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New Master for WCEC THE chairman of a business which
Barrie Torbett as Master of the WCEC
has been re-pivoted to make
for 2020-21. There have also been
hospital gowns for the NHS during
several other new appointments
the Coronavirus pandemic has
for the year, with Barrie Torbett
been appointed as the new Master
becoming Deputy Master, Gary
of the Worshipful Company of
Fage becoming Senior Warden, Jim
Environmental Cleaners (WCEC).
Melvin installed as the new Junior
John Shonfeld founded laundry and garment manufacturing
Warden, and Past Master Philip Morrish as the new Clerk.
and rental business, Tibard Ltd,
John Shonfeld said: “Staff and
with his wife Sue in 1979, from a
colleagues at Tibard have rallied
bedroom in their family home. The
to the national cause to keep the
company now has a turnover of
NHS supplied during the pandemic.
£18.5 million annually, employs 150
In the space of just a few weeks,
people and exports to the Middle
we have found new suppliers and
East, Asia, Europe, China, the
changed our product lines and we
Mediterranean, and a fast-growing
are now working 12 hours a day to
market in the Caribbean. In the
meet demand. I am delighted and
past six weeks, Tibard has switched
honoured to become Master of
from producing chefs’ wear and
the WCEC and looking forward to
uniforms to making up to 10,000
performing the role over the next year
gowns a week - along with some
but, for the immediate future, we are
shrouds - for use by medical staff in
firmly focused on doing our bit to
the UK and South Africa.
help the fight against Coronavirus.”
John Shonfeld has replaced
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Miele appoints product category manager CLARE Humphrey has been
marketing team, joining at a really
appointed to the professional division
exciting time with a number of
of Miele as category manager where
new products on the horizon.
she will lead the new product releases
Her wealth of sales experience
Miele GB has planned this year.
makes Clare very adept at putting
In her new role, Humphrey will
the customer at the heart of our
manage product launches by
offerings when bringing new
working closely with the product
products to the GB market.”
team at Miele’s Germany HQ and
OUR POWERFUL
Clare Humphrey said: “What
ensuring optimum product ranging
attracted me to this position was
for the UK market, right through
the scope of the role. I’ll have full
to installation into customers’
exposure to everything regarding
premises. She will work with the
the products manufactured by
rest of the marketing team to
Miele’s professional division, from
develop the best way to promote
sales, to training, to merchandising.
new products - including washing
I’m particularly excited about
machines, tumble dryers, laboratory
getting our new products out there
glasswashers, medical and
and into the premises of customers,
dental technology, ironers, and
especially those in key sectors such
dishwashers - to target businesses in
as care that will benefit from the
sectors such as care and hospitality.
infection prevention elements of
Melissa Kershaw, senior
our products, something that is
marketing manager at Miele
crucial now more than ever.”
Professional, said: “I’m delighted
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