Hull Firm At The Forefront Of Decarbonisation Of Heating Is Visited By MP

Hull North MP Dame Diana Johnson recently visited Ideal Heating, one of the city’s biggest employers, to see how it is transforming homes in the country.

Besides focusing heavily on the environment and product expansion, the company has invested £16m in expanding production at its National Avenue site and is opening a new £1m green training centre at Bridgehead Business Park, Hessle.

During a tour of Ideal Heating in Hull North, the MP learned more about the company’s role in the future of green heating solutions and its role as a major employer.

Dame Diana Johnson said: “Ideal has been in my constituency for over a century. For me, as a constituency MP, it’s vital that we have these good jobs in the future. Green jobs in Hull are so important.

“Ideal’s work is going to be very important in meeting our climate targets. I’m also particularly interested to hear about the jobs and opportunities for local people – and that’s why I’m really keen and really pleased to see what’s going on here.

“I think the investment into research and development is key to make sure the company is ahead of the game for future legislation around boilers and heat pumps.”

Currently, the expansion in Hull is adding 13,000 square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space to allow the company to scale up its green technologies.

Shaun Edwards, chief executive officer at Groupe Atlantic UK, ROI & NA, said:

“We were very happy to welcome Diana to our head office and explain how we’re expanding our business towards achieving NET Zero targets. It’s a very challenging, yet exciting time for us, we’re seeing the biggest transformation to the industry since the introduction of high efficiency gas boilers.

“We will be designing, manufacturing, storing and distributing renewable products from our facility in Hull, plus training our customer base from our new training centre in Hessle. This will bring additional jobs as we expand our expertise and workforce.”

Diana’s visit coincided with Ideal Heating’s Women of Achievement Awards, where three members won top awards.

The Woman Breaking Boundaries award was presented to Helen Villamuera, engineering director, and Maria Gillum, senior design engineer, was named top woman in STEM. Apprentice technician Nina Weldrick won the Apprentice/Trainee award.