A helping hand for a local school

Poplar Street Primary in Audenshaw have been contacting local businesses to try and raise money for a badly-needed school library.

The building should be completed in April and be a valuable resource for the school. Coolair have helped out by donating money to help fill the new library shelves with books.

Thanks to all the pupils for the lovely Thank You Letter we received today School library books,

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Charity Dinner Success

Only 10 days to go now until our team of cyclists set off for Vietnam and Cambodia on our second expedition to raise money for Challenge Cancer UK.

NeilGibbard5298Neil Gibbard, Midlands Regional Director held a Charity Dinner at Moxhull Hall on Friday 13th which once again was a great success, raising in excess of £2,100 for this very worthy cause. Guests were entertained by footballing legend Dean Saunders and comedian Aaron James.

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Diamond Contractor Status

Coolair are pleased to announce our inclusion in a select group of elite HVAC experts chosen to work in partnership with Mitsubishi under their new Diamond Contractor scheme.

Diamond Contractor certification recognises that as a company we have achieved an exceptional level of training, expertise and customer satisfaction and that we are identified as experts in the design and installation of HVAC systems using Mitsubishi Electric’s extensive range of products.

This brings real benefits to our customers,

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In the saddle for charity

Simon Hale from the Sutton Coldfield Observer recently caught up with our team of riders following their impressive feat cycling through Vietnam, raising £90,00 along the way for Challenge Cancer UK.

You can view a .pdf of the article HERE which appears in the September issue of their JOURNAL magazine.

 

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It’s a Family Affair

Following the success of Coolair’s recent Vietnam to Cambodia cycle challenge, our chosen charity Challenge Cancer UK kindly donated £4,000 of the monies raised to a local charity, the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. These funds will contribute towards much needed research into bone scanning which can help provide a more accurate diagnosis.

Margaret Jeeves (2nd right) the mother of Matt Jeeves who joined Team Coolair on the cycle challenge is currently being treated at the centre.

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Challenge Cancer UK Charity Dinner – 13th November 2015

Friday 13th was certainly not unlucky for Coolair staff & clients who attended our final fundraising event for our charity cycle ride in Vietnam & Cambodia, held at Moxhull Hall.

The marquee was packed and guests enjoyed an evening’s entertainment including speeches, comedy, a prize raffle and charity auction.

Sportsmans dinner Nov 15

Ex-footballer & now Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson gave a frank and amusing account of the highs & lows of his career,

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SES Engineering Services Safety Awards 2015

On behalf of our Midlands team, Neil Gibbard (Regional Director) was delighted to collect the SES Engineering Services award for Midlands Region “Safe Company of the Year” at their awards ceremony last week.

This came in recognition of the work done by our team on the BET365 contract in Stoke-on-Trent, a large and prestigious contract over several months, and on which our positive H & S culture has seen us top scoring sub-contractor in the SES Midland region SHE league table.

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1st Annual Coolair Burger Challenge

The final push is now on, as our team of cyclists set off to Vietnam in just 26 days time to raise money for Challenge Cancer UK.

The team in Manchester office have today taken it upon themselves to “volunteer” Matt Barnes, our young, keen, & hungry (!) Accounts Assistant to take part in the Inaugural Burger Challenge – to eat 10 cheese burgers from a certain well known High Street burger chain in 30 minutes.

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Welcome to Gareth Lambert

We were very pleased to welcome a new recruit to our Maidstone office at the beginning of September.

Gareth actually first began his career with Coolair back in 2001 as an installation engineer. He took a 5 year break from us later to run his own company but re-joined us again in 2010 as a senior installation & commissioning engineer.

Gareth’s knowledge & experience after 20 years in the industry plus his experience from working on many,

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