News from Kimpton

One of the most common questions that businesses are asking is how do you decarbonise your business? We’ve probably all heard the question and know a little about what it means, but what does it mean for us as business operators and what can we do about it?

Background

The UK Government announced on 20th April 2021 that it…

When we normally announce a new starter with Kimpton, we talk about what first attracted them to the business. With Steve Turner however, it’s slightly different, as Steve is actually returning to the business after a 37-year break. Back in 1984 Steve’s first job after school was as a Youth Trainee with the EA Kimpton. It was this business…

The Kimpton team recently completed another boiler room replacement. This one at Shoreside Primary School.

Shoreside primary school is a small, friendly primary school with 210 pupil capacity in Ainsdale, Southport. In 2018 it became part of the Rainbow Education Multi Academy Trust, which is a family of six schools across the North West.

The school caters for…

With the talk about gas boilers being discontinued in coming years, we’re often asked how does a heat pump work? in this short post, we’ll explain all.

Our project in Queensferry, working on the new Pupil Referral Unit at Plas Derwyn & Queensferry CP and the extension and refurbishment of the existing Plas Derwyn & Queensferry CP Primary School…

The Kimpton team, working with partners completed a boiler room upgrade and the CIF scheme for school improvement.

Hermitage School is a primary school in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire that opened in 1970. It caters for around 210 children aged 4-11 years. As a purpose-built school, sitting on a large green site, the layout still works well, with eight teaching spaces,…

There’s a full day at work and then there’s Keith Marsden’s day at work. Today he’s been working with our good friends at Incredible Edible to extend the irrigation system we installed previously. It wasn’t just a case of multi-tasking, but rather completely changing role, four times during the day.

It started when Keith was innocently drilling…

Designing and creating process cooling systems is an important part of the Kimpton business. It is the perfect example of why working in the plumbing industry, is nothing if it isn’t varied.

In this project, the small works team have been working with Hardy UK in Liverpool. They are one of those companies that if you do not work in…

Lockdown has been a time to deliver a number of projects that are made far easier when the venue is closed. One such job is the work we completed at the stunning Liverpool Philharmonic. Work has been underway for some time to restore the original Rushworth and Dreaper Organ, originally installed in 1939.

According to the Philharmonic,…

In this post last year, we shared our Environmental report for the previous 12 months, for the waste we generated at our Bromborough Head office. You can read that here. In 2019, we produced 6.29 tonnes of mixed waste. Of this, 1.88 tonnes was immediately recycled and 4.41 tonnes converted to RDF.

As you’d expect, the last 12 months…

The Kimpton Service and Maintenance team has always been central to the business, with many existing client Planned and Preventative contracts, like Chester Zoo, running for over 30 years. This doesn’t happen by accident, it takes serious organisation and consistent delivery.

It’s with this in mind, and the fact that the is business growing, we have appointed a new…