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27
Feb 2023
City Plumbing opens Harrogate branch
A major national plumbing and heating company opened its first branch in the Harrogate district today.
City Plumbing, which is open to trade and the public, is based in one of five units at the former Joe Manby building at Hookstone Park, Harrogate.
Councillor Victoria Oldham, mayor of the district, cut a ribbon to formally open the branch for business this morning.
The mayor cuts the ribbon.
City Plumbing, which is part of the Highbourne Group, employs about 4,500 staff at some 360 branches in the UK and Ireland. The Harrogate site currently has five staff.
Besides selling plumbing and heating products, the new branch also has kitchen and bathroom tops and a range of renewable heating products, including air source heat pumps and solar panels.
Free food and drinks are available to customers visiting today.
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Kasia Demko, City Plumbing's regional manager who lives in Harrogate, said until today the company's nearest sites were in Leeds and York, adding:
Branch manager Stuart Johnson, who has a background in the plumbing and electrical sector locally, said the company was particularly keen to promote its energy-efficiency products because that was a growing market.
Staff at today's opening
Jackie Wilson, property manager at Hornbeam Park Developments, which owns the former Joe Manby site, said:
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