Plumb and Parts Center invests further £ 2.5m into parts availability
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Government policy forces rethink for leading onshore wind engineering firm
One of the UK ’ s leading onshore wind turbine experts has announced ambitious plans to take its engineering business in a new direction after the Government ’ s decision to halt support for the renewable energy source . Windcare , which successfully installed more than 300 wind turbines across the UK , has created Sancus Utilities and is now actively seeking to win work across a broad range of sectors . The new multi-disciplined construction , civil engineering and M & E infrastructure provider will specialise in the energy , telecoms and marine sectors . Windcare will remain as a sister company to Sancus and will continue carrying out servicing and maintenance work on existing onshore turbines as well as launching a range of offshore services next year . Sancus Utilities ’ managing director Alex Thornton said the new company was in active and positive discussions with Tier One and Tier Two contractors in a bid to win work on infrastructure projects across the UK . It is also looking to increase its £ 4million annual turnover as part of its expansion plans . He explained : “ The decision to take the business in a new direction was forced upon us after the Government effectively killed the onshore wind sector overnight by withdrawing support for it . “ That political intervention , which was unnecessary in my opinion , has not only cost jobs , it has stopped the onshore wind sector in its tracks . “ It has brought everything to a halt just as the industry was beginning to make great strides in playing its part in the renewables mix needed to help give the UK the energy security it urgently needs . “ It ’ s not great news for the UK renewables sector . But there is no point dwelling on what has been done , we have to look ahead and we do so with confidence . We have a great team of 20-plus engineering experts in the business and I ’ m determined to move it forward and harness all that experience and know-how to win work in
Plumb and Parts Center invests further £ 2.5m into parts availability
Plumb and Parts Center is ensuring that parts from all leading brands including installers have immediate access to the Baxi , Honeywell , Ideal , Potterton , Alpha , parts they need thanks to an additional Ravenheat , Vaillant , and Worcester Bosch . £ 2.5m investment into branch stock . The Simon Allan , Category Director for parts investment means unbeatable availability at Plumb and Parts Center explains : “ Clearly of 200 of the fastest moving parts in every installers are rushed off their feet at this branch with a further 65,000 products time of year and it ’ s made worse by the available for next day delivery . fact that we , as consumers , are becoming It is expected that 20 per cent of all UK unrealistically impatient – it ’ s all driven by household boilers fail during the colder smart phones and brands like ASOS and months so Plumb and Parts Center has Amazon who ’ ve made waiting an alien carried out detailed analysis into the concept . It ’ s imperative to our business that most frequently ordered and required our stock is readily available for customers parts across the UK . The 200 includes so that they can get the job done quickly .”
a wider area of infrastructure projects . “ The Government has indicated that it is now looking to loosen the purse strings and bring some major projects forward and we are well placed to play our part in helping to deliver them . “ We ’ re seeing encouraging signs about HS2 and , as a business based in the North , we ’ re excited by the prospect of the Northern Powerhouse initiative leading to other much-needed infrastructure projects . “ It is also encouraging to see that large amounts of private sector money are being spent on important development .
From its base in Pickering , North Yorkshire , the Sancus team provides civil , mechanical and electrical contracting services into high compliance sectors using its in-house teams of highly trained and experienced engineers . The company has a strong management team with more than three decades of operational experience in the UK construction and engineering sectors . It has extensive experience working on a wide range of projects , including installing and maintaining multiple energy-fromwaste biomass power plants .
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