April 2023
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The passing of an industry veteran and long-serving Roberts salesman
Stan Vandenberghe, who worked as a salesman for Roberts for more than 70 years, has passed away at the age of 94. During his career, Stan made a huge number of friends across the industry as he clocked up an impressive tenure working in various roles for Roberts (previously called Roberts Radio). In 2012, he received the Special Achievement Award at the ERT Awards. Stan first joined Roberts (where his brother already worked) at the age of 15 after leaving school; he worked in various departments of the company from parts, packaging and deliveries before heading out on the road as one of the sales reps covering the whole of the South of England. He remained in this role until
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the age of 65 when he decided to retire. However, Stan couldn’t stay away for long and after a few months he ended up returning to the company working part-time as a telephone salesman for another 20-plus years! One of Stan’s former colleagues at Roberts, and industry friend for over 45 years, was Gerry Kehoe; he joined the business in 1977 and part of his induction was going out to visit dealers with Stan. “That was the start of our very long association,” he said. “Everybody knew Stan; he was dedicated to his job
and he absolutely loved it,” Mr Kehoe told ERT. “He made so many friends over the years and he attended all the industry exhibitions up and down the country
independent retailers to help grow their business and generating new business. Steve Sweet has become joint Regional Sales Manager; he has over 30 years of experience in retail, contract and distribution within the appliance industry. And Chris Coupar joins as joint Regional Sales Manager covering the South West and South Wales. Elsewhere, ASKO has announced two new additions to its UK team. Peter Jarvis joins as National
Stan outside St James’s Palace delivering a Roberts Radio for the brand’s 75th anniversary
catching up with all of his customers. “They broke the mould when they made Stan. He was Roberts Radio through and through. Only in more recent years he wound down his work and eventually closed his order pad so he could look after his wife.” Stan spent the last few years in the Potters Bar
area with his family; he had a son and a daughter, and two grandchildren.
Account Manager with a focus on electrical retail, while Michael Hardwick has been appointed as Head of Sales to develop visibility of the brand across retail and trade. He has previously worked for Miele and Fisher & Paykel. Lastly, Matt Jinks has joined Smeg UK as Head
of Retail covering independent retailers and national accounts; he comes from previous roles with Liebherr and GE Appliances.
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