Stoves Special 2020 ertonline.co.uk


Stoves celebrates 100 years


Leading cooking appliance brand, Stoves, reaches its Centenary this year and has announced a programme of activity to mark the milestone. The brand, which was founded on Valentine’s Day, 14 February, 1920, began life in Warrington as a manufacturer of gas heaters before beginning to produce gas cookers and moving to its current manufacturing facility in Rainhill, Prescot in 1925. As part of the 100-year celebrations, Stoves will be supporting retailers with a number of initiatives aimed at supporting retailers and raising the profi le and heritage of the brand with consumers. As the year progresses there will be new product launches alongside national retailer promotions and the brand’s biggest ever media investment. In addition, the popular Stoves on Tour events will continue, with the brand hosting celebrity chefs on its stages at dozens of food and drink events across the UK. To commemorate its Centenary, Stoves will be undertaking a number of regional and employee events – beginning with a visit to the Prescot site by local dignitaries, including the Mayor of Knowsley, Councillor Jackie Harris, in February. She will tour the manufacturing site before enjoying the fi rst of a series of Centenary lunches, themed by each of the ten decades of Stoves


history, alongside some of the company’s longest serving employees – some of whom have been with the business for more than 50 years. Over two weeks all staff will be invited to one of the special lunches. Stoves is also working with local museums and historical societies to ensure that the company and its heritage is well represented within the community and staff will be raising money for local charities throughout the year.


Mark Davison, Managing Director of Stoves’ parent company, Glen Dimplex Home Appliances (right), said: “100 years is a signifi cant milestone for any company and reaching it refl ects the continuing relevance of Stoves in today’s marketplace. We are thrilled that Stoves remains so strong after 100 years and we are keen our celebrations will be focussed on providing support to the retailers that sell our products and help to keep Stoves at the forefront of consumers’ minds. “And we also need to recognise the role our employees, particularly the long-servers, have played in Stoves’ success. The fact that the company has been in Prescot for so long means the local community is awash with memories and we hope to revisit some of these throughout this year as we celebrate this landmark anniversary.”


WIN a VIP weekend at Longleat!


To celebrate Stoves’ Centenary, we are offering one lucky ERT reader the chance to enjoy a weekend for two at Longleat’s Food & Drink Festival – including tours, travel, accommodation and a meet and greet with Viscountess Emma Weymouth. Longleat is an English stately home in Wiltshire, which also features a famous animal park and drive-through safari, and is the seat of the Marquess of Bath. Stoves is closely associated with Longleat where its appliances feature in the public demonstration


How to enter


Send your answer, along with your name, address and contact telephone number to: Stoves ERT Competition, c/o The Right Agency, Studio 12/14, 46 The Calls, Leeds, LS2 7EY or send your entry via email to: Stoves@rightagency.co.uk. Entries must be received by 31 March 2020.


kitchens, as well as in the private apartment of Viscountess Emma Weymouth – who featured on last year’s Strictly Come Dancing. The lucky winner of our Centenary competition will receive two weekend tickets for Longleat’s acclaimed early-summer Food & Drink Festival on 4-5 July 2020. The Festival features live music, the bustling Market Stre et of delicious food and drink stalls, summer activities and celebrity chef demonstrations on the Stoves stage. Our winners will have the chance to meet Emma, as well as sampling the luxury afternoon tea that she has designed exclusively for the event. The prize also includes travel and one night in a local hotel, plus a tour of the house and grounds or entry to the safari park. To be in with a chance of winning this exclusive prize, just answer the following question: Q: Where is Stoves’ manufacturing plant based?


Terms and conditions


The prize is for two guests and includes two tickets for the Longleat Food & Drink Festival on 4-5 July 2020, including afternoon tea, a meet and greet with Viscountess Emma Weymouth, a tour of the house or entry to the safari park.


One night’s accommodation will be arranged in a local hotel and train travel will be provided.


• No cash alternative will be offered. • The prize must be taken on 4-5 July 2020. • Entrants agree to take part in publicity if required. • Competition is not open to employees of Glen Dimplex Home Appliances or PM Group Worldwide or the wider Datateam Media Group organisation. • Any entries received after 31 March 2020 will not be accepted.


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