Business Opportunities in the Middle East
6th July 2010
Nightingale are currently looking to identify prospective partners, distributors/agents and clients in the Middle East. If you would like to make an appointment to meet Kevin Eames, our Business Development Manager, he is hoping to be in the area during October/November. Please contact him on kevineames@nightingalebeds.co.uk
Hire Delivery Times for June 3hrs 31mins
6th July 2010
We’ve had a slight increase on this months hire delivery time but only by 2 mins. The average hire delivery for June is a brilliant 3hrs and 31mins.
Walking the Giants
25th June 2010
This year Nightingale is supporting a very worthwhile charity and will be actively involved in supporting a team in the Three Peaks Challenge. Nigel Quinn (Managing Director) and Stuart Reid (Business Development Manager) are taking part in the challenge on 9/10 September 2010 when the walkers will climb Ben Nevis, Scarfell Pike and Snowden in 24 hours – some 11,178 feet in total and travelling 475 miles in the process! Nigel and Stuart will be the drivers for the challenge so will therefore not be too much of drain on the teams efforts.
The charity being supported is Walking With Giants, and in particular Finn Davidge-Hesketh. We need to raise £20,000 to help send Finn, her family and another seven families to the USA for The Little People of America Convention next summer. It means families can share experiences with others of different ages affected by primordial dwarfism and also speak to medical experts about it.
Jon, Finn’s father, said: “It’s an awesome experience and quite an emotional one to meet other parents and be able to talk about it”.
“It’s also great to see Finn playing with kids who are the same proportion as her.
“You can also relate all your worries and concerns to each other.”
Finn Davidge-Hesketh stands 28 inches tall at five years of age due to microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type 2 (MOPD II), a condition which affects just four people in the UK. The main concern for Melanie, Finn’s mother, and Jon is that Finn has a 50 per cent risk of developing brain aneurysms and Moyomoya disease, two potentially fatal vascular conditions that could develop at any time.
“Finn is not a burden to us. She’s just smaller and needs more medical attention.
“She is just a little girl and is smaller than others.
“She’s independent, quite feisty, bubbly and she is great fun.”
Melanie said: “She does not let her size frustrate her.
“She is a typical five-year-old and she doesn’t let anything bother her.”
There are 8 people in the UK and less than a 100 people in the world who live with primordial dwarfism. The benefits of being able to attend the Little People of America Conference range from family support groups to medical examination and research, but most importantly are the life long friendships that are forged for a unique group of individuals and their families, with your help we hope to make this very special dream become reality.
Please visit our Just Giving website : http://www.justgiving.com/walking-the-giants if you feel you would like to help. Many thanks.
Walking The Giants
24th June 2010
9th/10th September 2010
Help Nightingale to raise awareness and money to send families from the UK who live with Primordial Dwarfism to the Little People of America Conference in California, July 2011 www.justgiving.com/walking-the-giants
Hire Delivery Times for May 3hrs 29mins
1st June 2010
Well I have to say a thank you to the Nightingale engineers this month for giving that extra special push that I asked for at the beginning of the month. The average hire delivery for May is down to just 3hrs and 29mins.
Fiona D Cooper
Service Support Manager
Bariatric Training Day
26th May 2010
18th June 2010
Training Centre, Ysbyty Gwynedd
Hire Delivery Times for April 4hrs 12mins
11th May 2010
With another extremely busy month behind us here at Nightingale we are more than pleased with our average hire delivery time for the month, even though it is slightly over our targeted 4hrs. All the staff here are going to make an extra special push this month to see if we can get it back down.
I’d also like to say a big thank you to all our regular customers for their continued support and use of our services.
Fiona D Cooper
Service Support Manager
Further reduction on the Nightingale Commode/Shower Chair
28th April 2010
We are very pleased to announce that we can now offer the Nightingale Bariatric Commode/Shower Chair for just £399. Available ex-stock, and where necessary on next day delivery.
Tissue Viability Awareness Day
20th April 2010
20th May 2010
Ashfield House Hotel, Standish
Hire Delivery During March
20th April 2010
Nightingale’s average delivery time for the month of March was 3hrs 41mins.