North West business briefs: Carex; Burnley FC; Repic; Manchester Airport; Redrow
Carex, the sanitiser made by Manchester consumer products group PZ Cussons, has installed 116 hand-sanitiser units across Manchester Airport and its brand new Terminal Two extension to further support a safe return to flight travel as UK and international restrictions continue to ease.
Carex has become the official sanitising partner of the airport, which is located just a stone’s throw away from the brand’s UK HQ on Aviator Way. Its UK best-selling Aloe Vera gel is now available for passengers to dispense – free of charge – in the three-year partnership which coincides with the launch of Manchester Airport’s new Terminal Two extension, the lifting of rules for fully-vaccinated travellers returning from amber-listed countries and UK airports gearing up for a potentially busier summer, as many holidaymakers jet off for the first time in more than a year.
The Carex partnership further boosts the airport’s COVID-19 safety measures, which have been in place throughout the pandemic. In addition to existing hand sanitiser stations, the Northern hub has had enhanced cleaning in place, perspex screens, bookable security slots and only travelling passengers allowed in the terminals. The work it has done has seen it accredited as COVID-19 secure by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Karen Smart, Manchester Airport managing director, said: “The airport has been committed throughout the pandemic to ensuring passengers and staff feel safe at all times. It’s great to partner with such a well known brand as Carex to offer our passengers this product as they fly through Manchester Airport. We understand many people haven’t flown in a long time due to the pandemic, but I’d like to reassure all our customers that we continue to implement the highest quality COVID-19 safety measures.”
Kieran Hemsworth, PZ Cussons’ UK managing director, said: “Carex has played an important role in helping to protect us all over the last 18 months. In fact, in the course of 2020, we have cleaned and sanitised over one billion hands in the UK. We’re delighted to be able to help holidaymakers do what they love and travel safely again.
“Our partnership with MAG will ensure that as international travel restrictions continue to ease, air passengers will have easy access to our sanitiser products and can travel with greater peace of mind.”
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Sam Coggin, left, and Ben Bottomley (Burnley FC in the Community)
Burnley FC’s charity arm has expanded and made improvements to its community café, thanks to a donation of upcycled café furniture from Preston-based furnishing business, the Coggin Group.
The 30-year-established sustainable furnishing and removal group, which annually diverts more than 10,000 items of furniture from landfill for upcycling and re-use, has donated tables and chairs worth £30,000 to help kit out the café, which is part of the Burnley FC in the Community Kitchen.
Located in Burnley’s Charter Walk shopping centre, and open every day from 10am to 2pm, the café serves hot and cold meals, snacks and drinks and proceeds go towards helping to fund the charity’s foodbank, which ships thousands of parcels to local people who are struggling financially. The Community Kitchen also hosts regular culinary events and classes, designed to bring the community together and provide social contact for local residents.
Sara Ward, CEO of Burnley FC in the Community said: “The Coggin Group are a highly valued partner and this latest generous donation of really smart tables and chairs are a great boost to the café – and to the charity as a whole. Word is certainly spreading that the café is a great place to come and eat and we are welcoming more and more customers through the doors every day. Every time someone buys a drink or a meal there, that helps to support the foodbank with the essential work that they do. We really do also rely on the support of local businesses like the Coggin Group, Kellogg’s and Warburtons, as well as an amazing team of staff and volunteers.”
The Coggin Group director, Sam Coggin, said: “It means a lot to be in a position to be able to support such a great cause as Burnley FC in the Community. I have always lived by the mantra that if you can help those in need, you do so with no questions asked. Our door will always be open to support Burnley FC in the Community with the donation of quality upcycled office furniture.”
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From left: Peter Moody, Peter Young (Gap) Graeme Milne, Louise Grantham Simon Hill (Repic)
Bury-based Repic is celebrating passing a significant milestone, having recycled more than three million tonnes of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the UK.
Repic has been arranging for the collection and treatment of WEEE on behalf of its producer members since 2007. To mark the occasion, Louise Grantham, Repic’s chief executive, visited Gap Group (NE) facilities in Gateshead, the UK’s most recent fridge processing and recycling plant to undertake WEEELABEX certification, to see first hand the WEEE being treated on Repic’s behalf.
Louise Grantham said: “We are proud of our three million tonnes achievement. We also recognise that significant milestones are not achieved alone, but in collaboration with all of our partners. Today is about celebrating success collectively and saying a huge thank you. At a time when the recycling of e-waste has never been of greater importance, it is important to recognise what can be achieved when we work collectively to improve standards, minimise losses from the system and maximise collection levels.”
Louise was joined in the celebrations by Peter Moody, group managing director at Gap Group (NE) and Repic’s newest recruit, Simon Hill, who joined in May as account manager North and Scotland.
Peter Moody said: “The achievement of reaching three million tonnes of recycled WEEE is a real accomplishment and something the management team should be extremely proud of. Repic is at the forefront of driving up standards in WEEE processing, something that in my opinion is long overdue. Gap Group has worked well with them for a significant number of years and hope our relationship will only get stronger as we continue to invest in new and improved technology. I think our commitment to achieve WEEELABEX certification underlines this and is a clear statement of intent.”
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Manchester Airport Terminal Two
Pakistan’s flag carrier, PIA, will begin to serve passengers from Manchester Airport’s flagship Terminal Two on Wednesday, August 11,.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will operate from the state-of-the-art facility, which opened last month as part of a transformation programme worth up to £1bn.
At present, the airline’s schedule has it flying departing passengers only from Manchester, on a late afternoon or early evening departure two to three times per week.
The move means 11 airlines are now serving passengers from the new-look ‘super-terminal’: Jet2.com, TUI, Singapore Airlines, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, Brussels Airlines, airBaltic, Ethiopian Airlines, Aegean Airlines, Eurowings.
PIA passengers with Manchester Airport car park or lounge bookings in Terminal One, on or after August, will have them moved across and customers will be notified accordingly. As summer progresses and international travel restrictions ease, further airlines will move across.
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Ellie Holloway (Muir) with Redrow’s Caroline Thompson-Jones (right)
A new wellbeing room in supported accommodation in Chester has been created, with help from housebuilder Redrow, based in nearby Ewloe.
Muir successfully applied to the homebuilder for support in creating a special quiet space at Cornwall House, which provides supported living for people living with mental health conditions. A £500 grant helped furnish the room with bean bags and mood lighting, plus fidget toys and weighted blankets to help ease anxiety. Residents lent a hand with creating the space, which includes a hand-painted mural by one of the residents.
Project officer, Becky Smith, said: “We have eight self-contained flats where we support people with mental conditions helping them develop a range of life skills and offering complementary therapies such as art. With Redrow’s help we’ve been able to transform a small lounge room into a wellbeing room. It’s a designated quiet space where residents can relax and spend time alone, or receive some one-to-one emotional support from staff. It’s ideal for those residents who perhaps don’t have a lot of family and require some extra support.”
Redrow’s donation to Cornwall House was via a voluntary £10,000 community fund attached to new homes being built at Kings Moat Garden Village, off Wrexham Road, Chester. Redrow area sales manager, Caroline Thompson-Jones, said: “It was touching to be able to visit Cornwall House and see the fantastic work they’re doing to support people’s mental health. Access to outside space can aid good mental health and the artwork gives the impression of being outside, with the comfort of being inside. The team has done a great job in creating an inviting place to relax in.”
Supporting Muir at Cornwall House resonated with Redrow as the homebuilder is committed to supporting the wellbeing of its own workforce. The company has signed up to the construction industry’s Building Mental Health Charter and trained dozens of staff as mental health first aiders to help support colleagues and sub-contractors.
