TEESSIDE SCAFFOLDER
Well-known member
MP welcomes industrial firm’s headquarters move to Preston Brook in Runcorn
Oct 6 2011 by Oliver Clay, Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News
GRAHAM Evans MP has welcomed an industrial contractor’s decision to base its headquarters in Halton.
Hertel, a subsidiary of Dutch company Hertel Group, opened its Preston Brook office in July.
Mr Evans welcomed the company’s relocation as ‘excellent news’.
During his tour the MP met senior bosses including the firm’s UK managing director David Fitzsimons, its first managing director John Burt and the company’s global chief executive Paul Broekhuijsen.
Hertel employs about 500 staff in the North West, 40 of those are based at the Preston Brook HQ.
It works in the oil, gas, power and process industries providing services including scaffolding, insulation, painting and mechanical services.
Its projects include work at Runcorn’s Rocksavage petrochemicals plant and Fiddlers Ferry in Widnes.
It also has projects at Stanlow Oil Refinery near Ellesmere Port and the nuclear stations at Sellafield, Wylfa and Trawsfynydd.
Mr Evans said: “It is encouraging to meet with a company that believes in training and development of its workforce, which is so important in building successful businesses.”
David Fitzsimons, Hertel UK and Ireland managing director, said: “The opening of the new headquarters represents a team effort of everybody who has worked for us and helped make the business what it is today.
“We believe that the Preston Brook location is the ideal base from which we will be able to work with our existing clients and continue to build the business.”
Oct 6 2011 by Oliver Clay, Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News
GRAHAM Evans MP has welcomed an industrial contractor’s decision to base its headquarters in Halton.
Hertel, a subsidiary of Dutch company Hertel Group, opened its Preston Brook office in July.
Mr Evans welcomed the company’s relocation as ‘excellent news’.
During his tour the MP met senior bosses including the firm’s UK managing director David Fitzsimons, its first managing director John Burt and the company’s global chief executive Paul Broekhuijsen.
Hertel employs about 500 staff in the North West, 40 of those are based at the Preston Brook HQ.
It works in the oil, gas, power and process industries providing services including scaffolding, insulation, painting and mechanical services.
Its projects include work at Runcorn’s Rocksavage petrochemicals plant and Fiddlers Ferry in Widnes.
It also has projects at Stanlow Oil Refinery near Ellesmere Port and the nuclear stations at Sellafield, Wylfa and Trawsfynydd.
Mr Evans said: “It is encouraging to meet with a company that believes in training and development of its workforce, which is so important in building successful businesses.”
David Fitzsimons, Hertel UK and Ireland managing director, said: “The opening of the new headquarters represents a team effort of everybody who has worked for us and helped make the business what it is today.
“We believe that the Preston Brook location is the ideal base from which we will be able to work with our existing clients and continue to build the business.”