….She is still on hand as a non-exec director to encourage and support the senior leadership team, who are responsible for day to day operations.

….His dry sense of humour and dead pan delivery often leaves people wondering did he mean what he just said?!

Unsurprisingly, Jon chose to work in business rather than in professional services, and in a career spanning 30+ years, he has served as Group Finance Officer in multi-national businesses, been involved in improving operations using Six Sigma and lean manufacturing, and overseen dozens of acquisitions in multiple countries.

He now looks after the numbers at Taplanes and as co-owner he represents us at corporate golf events!

….one of our most skilled and experienced fabricators but is now putting his vast experience of making the product to good use – by moving into specifying and selling them! He has always enjoyed supporting the design team to build prototypes and new products and when the need arises, offers customers on-site support; so this is a natural transition for him.

Outside of work, Nick loves spending time with his family and teaching his kids all about Italian food just the way he was taught. Born in North Yorkshire but fluent in Italian, he likes his football, enjoys keeping fit, is a boxing enthusiast and has a passion for drawing.

….Livvy is amazing – she is one of those people who can turn her hand to anything; be it sales or marketing admin, assisting with the prep for exhibitions, managing bookings or organising competitions.

When she isn’t working at Taplanes…..or running around after her toddler!.. she performs with the band ‘Mostly Autumn’, with music being a great passion. Leisure time is enjoyed camping in the Lake District or going to the gym.

….is another boomerang employee, who briefly left then returned after realising how great Taplanes really is!

With a wealth of experience in Taplanes modular bathrooms and assisting to implement new products, Tomasz is now working with our new design engineers to support the next generation of innovative Taplanes product designs.

Other than his passion for history, Tomasz is interested in the best use of small living spaces and loves a design challenge. He created a wonderful ‘Manchester bee’ shower base design but dreads Tracey coming up with another of her creative ideas.

….is another boomerang employee, who briefly left then returned after realising how great Taplanes really is!

With a wealth of experience in Taplanes modular bathrooms and assisting to implement new products, Tomasz is now working with our new design engineers to support the next generation of innovative Taplanes product designs.

Other than his passion for history, Tomasz is interested in the best use of small living spaces and loves a design challenge. He created a wonderful ‘Manchester bee’ shower base design but dreads Tracey coming up with another of her creative ideas.

Having always been very creative from a young age she always knew that she wanted to go down the design route. Amy was also motivated by the fact that there are not many women in the industry and wanted to change this.

Before joining Taplanes, Amy used to work in a bar for 3 years so she knows how to make the perfect Pornstar martini!

She absolutely loves dogs – she has a springer and a cocker spaniel at home. Binley is 12 years old (don’t ask her about the name it’s a long story) and Tilly is only a puppy. Our new dog friendly office policy has proven very popular with her.

Outside of the office, Amy can be found going on walks and getting well needed fresh air. She’s very family orientated spending lots of time with them as well as with her friends on weekends. She says that the spontaneous plans are the best ones!

…. 29+ years, is the longest-serving employee!

He programmes the CNC machines and recently programmed a fantastic ‘Manchester bee’ designed shower base; although he swears that it looks more like a wasp – we told him to buzz off.

Away from Taplanes, Neil loves riding Italian shopping bikes, better known as Vespa and Lambretta scooters. He owns 3 and would happily buy more but his wife won’t let him. Like Craig, Neil is also a long-suffering Leeds supporter.

….. Rebecca realised that she wasn’t a massive fan of teaching and longed to be around adults again. She fell into a small and busy business doing anything and everything, quickly taking on more than she had bargained for. She came to Taplanes to focus on Supply Chain Management, taking on the buying for the company alongside organising deliveries to customers.

…… by both improving the wellbeing of staff and improving the efficiency of all the different processes. She is also responsible for ensuring production is running to schedule and maintaining our high standard of quality so she has her hands full! She loves walking in the dales, running and meeting up with her family who are a lot closer now. She also loves baking even though she says not everything turns out right. Her best recipe is her mums lemon drizzle cake.

….it looks like 2008 was a good year. As Foreman, John runs the machine shop with the efficiency of the British Army!

When he isn’t co-ordinating the machine shop, training people or supporting the General Manager, he likes to cycle home and spend his time away from work looking after his family and having fun with his 4 grandchildren – he doesn’t look old enough!

….be a senior fabricator, Jimmy is yet another of our most skilled and experienced fabricators who enjoys supporting the design team to build prototypes and new products and offer customers on-site remedial support.

In his spare time, when he gets the chance to escape the kids, he likes to go wreck fishing of the North East cost for some peace and relaxation.

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…. He is one of our most skilled and experienced fabricators and enjoys supporting the design team to build prototypes and new products and offer customers on-site support.

Away from the factory, he and his wife enjoy cycling and walking in the Dales and travelling abroad. He loves a good movie or boxset and he reckons his greatest achievement in life is his three daughters, Robyn, Kerry and Amy but we reckon his greatest achievement is living in a house full of women and holding onto his hair.

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