Author: Andrew

We have recently received our official accreditation as a Real Living Wage Employer in Northern Ireland. We have joined a group of over 13,000 businesses throughout the UK, that have committed to paying all staff a wage that has been identified to meet the everyday needs of the current economic climate. This rate is independently calculated and updated each year to reflect the situation at that time. At Changeover, we are very proud to be a part of this scheme as we try to create the best working environment possible within our company culture.

We are happy to announce the commencement of a new journey in conjunction with Belfast city council on their scheme for governing good business practise in Belfast. The “Belfast Promise”  focuses on 8 pledges that aim to help and improve business practises, the local community here in NI and the environment.

We are very proud to be taking part in the pilot program as we feel that it is a project that aligns itself very well with our own values here at Changeover Technologies. We look forward to getting further involved as we progress through the programme and try to make a difference right here at home.

We are proud to announce that our Executive Chairman, Mervyn McCall, has been awarded, in the Kings birthday honours list, the MBE for services to business and to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mervyn built and sold a world class fastrack Formwork system that is today a leader in global construction.

He is a former winner of the “Halo Award” as Northern Ireland Business Angel of the year, and chairman of the Northern Ireland Institute of Directors (IOD) as well as serving on the main U.K. IOD council.

Through the McCall Charitable Foundation he has supported through higher education disadvantaged Northern Ireland students enabling them to realise their ambitions.

As Changeover’s Executive Chairman, he is a lead investor and takes an active part in driving us towards our goals.

We congratulate Mervyn on this well deserved recognition of his services to Northern Ireland.

Changeover Technologies have just completed a further £1030K investment round to help catapult the company towards its goal of full commercialisation. Ken Flockhart CEO of the company has commented: “This investment round marks the start of a planned intense series of similar drives”.

This reflects our shareholders continual support and confidence in our breakthrough technology. Committed to helping waste producers in their journey to net zero, this cash injection will go towards scaling up operations for commercialisation.

We are pleased to announce that the company has expanded its footprint in Belfast by opening a bespoke CAD design suite. The new state of the art facility has been fitted out with the latest equipment and 3D design software that will enable us to continue to build on our internal design capabilities. The building also houses our prototype area and 3D printing zone and allows the team to prove out scaled designs extremely quickly and effectively. The new design hub allows us to have a central location to share our detailed designs with suppliers and customers to ensure that projects run efficiently.

We are happy to announce that Sir Richard Needham has been appointed to Changeover Technologies Board.

In line with our plans to take the company to commercial realisation and onward rapid expansion over the coming years, we take pleasure in announcing the appointment of Sir Richard Needham to the board as a Non-Executive Director. Sir Richard Needham’s former responsibilities include serving as Minister of State for Trade from 1992-1995. He has held positions in many public and private companies, including GEC, Dyson, NEC Europe and Avon Rubber. Sir Richard’s maturity and global experience will be of great value in guiding us over the coming years.