In Brief: Mechan, JWPCreers cleans up at Olympics, Warhol and Santander help Stephen Neall
SHEFFIELD-BASED rail industry specialist Mechan is launching a range of energy efficient shunters onto the UK market, offering a greener alternative to the diesel engines currently used in rail depots.
Mechan has secured a deal to become the sole UK and Ireland supplier of the award winning Zwiehoff electrically powered road and rail shunters, which are carbon neutral.
The shunters were premiered at last year’s global transport exhibition, InnoTrans, held in Berlin where Mechan discovered them and expressed an interest in adding the products to its own range of depot handling equipment.
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INTERIOR design business Stephen Neall is set to open an innovative new showroom and design centre inspired by pop artist Andy Warhol at the former Harrogate Cooperative Society building thanks to funding from Santander Corporate & Commercial Banking.
The theme for “The Factory”, which is adjacent to Stephen Neall’s existing showroom, is contemporary Italian, exhibiting high-end kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, lounge furniture and lighting, with exclusive brands including Poliform Varenna, Lupi, Floss and Artemide.
Stephen Neall, established in 1982, is an independently-owned family business specialising in bespoke interiors including design, fit out & management.
Stephen Gee, managing director of Stephen Neall Contracts, said: “It’s great to finally be reaching the end of this extensive renovation project. I have dreamed of owning this terrific building and the renovations have been inspired by Andy Warhol’s original studio, ‘The Factory’, in New York. Our Harrogate Factory will be a nod to his creativity and influence on modern design.”
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A MAJOR contract to provide payroll services to a company cleaning stadiums at the London Olympics 2012 has delivered a record year for the payroll department at North Yorkshire accountants and business advisers JWPCreers LLP.
JWPCreers, which has offices in York and Selby, helped run part of the London Olympics payroll after winning the contract for Cleanevent and CleanDomain, Uxbridge, which provide cleaning and waste management services for sports stadia and shopping malls.
Cleanevent had a major recruitment drive after winning the London Olympics cleaning contract and its staff paid through JWPCreers payroll service grew from 700 to 3,500.
Other businesses which have joined the JWPCreers payroll service include a Hull sports-stadiums catering company, London-based recruitment consultants, large independent schools, high street retailers, charities, leisure operators and a wide range of other businesses.
