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Welcome to OUR NEW STARTERS Laura Driffill Mollie Roofe Glen Roberts Buyer Compliance Apprentice Sales Account Manager Head Office Head Office Leeds Daniel Campbell Leo Homer Liam Woodward Link Van Driver Warehouse Operative Warehouse Operative Barnsley Doncaster York Russell Ibbetson Kurt Ellis Driver / Warehouse Operative Branch Apprentice Leeds Grimsby SIGN UP TO THE LEW MAILING LIST SHOW US Don’t wait until the next LEW’S THE LOVE NEWS to hear about the latest. Sign up to our mailing list for the We’d appreciate your time to review latest news, offers and events our services. We’ve partnered with the from LEW right into your inbox. online review community Trustpilot to We only send about 1 email a collect reviews and better understand week as we can’t stand spam mail our customer service experience. just as much as you do. uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.lewelectrical.co.uk Sign up online for free at www.lewelectrical.co.uk ORDERING IN-BRANCH OVER THE PHONE ONLINE & THE APP WITH LEW OPEN AN LEW IS EASY TRADE ACCOUNT 24/7 ONLINE

LONG SERVICE AWARDS Our team members are celebrating some milestones for their long service. We thank them for all their hard work serving our customers and developing the business! 5 YEARS 10 YEARS 5 YEARS James Hancock Sean Rispin Molly Colton Sheffield Hull Gainsborough CeLelte’sbrate We’re delighted to announce some Matt Wiseman Simon MortLEWWakefield Dave Jarratt promotions at our Wakefield branch. LEW Wakefield LEW Doncaster Matt Wiseman has been promoted to Warehouse Manager having been at LEW Wakefield for a matter of 6 months. As a result of this, Simon Mort has been Simon has been at LEW Wakefield We’re also delighted to announce that promoted to Sales Account Manager, since May 2018, where he started as Dave Jarratt, formerly of LEW Grimsby who was previously Warehouse Manager. Warehouse Manager. has been appointed LEW Doncaster Branch Manager. “These 2 appointments “He has impressed us so much highlight how we like our staff we wanted to see how he Dave has been with LEW for over 15 to grow within LEW. Matt has progresses as one of our Sales years in a variety of management roles really hit the ground running Account Managers. Matt’s including Grimsby Branch Manager. since his arrival and we’ve appointment has allowed a Congratulations to Dave on the new been very impressed with smooth transition and Simon role. You can visit our Doncaster his initiative and product has developed our great branch on Merchant Road and switch knowledge.” customer experience that we onto our Award Winning Service. deliver here.” Adam Kelk, LEW Wakefield Branch Manager. Adam Kelk, LEW Wakefield Branch Manager. FIND YOUR LOCAL Send us your feedback All information/prices and content correct at time of print. BRANCH ONLINE [email protected] LEW Electrical Distributors can not be held responsible for www.lewelectrical.co.uk any change of information/prices/content since date of print. FAO Marketing Copyright The newsletter contains information about various electrical LEW Electrical LEW Electrical product/regulations. All information is not advice/instruction Distributors Distributors 2023. and should not be treated as such. Unit 16 All supplied content Primrose Street Copyright original Gainsborough creators. All Rights Lincolnshire Reserved. DN21 1HU

