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Jan Rijnen takes over from Karen Boswell OBE at Baxi

Jan 01

Baxi has announced that Karen Boswell OBE is to leave Baxi Heating UK and Ireland at the end of November, after three years as the company’s managing director – Jan Rijnen will take over the reigns. Rijnen, former CEO of insulation specialist De Isolatieshop B.V., will replace Boswell. Prior to …

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SBS has opened its Dundee branch

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SBS opens its 35,000 sq ft unit in Dundee, located within Claverhouse Industrial Park on Charles Bowman Avenue. The Dundee brand is due to open in Q2 2023 and it follows on from the opening of the merchant’s Glasgow branch in 2020. SBS regional manager, Iain Mills, said: “Having two …

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Baxi Heating makes masks to help fight coronavirus

Mask support frame Baxi

Employees at the Preston site of boiler manufacturer Baxi Heating are swapping the use of their 3D printers from making prototype boiler components to frames for protective face masks. It has been well publicised that the NHS is crying out for more PPE and, having seen an article about 3D …

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The isolation blues

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I myself am best When least in company. Well this is all very strange. Every time I start to write something about the situation we’re in and the effect that the coronavirus is having on the country, something changes. The speed at which things have changed is what’s so alarming. …

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