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STELRAD Following on from its support and sponsorship of Newcastle Falcons in the Rugby Premiership, leading radiator manufacturer Stelrad – with its head office in Newcastle city centre, has stretched its support for rugby to include wheelchair rugby – donating two new specially adapted wheelchairs to what was called Newcastle Wheelchair Rugby Club, renamed during the lockdown as North East Barbarians Wheelchair Rugby, to more accurately reflect the club which has players and supporters from Morpeth in the north of the area, and as far south as Hartlepool. www.stelrad.com
THE A. PROCTOR GROUP The A. Proctor Group has been awarded “Best Use of Content Marketing” at this year’s virtual Construction Marketing Awards. They were also delighted to receive the ‘Highly Commended’ trophy for the “Marketing Team of the Year” category. The categories the A. Proctor Group were shortlisted in recognised their bold response to the pandemic. With face-to-face client-support channels eliminated overnight by the Covid-19 lockdown in early Spring, the A. Proctor Group quickly turned to digital to maintain the high level of customer service they are well known for. By the time restrictions were relaxed in the Autumn, they had broadcast 14 webinars – over 1000 minutes of educational digital content – to a global audience from the USA to Australia. www.proctorgroup.com
LANES GROUP PLC Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have used new pipe cleaning technology to solve persistent drain blockage problems at a nuclear power station. Their success means station workers can be confident that the drains flow freely so they do not have to use contingency measures to take wastewater to a radioactive effluent treatment plant. The drains were cleaned in two stages. www.lanesfordrains.co.uk
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