{"id":47204,"date":"2018-09-17T14:42:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T13:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=47204"},"modified":"2018-09-17T14:42:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T13:42:47","slug":"mcdonald-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/mcdonald-engineers\/47204\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald Engineers unveil ambitious growth plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>McDonald Engineers UK has unveiled ambitious growth plans, as it aims to double in size within 5 years and sees the company change its name to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcdonald-engineers.com\/\">McDonald Water Storage<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>As part of this expansion and new branding, Jason Hobson, previously Managing Director of Gledhill, has been appointed as Divisional Director, responsible for building a new English Division ensuring that the product and infrastructure are in place to meet customer requirements for today\u2019s replacements and future market requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The family-owned and managed business was originally established in the 1940s as an engineering company, manufacturing a wider variety of products.\u00a0 However, for the last 30+ years, the company has been focused on the innovative design and manufacture of superior quality, copper hot water storage solutions, for both domestic and commercial applications.<\/p>\n<p>Managing Director, Jamie Stewart, said: \u201cOur name has served us well over the years, however, we wanted to create a contemporary brand, which clearly demonstrates what we do, but which retained the heritage from over 70 years of manufacturing excellence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy rebranding as McDonald Water Storage, this continues the company heritage, but more clearly states what we do\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stewart added: \u201cWe are already recognised as a company that supplies widely throughout the UK. 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