A SHORT MESSAGE FROM ANDY JOHNSON Welcome to the first edition of LEWs NEWs in 2023. I hope you have all had a great Christmas and had time to relax with family over the festive period. First and foremost I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my colleagues for their dedication and hard work throughout the year it is really appreciated. Also on behalf of everyone at LEW, a huge thank you to our customers both old and new that continue to support us on a daily basis. Employee experience is a key value at LEW. We have seen some great career development from within the business during 2022, with a growing number of internal promotions across the company. Our commitment to nurture new talent into the business with our apprenticeship programme continues for a second year. A cohort of seven young people across all departments started their journey with LEW in November. It is already clear to see that we have some real quality joining our teams. It will be exciting to see how they develop in their roles this year and beyond. We will continue to strengthen our branch network in 2023. Our plan is to open two new branches and relocate one of our existing branches, again this will provide opportunity for further internal promotions during the year. Customer experience is already a key value at LEW and will be even more relevant during this period of uncertainty. We know we must strive to be the best at the basics. Delivering an unforgettable experience is, without doubt, the key to strong long term customer relationships. I hope you enjoy the first copy of the year. As ever, for colleagues and customers, my door is always open if there is something you want to discuss. All the best Andy Johnson Managing Director 4 ORDER ONLINE 24/7 FOR FREE WITH THE LEW APP GET THE LATEST NEWS & EVENTS ONLINE www.lewelectrical.co.uk

LEW PETERBOROUGH TRADE SHOW DATE ANNOUNCED! Our 15th Branch in the LEW network opened in 2021, and Luke and the Peterborough team have had a fantastic first year! On April 21st, to celebrate, we will be hosting a Trade Show for our Peterborough branch. This will give you an opportunity to meet suppliers, the members of the LEW Peterborough team, and have the chance to win a holiday worth £3000 along with some other amazing prizes. To be entered into the holiday raffle draw, simply spend £100 exc. VAT at the Peterborough branch and attend the Trade Show on April 21st. Every £100 spent is another entry into the prize draw, so the more times you spend with us the better chance you have of winning an exciting prize! To register, please go in branch or visit www.lewelectrical.co.uk/peterborough Photos taken at previous trade shows LEW’S NEWS JANUARY - MARCH 2023 fb.com/leweletrical @lewelectrical @lewelectrical lew-electrical-distributors 5

PREVIOUS WINNERS 2022 2021 COMING SOON 2020 LOVE YOUR 2019 APPRENTICE IS BACK 2018 AT LEW FOR 2023! HOW TO ENTER Celebrate those your spending your working day with and win them some great prizes to help show them some love. Entering is easy. Simply take a photo of your apprentice ‘on WIN SOME GREAT PRIZES FOR YOUR AND WE’LL EVEN SORT LUNCH FOR the tools’ and send it to us at APPRENTICE YOUR APPRENTICE [email protected] You can win a brand new C.K Premium We are also giving away a £5 Greggs Electricians ToolKit for your apprentice, Voucher for everyone who enters*. We will then shortlist the worth £421. This kit includes a full Enough for lunch or breakfast or trade entries and ask our Facebook screwdriver set, pliers, wire strippers, approved treats at over 2000+ locations. followers to vote for a winner side cutters, saws and much more! All and runner up! housed in the award winning C.K Magma Entries open on Wednesday 1st February Technician’s Tool Case. Perfect for any and close on Friday 10th February. Voting Once we have a winner we will budding sparky learning the trade. will take place between Monday 13th send prizes for collection at any February until 12:00pm 17th February. LEW branch for the apprentice. We are also giving away two runner The winner will be announced on up prizes of a C.K Screwdriver Sets. Monday 20th February! Featuring premium quality chrome molybdenum/vanadium steel blades, GOOD LUCK! hardened and tempered for optimum performance. Both worth £44 each. Love your Apprentice- Terms and Conditions Promotion runs from 1st February - 10th February 2023. Voting takes place 13th - 17th February 2023 on the LEW Electrical Distributors Facebook. • Entry only accepted by emailing [email protected] • Entries must follow general health and safety guidelines. • Entries must be limited to one per customer/apprentice. • Competition does not include any LEW Electrical Distributors Employee. • Prize and entry Greggs voucher to be awarded specifically to the apprentice that has been entered on the customers behalf. It is not awarded to the customer themselves. • Winning prize is limited to one and will be to the apprentice with the most votes. Votes are calculated as ‘likes’ on a specific photo. • Images are for illustrative purposes and may not reflect the final prizes awarded. • Prize to be collected at a LEW Electrical Distributors branch of winners choosing. You will be informed by email when this has arrived in your local branch. • Greggs voucher awarded on entry will be limited to one per entry and are limited to the first qualifying 25 entrants. • Greggs vouchers will be a eGift and emailed out to apprentices at the end of the competition. • Applies to apprentices in England only. • LEW reserves the right to use images for future marketing and promotional purposes. • Any entry deemed to have obtained votes through misleading methods will be disqualified. The marketing team at LEW will decide what constitutes what misleading methods. • LEW reserves the right to remove any entry deemed to be breaking any rules. • LEW reserves the right to cancel the promotion at any time without notice or compensation to entrants. • Voting will take place between Voting takes place 13th - 17th February at 12pm. Any votes after this time may not be counted. • Any entry that has entered outside 1st February - 10th February 126pm will not be coOunRtDedE.R ONLINE 24/7 FOR FREE WITH THE LEW APP GET THE LATEST NEWS & EVENTS ONLINE www.lewelectrical.co.uk

