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DID YOU KNOW THAT OVER 4% OF UK TOILETS ARE LEAKING? That is enough water to fill 158 Olympic sized swimming pools EVERY DAY or to put it another way, enough water is leaking from toilets in the UK to fill over 4 MILLION baths EVERY SINGLE DAY. That is a huge amount of wasted water. According to the recent Leaky Loo report around 4.1% of all toilets in the UK are leaking, that equates to around 1.5 million toilets! As responsible organisations’ it is our responsibility to help to stop this flow of wasted water. How can we reduce the number of leaky loos? The majority of leaky loo’s leak from either the inlet or outlet valve so fitting water saving products to your toilets like our delay fill Dudley Hydroflo inlet valve or our market leading Dudley Turbo Edge toilet syphon will help to reduce the number of leaking toilets you have. By doing this you will not only save water but will potentially save a bucket full of money! Fitting water saving products into your toilets is an assured way to reduce the number of leaky loos you have; it will also help to protect the environment and save you money with less wasted water and reduced call out costs for engineers. To find out more about our water saving products please do not hesitate to contact us. Thomas Dudley is a UK manufacturer of high-quality plumbing products and an expert in providing water saving advice. Dudley Blue is the new green. www.thomasdudley.co.uk/tyde
SERC FIRE ENGINEERING APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR 2023 Christopher Orr, an apprentice from Northern Irelands, South Eastern Regional College (SERC) has beaten off competition to lift the Nittan Shield Fire Engineering Apprentice of the Year title for 2023. Christopher (27), from Lisburn, employed by Crane Communications, successfully achieved the EAL Level 3 Fire & Security Apprenticeship NI at SERC’s Lisburn Campus. SERC Fire and Security Lecturers, Christopher Patterson and Robin Hamill, said: “This Award reflects performance throughout his 4-years, both at work and in the College through coursework and assignments. Christopher has proved himself to be an outstanding apprentice and his efforts and achievements are recognised with this Award.” Bobby Nixon, Sales Manager, Nittan Europe Ltd, presented the award and said, “Nittan are proud to be associated with the SERC Apprentice of the Year, and I am very happy to present Christopher with the Nittan Shield Award for 2023. “As a manufacturer, we understand there is a direct relationship between engineer training and customer satisfaction. We fully support the work undertaken at SERC, and our Elite Partner for Northern Ireland, Solutions for Systems, who take the time to train and nurture these apprentices. Nittan works closely with both organisations, to ensure the College has the industry leading products it needs to train the apprentices and sponsor the Fire Engineering Apprentice of the Year Award.” SERC has been instrumental in supporting the introduction of the Northern Ireland Fire and Security Employers Federation, the development of new courses and up-skilling training for the industry. Employers and manufacturers have contributed to state-of-the-art products to support teaching and Continuing Professional Development at the College. www.nittan.co.uk.
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