Exciting Times at C E Edwards as new Operations Manager is appointed
C E Edwards is delighted to welcome Chris Alcock as Operations Manager at the Stoke on Trent site. With a wealth of experience in the UK and Europe, Chris is an invaluable addition to the team and the ideal person to help drive the company into an exciting new period of growth and development. Chris […]
Long time employee Hazel Sant retires
Hazel Sant, employed at C E Edwards and its subsidiaries for over 45 years, has retired after a long and fruitful career. Hazel’s connection with C E Edwards began in 1967 when, at the age of 19, she started work with Beeches Garage – part of a group of companies controlled by the owners of […]
New Apprentice for C E Edwards
It is widely recognised that training and developing high quality engineers is key to maintaining and growing a sustainable manufacturing base in the UK. The DRO group has consistently seen engineering apprenticeships as the most postive way they can support this initiative and, at the same time, help maintain a source of well trained recruits […]
New Member of Production Engineering Staff
Denholm’s are pleased to announce that Steve Davies has joined our Production Engineering Team. Although based primarily at our Liverpool site in Aintree, Steve will have responsibility for Production Engineering both at Liverpool and at our Stoke site. As operations become more integrated, our aim is to reinforce production engineering and planning across the whole company […]
New Production Engineering Office
With Steve Davies joining our production engineering team as reported here, Denholm’s recognised that we also needed more space to house everyone! To meet this need we have significantly extended the Production Engineering Office at our Liverpool site. The larger facility will house extra staff necessary to maintain production of detailed quality and specification reports […]
New inspection department with the latest hi-tech instruments
Following a review of inspection procedures at C E Edwards we felt that we could reorganise to improve effciciency. The layout of the machine shop neccesitated some significant work but we are plaesed to announce that this is now all complete and the inspection department relocated to its new home right next to goods-out: the […]
The end of an era. Norman Hay retires after 49 years.
We have always prided ourselves on great working relationships between everyone at Denholm Rees O’Donnell and this is perfectly demonstrated by the picture on the left and the recent retirement of Norman Hay after 49 years. Norman started work on the site in 1963 with Aintree company Burn Engineering Ltd. The company closed In 1988, […]
A Family Business – The Next Generation
Denholm Rees O’Donnell is a business with a family tradition stretching back over 80 years. We are pleased to announce the arrival of the next generation as Rebecca O’Donnell, granddaughter of founding member Charles O’Donnell, joins DRO as a Director and Board Member. Already a successful businesswoman in her own right having built and run […]
New marketing initiative for C E Edwards
Following from some great successes, and as part of a sustained initiative focusing on growth, C E Edwards Ltd has partnered with sales and marketing specialists Momentum to deliver an effective and focused business development programme. In the words of Alan Hayes, C E Edwards Managing Director: We see this partnership as a natural progression […]
Moving with the times – updated
Last Autumn we announced that Denholms were contemplating a move to new premises. Inevitably, an important element of this move was to sell the current site on Albany Road – a task not helped by the current economic climate. A lack of meaningful offers for the site coupled with continuing growth of business at Denholms […]
