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  • Jan Lennon posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 1 year, 8 months ago

    An exciting day for us in Kidderminster as the solar panel installation begins here at the UK DC.  The installers particularly wanted to recognise the help from Dave Hodgkins, our site maintenance team member,  for  his support and help getting safely set up and prepared to begin the works.    We can’t wait to see how they get on.  A double whammy for us as Liza Kindon spotted they were discarding a load of carboard, which we asked them to remove from their skip so we could recycle for packaging material using our onsite shredder. 

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    • Sharifa Jordan replied 1 year, 8 months ago

      Nice finally here 😊…

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      Jane Beeston replied 1 year, 8 months ago

      A very exciting day after much effort to make it happen – well done!
      And, love your keen eye for minimising waste 🙌…

    • Anthony Taylor replied 1 year, 8 months ago

      Hi Shane and team plus Sarwar, super exciting to see the Solar panels finally arrive. This has been a long process but one worth waiting for. Dave thank you for your help in the set up and Liza for identifying some “food” for our hungry shredder. Well done all. Best, Anthony…

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      Sara Brennan replied 1 year, 8 months ago

      This is super exciting! Great to see perseverance pay off! …

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      Jasper Van der Wurff replied 1 year, 8 months ago

      Exciting news! Is this still economically viable though?
      I have had them on my roof since 2019, but since 2024, providers are charging you money for delivering energy to the grid, so basically you give them electricity for free. How is that in the UK?…

    • Shane Williams replied 1 year, 8 months ago

      Hi Jasper. We’re selling it back to the grid. the best deal for us is to sell it to our current provider and they will credit us against our remaining bill. The panels will provide 42% of our energy and the rest will be sold back.…

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      Martyn Symes replied 1 year, 8 months ago

      A wonderful initiative that to me ‘just makes sense’, and something that will help us on our journey supporting the environment and our aims. …

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    Jimmy Leslie posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 1 year, 8 months ago

    Education artist Cameron Barker posted this story on his Instagram account after his virtual demo of  L&B Flashe for our retail partner Plaza Art Materials.  Follow Cam @cameronbarker.artworks

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  • Sanjay Marwaha posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 1 year, 8 months ago

    During the recent weekend at Le Mans, two new Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) were successfully implemented in the server room. The technological framework in Le Mans necessitated a full shutdown for the installation. Congratulations and thank you to the Maintenance and Technical Operations Teams for their collaborative efforts that ensured the installation went seamlessly with no major issues. Below is a photograph of the two new UPSs.

    Also a photograph of the M3 estate and VMware vSAN servers. The M3 estate’s hardware upgrade was also recently finalised.

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    Jasper Van der Wurff posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 1 year, 8 months ago

    Mr Luo from Yanjun, one of the leading e-commerce customers in China was on a family trip in Europe this week. They decided to change their travel arrangements to come see our factory in Le Mans, our first ever Chinese customer visiting the factory (or at least that anyone can remember).They were very impressed, obviously by the very professional tour we received from @Thierry Collot, but also by the sheer size of our plant, the level of automation, the number of SKU we manufacture and carry… all in all a high quality visit. 

    It is a first step on our continuous development of our business in China and hopefully with many more visits to follow. 

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    Jimmy Leslie posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 1 year, 8 months ago

    Today’s virtual demo with Education Artist Angela Coppola sharing the possibilities of a limited palette of Professional Watercolour Indian Yellow, Permanent Rose and Winsor Green Blue Shade for our excellent retail partner Opus.

    Follow Angela on Instagram @angela.r.coppola

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