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New Scolmore & Ovia appointments
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colmore has appointed Toby Meadows to the role of area sales manager for the West Yorkshire region. Having graduated from University with an MSc in Business Leadership and Management, he secured his fi rst position as a graduate trainee with a leading electrical wholesaler and soon worked his way up to become an external sales executive. In his role with Scolmore, he will develop and build new and existing relationships with customers and contractors, with a proactive approach including joint trade counter events, product training sessions and local ECA branch meetings.
Ovia, meanwhile, has announced the appointment of Sarah Naunton to the position of area sales manager for the South Midlands and East Anglia regions. Sarah has worked in the electrical industry for 16 years, and has held sales and new business development roles with a number of leading lighting manufacturers. In her role with Ovia, Sarah is responsible for developing new and existing customer relationships at an independent and national level, as well as engaging with contractors and specifiers to grow brand and product awareness and to assist where lighting design and specifications are needed.
Ellis Patents, MD Danny Macfarlane (c) with the Rillington company’s longest serving employees, David Wheeler (left) and Steve Spaven (right).
Yorkshire manufacturer
celebrates sparkling anniversary One of Yorkshire’s leading manufacturers, Ellis Patents is marking its own right royal sparkling jubilee this summer – with the Rillington-based company celebrating its 60th
anniversary.
The cable cleat manufacturer, which actively exports to 45 countries through a global network of local distributors, was founded in 1962 by former WWII pilot, Arthur Ellis and began life as a manufacturer of plastic pipe clips and cable clamps in York. The company relocated to Rillington, near Malton, in 1974 and began manufacturing cable cleats in the mid-1990s.
Danny Macfarlane, Ellis Patents’ managing director, said: “Businesses need to be able adapt to stand the test of time, and time and again over the last 60 years Ellis Patents has done exactly that; whether it be embracing new technology or developing our product off ering to meet the changing needs of the market.” The vast majority of Ellis’ staff live locally with over 60 per cent having been with the company for over a decade. Danny continued: “Having such a loyal and experienced workforce is a huge benefi t for the business and for the suppliers, distributors and customers we work with.”
Also in the news: In case you missed it…
● Ansell Lighting joined forces with Bradford College to support the building of an ‘Active Learning Area’ house for electrical installation students to practice on.
● The CICV wrote to Business Minister Ivan McKee requesting intervention regarding the UKCA mark, which comes into use on 31 December 2022, following concerns raised regarding insuffi cient testing capacity.
● ECA is urging electrotechnical contractors, designers and installers to fully engage with Government initiatives to decarbonise heat, including the new Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS), to prepare for a surge in demand for heat pumps and a rapid shift towards the electrifi cation of heat via low-carbon technologies.
● ELCO Heating Solutions appointed Lee Atkinson as the new ASM for London and central regions.
● Niglon made a £50,000 charity donation to the Electrical Industries Charity.
● Knightsbridge donated a substantial quantity of wiring accessories to Bedford College to help students to help them complete hands-on electrical installation work.
● Domus Ventilation contributed to Clean Air Day with activities including a series of short animations and participation in a live Clean Air Day webinar held by BESA.
● Jordan Brompton, co-founder and CMO of eco-smart technology innovator myenergi,
was named as a fi nalist in the Woman of the Year category at this year’s Humber Renewables Awards.
● NAPIT launched a new webinar series on the new Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations which come into eff ect on 1 December 2022
● TREND Networks appointed Martin Redhead as market intelligence manager; Sonja Appel and Mark Leonard joined the customer service team; Evan Gargoulakis joined as QA Engineer; Andreas Ganser was appointed technical support team leader for EMEA, Juan Hernandez is technical support sales engineer; Krishna Pradeep joins as hardware manager; Emil Sawicki is senior software engineer.
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