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Jangro raises £100,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support
he independent janitorial distributors in the UK & Ireland (Jangro) has smashed its fundraising goal for cancer support charity. Jangro has been working in partnership with the MacMillan Cancer Support since 2013 pledging to raise £100,000 to help it support people living with cancer, and it has now reached this goal. Jangro members have undertaken many varied fundraising initiatives in a bid to meet this target. Sponsored walks, cycle rides, triathlons, marathons, raffles, auctions, and coffee mornings have all contributed to raise this incredible sum of money. Fundraising has also become a key part of Jangro’s regular supplier and member days. Thanks to the
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generosity of its membership and suppliers at one of these events in October 2021, £1,215 was donated, tipping the grand total raised to more than £100,000. Jangro chief executive, Joanne Gilliard, said: “We are immensely proud to have raised such a phenomenal amount of money for this very worthy charity. We have received fantastic support from all the Jangro members, staff and group suppliers and I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone for their amazing efforts. £100,000 is an astonishing achievement and you are all awesome!
She continued: “MacMillan Cancer Support does so much great work. I know that this donation will really help them to support so many people with cancer to live life as fully as they can.”
Cheryl Jenkinson, corporate relationship fundraising manager at MacMillan Cancer Support, commented: “At Macmillan we are so grateful to companies like Jangro who raise vital funds for people living with cancer, who currently, need our help now more than ever before. The income that Jangro has raised will help fund a Macmillan Nurse for 85 weeks. Our trained nurses can address the all-round needs of people living with cancer. Thank you team Jangro Ltd we really appreciate your support.”
NEWS & APPOINTMENTS Appointments
Aermec expands UK sales team to accelerate growth
As part of its recruitment drive, Aermec has appointed Alex Thompson as business development manager. Alex’s new role will see him work alongside the wider sales team but he will be primarily representing Aermec in the south west of England and in South Wales. “We are pleased to welcome Alex into the Aermec family. He brings a wealth of HVAC experience and will play a key role in delivering sustained business value from our award-winning solutions and help drive our growing customer base,” said David Evans, Aermec’s general sales manager.
Mr Thompson has been in the HVAC industry for 24 years having graduated as a mechanical engineer. He has held posts in R&D for nine years and over the last 15 years has been in technical sales with three leading air conditioning manufacturers and has multi-product experience.
He has extensive experience supplying chillers, CRACs and AHUs to a wide range of industries and applications – from data centres and mission critical applications to critical cooling for hospitals as well as providing cooling solutions to meet the exacting requirements of large office projects.
“I look forward to working with the team and to strengthening Aermec’s position and supporting the business in the next phase of growth,” commented Mr Thompson.
Albion appoints technical manager
Cladding repair bill is 180% higher than the average leaseholder salary
ew research and data analysis from A1 cladding system manufacturer Valcan has unveiled a number of troubling findings around the costs and severity of the current UK cladding crisis.” One of the most notable discoveries was that the typical cladding repair bill is an estimated £42,000 per property. This works out at 180% more than the average leaseholder salary. In addition, the Index’s salary data shows that the repair costs would be the same as 91 weeks of wages per person, on average.
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Valcan calculated its Index by using official UK government data to determine the number of properties with dangerous cladding. This was done by taking an average of the maximum and minimum estimates for the number of buildings with ACM cladding systems yet to be remediated. The average salary data for each affected area was then collected from the ONS and converted to monthly, weekly and annual wages for leaseholders. While there has been the announcement of up to £5bn of investment by the Government to ‘pay for the removal of unsafe cladding for all leaseholders in high- rise buildings’ - meaning the repair bills won’t be completely footed by the property owners - the Index’s data suggests this figure may not be enough to cover the total expenses. On a city-wide level, London was revealed by the Index to be the worst location for cladding issues. This is because a number of the capital’s local authorities have featured in the top 10 list for the estimated number of buildings with ACM cladding that has yet to be remediated. The Index’s full data list of the nation’s local authorities has also painted quite a damning picture of just how widespread the cladding issues are in the UK, particularly in major cities. Affected properties can be found as far south as Brighton and Hove to Leeds, Liverpool and Bradford in the north.
Top 10 rankings
1. Tower Hamlets 20+ buildings 2. Salford
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3. Westminster 15.5 buildings 4. Wandsworth 15.5 buildings 5. Brent 15.5 buildings 6. Newham 15.5 buildings 7. Southwark 8 buildings 8. Manchester 8 buildings 9. City of London 3 buildings 10. Elmbridge 3 buildings
Alan Lamming, director of Valcan commented: “The data is clearly very shocking and although the Government recently announced a £5bn investment to foot the bill for cladding that needs remediating, it is clear this is not enough and many leaseholders will be left to pay large sums of money that they simply cannot afford.
“The building regulations (Approved Document B) were very ambiguous prior to 2017 and in my view, therefore were largely responsible for the combustible materials being used. Therefore, we believe that the Government should pay the bill for this on ‘relevant’ buildings (i.e. buildings such as hospitals, flats, student accommodation, schools with dormitories etc, above 18m high) using the BSF, which should be increased.”
Whether or not the Government’s funding proves sufficient to rectify the situation remains to be seen, but if it isn’t, many leaseholders will find themselves in challenging financial circumstances based on the index’s data. On top of this, many of these homeowners will now face a doubly anxious wait to both find out if this repair work is something they may have to pay for and when it will actually be carried out.
4 BUILDING SERVICES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER DECEMBER 2021 New sales manager for Scotland appointed by ESi
The on-going growth of ESi in the heating controls sector has taken a further step with the appointment of Steven Nicholson as area sales manager for Scotland. ESi became part of Addtech Power Solutions back in March of this year and has seen major investment in the company with the recent announcement that it had increased the size of its headquarters and warehouse in Buckingham to allow for recent and future growth and to allow it to substantially increase its stockholding. This appointment signals the company’s continued growth with additional quality personnel recruited to increase the sales, turnover and profits of the company. Mr Nicholson, who is based in Dunfermline, joins ESi from boiler manufacturer Atag Heating Technology where he was product sales manager: “These are exciting times for ESi and I’m delighted to be joining a company that is establishing itself as a major provider of quality heating controls. I’m confident we can grow the company’s sales and reputation in Scotland in the months and years ahead.”
Gripple appoints ideas & innovation director
Sheffield-based manufacturer Gripple has appointed a new director to lead the business’ new product development function.
Gerard Shevlin takes the position of ideas and innovation director. He joins from Dyson, where he most recently held the role of head of engineering. Initially joining as an intern, Mr Shevlin held various prominent engineering leadership roles during his 23 years at Dyson, managing engineering and design teams that delivered industry leading innovations, from the original Dyson vacuum cleaner to, most recently a ventilator in response to the COVID pandemic, which accelerated from concept to production in just seven weeks.
At Gripple, Mr Shevlin will be responsible for the 13 strong team of product design engineers and project managers, and will work closely with the product management, marketing and sales teams globally to drive progress against this key metric.
Albion Valves (UK), one of the UK’s leading valve suppliers, has appointed Dave Rhodes as technical manager. Mr Rhodes has over 40 years’ experience in manufacturing and engineering, and in recent years a specific focus on quality control, technical services, and consultancy work.
This newly created role will see Mr Rhodes provide technical expertise to all departments across the business, as well as providing support to Albion’s network of independent distributors on any technical matters. His vast experience will set him in good stead to provide this knowledge and guidance, and once again will provide added value to Albion’s offering.
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