LONG 30TH SERVICE ANNIVERSARY Congratulations to Kay Chadwick for working for LEW Bury for a combined 30 years between LEW and Guild Electrical. Kay joined Guild Electrical in Bury back in 1992, and when LEW acquired Guild, Kay joined as a Sales Account Manager for LEW in 2015. Trading for 7 years as LEW, the Bury branch recently moved into a new home on the Bracken Trade Park in 2021. Kay was integral in making sure customers old and new were well looked after. “Kay has always gone above and beyond for our customers throughout her time here with LEW. She’s built up some great customer relations in Bury and Greater Manchester and we’re delighted to have her here at LEW!” Ant Clough, Bury Branch Manager Many thanks for your outstanding commitment to LEW and the Electrical Wholesale industry in Bury Kay! Toughbay™ Durability that delivers outstanding energy efficiency Ultra durable, IK10 60º, 90º & 120º beam Up to 150 lumens Emergency and Free, UK-based lighting rated protection angles available per circuit Watt microwave options design service For more info visit fb.com/leweletrical @lewelectrical @lewelectrical lew-electrical-distributors 7 jcc.LcEWo’S.NuEWkS/OtCToOBuERg- DhECbEMaByER 2021

FUTUREPROOF YOUR EV CHARGING WITH ZAPPI You don’t need solar panels or a wind A solar EV charger works by allowing you power system to use the zappi. But to use excess solar to power up your car. purchasing it today, means you’re future Generating solar energy requires solar fit for tomorrow. panels (PV) to be fitted to your home or place of work, but the energy generated Zappi is a smart EV charger with a through the solar panels is totally free, difference. Zappi can operate as a essentially giving you free miles! standard home car charger, using Light energy produced by the sun is power from the grid. It also has optional called a photon. It is the most basic, charging modes which use 100% green fundamental particle of all light. It is energy generated from your own home, these photons in natural daylight that Solar PV system or wind generation. are converted by solar panel cells to Using your own power generation produce electricity. This small bundle of increases the Return On Investment electromagnetic energy is constantly in (ROI) for your panels and electric car, and motion. Simply put, a solar panel works means that you can charge your EV at by allowing photons, or particles of light, home for free! to bounce into electrons, setting them free from atoms, generating a flow of Zappi is easy to install and user friendly. electricity. But don’t worry, if you don’t have solar panels installed, the zappi will Our eco smart technology makes still operate as a standard car charger intelligent decisions based on your self harnessing power from the grid. generated power and the energy tariff zappi provides you with tailor made you are signed up to. This allows your charging to suit your lifestyle and myenergi devices to optimise for drawing demands. Whether you need a “fast” energy from the grid at the lowest charge to get you going in a hurry, or are possible rate per kWh. happy to wait for your charge to take place using 100% renewable energy. For more information talk to your Sales Zappi gives you the flexibility to charge Account Manager. on your terms. 8 ORDER ONLINE 24/7 FOR FREE WITH THE LEW APP GET THE LATEST NEWS & EVENTS ONLINE www.lewelectrical.co.uk

