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L eading paving and walling manufacturer and operational creating dozens of local jobs and significantly increasing manufacturing capacity. This is Tobermore’s fourth block paving manufacturing facility and is projected to increase production capacity by over 30%. It houses another impressive HESS block paving machine which guarantees quality and efficiency. David Henderson, Managing Director of Tobermore, commented on the investment, Tobermore celebrates the completion of its state-of-the-art £10m factory, which is now live “I am extremely proud that our new factory is now operational. This is an astonishing achievement! This new plant will give us significant increased capacity to make another one million square metres of block paving per year. “Amidst the backdrop of a global pandemic, where many firms are struggling, we recognise how fortunate we are to be able to undertake this level of capital investment and job creation. We are already looking forward to 2021 when we will be able to take huge amounts of new business on board.” For more information visit www.tobermore.co.uk TOBERMORE’SNEW £10MFACTORY
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B alloo Hire, one of Ireland’s leading tool and plant hire companies, has radically cut the resource required to manage its mobile operation while boosting customer service and minimising its environmental impact thanks to mobile workforce management technology from BigChange. With depots across Ireland offering an island wide delivery and service operation, Balloo Hire has saved hundreds of man-hours per week scheduling planned deliveries and responding to ad-hoc requests since implementing the 5-in-1 cloud based BigChange solution. Using BigChange, Balloo Hire has also transformed its customer interactions with real-time updates and intelligence sharing,
has achieved its goal of a paper free transport department and realised significant savings in fuel consumption. “Put simply BigChange has allowed us to do more with less!” commented Mark Grundy, General Manager at Balloo Hire Centres. “We’ve eliminated a huge amount of time-consuming admin work, reduced our paperwork production and saved miles with lower fuel bills and emissions. On top of this we are able to take on further logistic and delivery jobs, we can close sales more effectively and answer customer queries more efficiently.” For more information on BigChange, T: +44 (0)113 457 1000, E: info@bigchange.com or visit www.bigchange.com
David Henderson and Trevor Smyth celebrate the first blocks produced in Tobermore’s new £10m Factory.
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W orkPal, a Belfast- workforce over the next two years to meet unprecedented demand for its unique communication software product, which allows businesses to communicate effectively and efficiently in remote working setups. The new jobs will span software development, consultancy and technical support roles that will allow a larger team to reach even more clients locally, nationally and internationally. Ian Megahey, Sales Director at headquartered software company, will double its
WorkPal said, “The quick move into lockdown earlier in the year has made us all aware of how important it is to be adaptable and have the right tools onboard. As a result of this new demand, we attracted a huge boost in customers, from not just local nations but globally, so we have invested £1million and embarked on a recruitment campaign to double our workforce in a programme that will allow that growth to continue at the speed and vigour it’s at now.” Visit: www.yourworkpal.com for more information.
Ian Megahey, Sales Director at WorkPal.
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