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		<title>Widd Signs announces eleven appointments</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Leeds-headquartered signage manufacturer Widd Signs has made eleven appointments to its team following a host of new business wins. The traditional and digital signage specialist has hired four people to its installation team including three former employees. Gavin Taylor, Kevin Miller, and Paul Wilkin have returned to the business with new recruit Konnor Oldfield joining [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>M&#038;S’s new flagship Stevenage store unveils striking exterior signage</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2022 18:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A six-figure project to install striking exterior signage at a newly opened Marks &#38; Spencer store in Stevenage has been completed. Signage specialist Widd Signs designed, manufactured, and installed over a dozen eye-catching signs at the retailer’s new 10,000 square metre store, which is located on the Roaring Meg Retail Park and set to create [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>134-year-old signage company expands team with new senior hire</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[One of the oldest signage businesses in the UK is expanding its team with a new senior hire. 134-year-old Widd Signs has appointed Dan Mallin as head of projects as it continues to grow its 70-strong team across its bases in Leeds and St Helens. His appointment comes in response to increasing demand for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Widd Signs achieves its strongest pandemic month with five new contract wins, as activity in retail and construction sectors ramps up</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2021 22:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Leeds and St Helens-based Widd Signs has recorded its strongest month since the start of the pandemic, securing five new contract wins in September, including a five-figure deal with Chelsea Football Club. The wins, which have a combined value in excess of £200,000, come as the digital and traditional signage specialist continues to expand its team with [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Widd Signs leaves its mark on luxury £35m York development</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 20:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Widd Signs has completed a five-figure project at the prestigious Hudson Quarter, a newly created £35 million mixed-use development opposite York Railway Station. The project saw the digital and traditional signage specialist design, manufacture and install more than three hundred signs at the sustainably built development, which comprises of three blocks of luxury apartments and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide prevention campaigners collaborate in support of World Suicide Prevention Day</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A workplace wellbeing provider has teamed up with leading suicide prevention campaigners to release a second edition of its free guide in support of World Suicide Prevention Day this Friday (10th September 2021). The guide, produced last year by wellbeing specialists Champion Health, reached tens of thousands of people across 26 countries with dozens of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Widd Signs announces two major contract wins</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 22:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Leeds and St Helens-based Widd Signs has won five-figure contracts to support on two flagship developments, 5,000 miles apart. The digital and traditional signage specialist has been appointed to work on both The Plaza building in Liverpool and an exclusive, luxury fitness and training facility in The Cayman Islands called The Rec Room. Widd Signs [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>CFE Lighting’s Amanda Speight elected onto Lighting Industry Association Council</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2021 13:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Lancashire-based CFE Lighting’s business development manager, Amanda Speight, has been elected onto the Lighting Industry Association (LIA) Council. In her new role on the 20-strong Council, Amanda will act as a representative for commercial luminaires, championing the UK’s lighting manufacturers and suppliers and ensuring their voice is heard on a range of key industry issues. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Charity golf day raises vital funds for Pendleside Hospice</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Nelson-based hotplate manufacturer Sugden has raised over £1,200 for Pendleside Hospice through a charity golf day. The event, which took place at Marsden Park Golf Club, saw 60 players compete over 18 holes on Friday 4th June. They included employees from a range of North-West businesses, including Sugden, CFE Lighting and Baldwin Technical Services, with [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Yorkshire PR firm celebrates six years in business with launch of PR training support and a new client win</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2021 22:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A Yorkshire-based PR agency is celebrating six years of trading with the launch of a PR training offer, as well as a new client win. Leeds-based MacComms continues to manage the public and media relations for entrepreneurial-led businesses across the north of England and it has added Yorkshire-based Love Exploring to its impressive client roster. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Nelson-based CFE Lighting completes five-figure project at Yorkshire’s newest luxury hotel</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2021 16:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Nelson-based LED lighting manufacturer CFE Lighting has completed a five-figure project at the luxury Sandburn Hall Hotel, near York, North Yorkshire, which will open its doors to guests for the first time next week (Monday 24th May). The company, which specialises in bespoke LED luminaires and lighting solutions for the commercial, industrial, and public sectors, designed and manufactured [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Nelson hotplate manufacturer tees-up golf day to raise money for Pendleside Hospice</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 16:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Golfers are being invited to dust off their clubs and take part in a charity golf day aimed at raising money for Pendleside Hospice. Organised by Nelson-based hotplate manufacturer Sugden, the event will take place on Friday 4th June from 12.30pm onwards at Marsden Park Golf Club, and comprise of 18 holes of golf, followed by prizes to winners and a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Widd Signs secures five-figure contract to work on flagship Paddington Village development in Liverpool</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 18:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Widd Signs has won two new contracts, worth in excess of £100,000, to design, manufacture and install eye-catching branding and signage at the £1bn flagship Paddington Village development in Liverpool. The digital and traditional signage specialist, which has bases in Leeds and St Helens, has been appointed by Morgan Sindall Construction, the company commissioned by [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Widd Signs announces four appointments</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Widd Signs, recruitment, appointments, investment, St Helens, manufacturing St Helens and Leeds-based Widd Signs has made four appointments to its team following a host of new business wins. The traditional and digital signage specialist has hired Jonathan Hitch as group buyer. He is responsible for negotiating the best rates for the Widd Signs Group across [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Sugden expands range with Mini Hotplate launch to support smaller bakeries and emerging markets</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Lancashire-based Sugden Ltd, a world-leader in the design and manufacture of hotplate systems, has added the Mini Hotplate system to its portfolio of equipment.  This line is specifically designed to help small and medium-sized bakeries manufacture a range of products on a single piece of equipment with a small footprint. It’s the latest success for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Hotplate Manufacturer Fuels Growth Ambitions with Acquisition of Prominent Waffle System Company</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[• Lancashire based company Sugden Ltd acquires intellectual property of Vanderpol Waffle Systems for undisclosed sum. • Deal sees Sugden Ltd expand its range and capabilities exponentially. More jobs expected to be created at its Nelson headquarters. Lancashire-based Sugden Ltd has further strengthened its position as the world’s leading manufacturer of hotplates with the Intellectual [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Future looks bright as lighting company takes on first apprentice</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 18:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Lancashire-based LED lighting manufacturer CFE Lighting Ltd has taken on its first apprentice as it looks to accelerate growth and build on its strongest ever trading performance over the last 12 months. Sixteen-year-old Jack Davies has started an 18-month long LEAN Engineering apprenticeship with the company, with the aim of becoming a qualified engineer and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Widd Signs takes signage to another level with Kings Dock multi-storey car park project</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[St Helens-based Widd Signs has completed a five-figure project to install internal and external signage at the soon to open Kings Dock multi-storey car park in Liverpool, which replaces the one destroyed in a fire on New Year’s Eve 2017. Over a four-month project, which began in June, Widd Signs has designed, manufactured and installed [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>CFE Lighting Ltd announces two senior appointments following record growth</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Lancashire-based LED lighting manufacturer CFE Lighting Ltd has made two senior appointments to its team, as it looks to build on its strongest ever trading performance over the last 12 months. The company, which specialises in bespoke LED luminaires and lighting solutions for the commercial, industrial, and public sectors, has appointed Amanda Speight to the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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