&KDEREEPAYMUPTEPAYM& WINNERS Use the tag #TeamLEW Well the World Cup is over and unfortunately England didn’t do as well as we had hoped. Thank you to everyone who participated in the keepy uppy challenge in branches and the Dream Team competitions we ran during the World Cup. We are pleased to announce the winners are as follows • T he winner of the Keepy Uppy competition was Wayne Wilkinson of MLW Electrical with an impressive total of 607. Wayne is a customer at our Bury Branch. • T he winner of the Dream Team competition was Scott Zoldan of Comtech Services who got 274 points. Scott is a customer at our Barnsley Branch. Congratulations to you both. You have each won two tickets to an England game at Wembley courtesy of KSR Lighting. We would like to thank KSR Lighting for sponsoring this competition. PROUD OF YOUR WORK? SHOW US Do you have projects you’re proud of? We’re always on the lookout to see how the products we supply you are used. So whether it’s outdoor lighting or a perfectly wired up consumer unit, we want to see them. Take a picture or video and either upload it onto Instagram or Facebook and use the tag #TeamLEW. Or if you’d prefer, you can email us at [email protected]

Whatin’sthheappening MISSION CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY AT LEW BARNSLEY LEW Branch staff and Head Office took part in Christmas Jumper Day, raising £378 for Save the Children. A great effort, especially by Corey Neale based at our Leeds branch! LEW Barnsley took part in Hallam “Mission Christmas is a FM’s Mission Christmas, collecting fantastic scheme and toys and gifts for children of South we’re delighted with the Yorkshire currently living in poverty. end results. We remain committed to helping the The aim of the Cash for Kids community where we can campaign was to reach every especially with the cost of child, who’s at risk of waking up to living and the issues families nothing on Christmas Day. are currently facing” The generous people of Barnsley Ben Jones, LEW Barnsley Branch and South Yorkshire donated Manager. several presents and took them to LEW Barnsley which was collected We want to thank everyone who by Hallam FM, ready for the big day! donated for their generosity and kindness. HICKY SAVED THE BEST TIL LAST Hickman saved his best until the I genuinely don’t have a lot of goals but last round of the Bennetts British one of the things I’ve said I wanted to Superbike Championship at Brands do was win a big bike race at the TT and Hatch on the FHO Racing M 1000 RR a British Superbike race in the same BMW. This race took place in October year – and we’ve done it. This team is which brought an end to the 2022 incredible, this is for them. season. When you don’t make The Showdown, Peter Hickman said there’s not a lot to play for apart from “Better late than never is the saying race wins and we’ve managed that I think! I’m super happy for Faye and and we’ve also won the Riders Cup and all the team, the boys have worked so ended up top BMW in the championship. hard all year and to reward them with a proper race win – it wasn’t wet or We’ve ended the year well and I just anything, it was a proper full dry want to thank everyone at FHO Racing race – is the best way to end the year. for getting me here. This one’s for the whole team.” 10 ORDER ONLINE 24/7 FOR FREE WITH THE LEW APP GET THE LATEST NEWS & EVENTS ONLINE www.lewelectrical.co.uk

WE’RE AWARD WINNERS Winner of Electrical Wholesaler of the Year award We are delighted to reveal that we won Best Wholesaler (6-25 Branches) at the EW Awards 2022. This award reflects the hard work that all 16 of our branches do along with our head office functions. This was hosted at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel in London on Thursday 13th October, and showcased everything that was good about our industry. The event celebrated both Electrical Wholesale and the leading manufacturers from the industry. The Electrical Wholesale Awards are something we always want to take part in. It’s the third year in a row we’ve been given the title of Best Wholesaler for our category and shows how we are delivering our industry leading customer experience. The votes are decided by both the industry, and a panel of judges. We want to thank everyone that voted for us, and the panel for their decision. We really appreciate the recognition for going above and beyond for our customers. We endeavour to create a first class Employee Experience. This gives our colleagues the ability to deliver an exceptional customer experience as a result. AWEBB Awebb Member of the Year Award MEMBER OF THE YEAR We also recently had success at the AWEBB AGM in Portugal where we won Member of the Year for the 11th year running! This was voted for by suppliers so this was a great honour to receive. We will continue to deliver our Award Winning service and customer experience for our customers. It is always a great privilege to be recognised by the industry. LEW’S NEWS JANUARY - MARCH 2023 fb.com/leweletrical @lewelectrical @lewelectrical lew-electrical-distributors 11

