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Mark Spottiswoode, Director of Sync Living
SYNC LIVING: SYNCHRONISING FOR THE FUTURE After 20 successful years, the company formally known as Disability Needs is embracing the future with a new look as it explores new markets. Now known as Sync Living, the mobility equipment provider and bathroom adaptation specialist discussed with THIIS rebranding, two decades of success and what the future holds. From humble beginnings Starting life as a disabled bathroom supplier over two decades ago, Disability Needs was the brainchild of founder John Spottiswoode. John, along with his wife and one other employee, started the business from a garage after discovering a gap in the Northern Irish market in 1997. Finding success quickly, Disability Needs grew and branched out from just supplying and installing bathroom adaptations, with the company today designing, manufacturing, sourcing, distributing and retailing a wide array of mobility solutions.
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Boasting more than 20 staff nationwide, premises in Dublin and Belfast and an expansive product range, the company has continued to develop its offer to end-users, care homes, hospitals, housing associations, the health service, as
well as the building and plumbing trade throughout all of Ireland and the UK. Throughout 2016 and 2017, the company focused on expanding its team, product portfolio and areas of expertise and towards the end of last
“The new brand is in response to the changing world around us and an evolving inclusive society.� MARK SPOTTISWOODE