Get to know our company and our team with these fun and interesting facts…
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Sales Director, Mick Loseby, has played football against professional footballer, Luke Varney. He went to school with former World Middleweight Champion Boxer Chris Pyatt AND attended Gary Lineker’s wedding in 1986! Mick is also a Season Ticket Holder for Leicester City Football Club.
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There are lots of family ties between our staff at Leengate Valves. We have several sets of fathers and sons – Sales Director, Mick / South East Area Sales Manager, Joe – Managing Director, Steve / Commercial Director, Leigh – Senior Sales Person, Dave / Warehouse Operative, Jamie! Our Engineering Manager, Arran and Marketing Manager, Kirsty, are husband and wife and our South West Area Sales Manager, Jody, is our Managing Director & Commercial Director’s son-in-law and brother-in-law (respectively!)
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Despatch Co-ordinator, Adam Cupit, played and beat six-time snooker world champion, Steve “The Nugget” Davies, 51-31 in the fifth frame! Adam was among 9 others who played Steve at the Saltaire Club in Shipley in October 2019. Great job, Adam!
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Warehouse Supervisor, Phil Shaw, has volunteered for 3 radio stations as a producer and had his own Weekly Rock Show. Phil and his family also appeared on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Take Away in 2005, when Patsy Palmer secretly baby sat for his children; they won a 3 night trip to Las Vegas where they saw the show “We Will Rock You.” Phil runs with Belper Harriers Running Club and is a huge Queen fan.
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Our Area Sales Manager for the South West, Jody Binns, plays the trumpet to a Grade 8 standard! Jody studied a BA in Jazz at Leeds University and once played trumpet at the Royal Albert Hall in the Junior Proms!
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Our Marketing Manager, Kirsty Macalister, didn’t go to college until she was 23; because of the age gap, her fellow classmates used to call her “Mum.” Kirsty is a self-confessed Harry Potter geek and has a cabinet full of replica props and memorabilia, including 8 replica wands!