COLLEAGUE FOCUS: LUKE STANGER LEW PETERBOROUGH We sat down with Luke Stanger, LEW In May 2019 I went over to LEW Hull as What excites you the most about working Peterborough Branch Manager and a Sales Account Manager with a desire at LEW Peterborough? quizzed him about his time here at LEW, to get back into Electrical Wholesaling/ The potential of this branch. We’ve a and how rewarding a career can be here! Distribution, an industry I missed dearly fantastic team here at Peterborough, due to my time at Grimsby branch. Russell staff that really want to go the extra mile Tell us about yourself? and his team were exceptional and to deliver for our customers. Slowly but I’m Luke Stanger, LEW Peterborough provided me with an excellent education surely that’s starting to have an impact Branch Manager and I have been in post back into the electrical industry. on the wider area, our reputation here since September 2022. Originally is growing, and that’s down to the from the beautiful northern town of Great In September 2019 I was offered the commitment of our team. Grimsby, I grew up desperate to become opportunity to Join Lynne Anderson a Professional Footballer like most young and her team in Gainsborough as a What makes LEW Peterborough different lads, failing that a career as a School Sales Account Manager with a view to from other wholesalers in the area? Teacher. becoming an Assistant Branch Manager. Our 24 hour access point is a great I’m forever thankful to the opportunity example of providing bespoke services After completing my A Levels, I was Lynne gave me and it has provided me to our customers . Customers can collect fortunate enough to be accepted onto a with the skills and knowledge to take my their stock at any time they want and Camp America programme in the summer current position as Branch Manager of that’s a great service we can offer. of 2011, where I was an “On land Sports LEW Peterborough. Co ordinator” responsible for all aspects The team are determined to make this of sports such as Football, Baseball, What motivates you? branch the go-to, number 1 wholesaler in Lacrosse and Basketball. Delivering a first class customer and the area. employee experience for everyone that Upon my return to the UK, I attended comes to our trade counter, receives Leeds Metropolitan University and The a delivery from us or joins our internal University of Hull and Grimsby to study branch team. I want to make sure every Sport Business Management, of which I customer and employee we come into graduated in 2014. contact with goes away thinking they’ve had a great experience dealing with LEW A keen sportsman, some would say a and they want to come back for more. people pleaser at times. I just love meeting Going above and beyond for our new people and continually learning from customers with the aim that they will each individual. Life sometimes can be use us as their preferred supplier when hard and frustrating but by surrounding it comes to any requirements. This is yourself with brilliant people and having something I want us to be constantly a “can do attitude” always makes things aspiring to! better in the end. How did you start your career at LEW? How has this progressed? After graduating from University in July 2014, I was fortunate enough to be offered a role at LEW Grimsby on a Graduate scheme by the current branch manager Paul Courtley and Bruno Hickson. From there I worked my way up the ranks from a Warehouse Operative to Trade Counter Sales and eventually Internal Sales. Six months into my role at LEW Grimsby, I was transferred across to Ecotrol to assist Jake Jarratt and Jeff Lewsam in Solar and Heating Sales, albeit for a short while. I was again transferred then to Ecoscheme, where I assisted Chris Newton in contracts management and Subcontractor coordination for a year in this role, eventually progressing to become Manager of Ecoscheme until 2019. 12 ORDER ONLINE 24/7 FOR FREE WITH THE LEW APP GET THE LATEST NEWS & EVENTS ONLINE www.lewelectrical.co.uk