more recently securing their pledge by the signing of our Veteran Charter. Over the last few years, Wates has contributed to our insight days, offered one to one mentor support, training and career advice and facilitated numerous site work placements.


“We look forward to our relationship with Wates growing in strength and working together to engage with further Veterans to compliment their organisation.” BuildForce promotes the construction industry and the built environment to Veterans and Service Leavers, connecting them to construction careers through a UK-wide alliance of employers, industry bodies and charities supported by the Government, part-funded by the CITB and working in partnership with The Royal Foundation.


Baxi Heating sponsors Smiths Racing for 2020 British Superbike Championship


eading commercial heating and hot water solution providers Baxi Heating have announced their continued sponsorship of Smiths Racing BMW for the 2020 Bennetts British Superbike Championship season. This will be the third successive season that Baxi Heating have sponsored the Smiths Racing BMW team in the UK’s leading road racing superbike racing series.


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Representing Smiths Racing in this year’s championship are Peter Hickman, the world’s fastest road racer, who took an impressive sixth place in the BSB 2019 series and Alex Olsen, who made his promising debut with Smiths Racing at the end of last year’s championship.


Baxi Heating’s commercial sales director Dan Martindale said: “We are delighted to sponsor Smiths Racing BMW for the third year running in this highly popular national event. The 2019 season was packed with excitement, so we are looking forward to sharing in


more thrilling contests with our customers at this year’s race days.” Darren Jones, Smiths Racing Team manager, said: “It’s great to have the continued backing of Baxi Heating in the 2020 British Superbikes Championship. With their ongoing


t seems pretty certain now that legislation will soon be in force requiring new build houses to be gas free in the future. In the meantime what can installers and specifiers do to reduce reliance on gas in existing buildings? The answer can be quite straightforward – use a hybrid system that can utilise more than one fuel input. Using the Advance SFUTS (Solid Fuel Universal Thermal Store) makes it easy to reduce the reliance on gas because it incorporates additional inputs for a wood burner and other appliances such as solar thermal or PV roof panels, off peak electricity or other inputs for sealed system central heating and mains pressure hot water.


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With all the plumbing, controls and wiring pre-installed the unit is easy to install in any multi fuel system. Each input has a thermostat control pre wired to a junction box to control all inputs. Solar thermal is


not pre figured as panel suppliers usually supply a control package. The SFUTS unit can be specified in three domestic sizes – 210, 250 and 300 litres capacity – and can be supplied as suitable for sealed heating systems so underfloor heating and modern sealed system boilers can be incorporated. The sealed system unit meets G3 safety requirements with three levels of safety so wood burners can be safely installed on a pumped circuit. The unit is CE marked in addition to the HETAS listing. Hot water is mains fed for power showers and fast bath filling, using an internal high output coil as a heat exchanger through a thermal mixing valve. A small expansion vessel is used as a shock arrestor and a service valve is fitted. The first HETAS listing was awarded to Advance Appliances for their SFUTS multi fuel thermal store so it has third party attestation. More information at


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support, and our extremely talented riders, we look forward to equalling or surpassing last year’s success.” The first round of the 2020 Bennetts British Superbikes will take place on 10 to 12 April at Silverstone following a comprehensive test schedule in Spain.


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PJH expands sales development team


Paula Wilson joins PJH as Sales Development Manager for the Northern & Scotland region, from one of PJH’s trade customers, Express Plumbing Supplies where she was showroom manager. With over 30 years’ experience in the bathroom and tile industry.


Joining PJH’s Southwest team is Darren Turner. Based in Bristol, Turner’s


previous roles as Showroom Manager for Active Plumbing Supplies and Regional Manager for Porcelanosa, place him in good stead for his new position as sales


development manager. Charlotte Hall joins the company’s Northern sales team. In her new role as sales development manager for the Northern regions, she will be responsible for growing and maintaining sales with both current and prospective retail and merchant customers.


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sales team Kevin Potter has been appointed as national sales manager whereas Gary Banham advanced to the role as senior area sales manager for London. With 20 years of


experience in HVAC and 15 years in hot water, Potter’s contribution to the sales team was recognised and he was appointed as new national sales


manager, looking after a team of currently 13 sales managers across the UK. Gary Banham on the other hand only joined Hamworthy in December 2018. His work left such an impression, he was promoted to senior area sales manager for the London area. He will also be covering for his colleague Paul Fox who retired in December, taking care of key account management and specification in the region.


Albion hire warehouse apprence to help keep up with


increasing orders Jacob Wills is the fifth apprentice to join Albion’s warehouse team in as many years, he will be working in the warehouse fulfilling customer orders, which includes branding valves, building actuation packages and the setting and testing of safety valves.


Wills joined the company at 20 years old, completing his studies at school and college before entering


the working world. He was looking for a new challenge when the vacancy at Albion arose, he saw this as a great opportunity to build upon his education within a working environment.


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