T h u r s d a y, December 15, 2016 13STE-E01-S6 w w w. s c u n t h o r p e t e l e g r a p h . c o . u k / b u s i n e s s

Energy

Technical innovator Leereturns to his rural base

Charity is the festivefocus for LEW as busy2016 draws to a closeLINCS ElectricalWholesalers iscontinuing thelong-running traditionof not sendingChristmas cards totheir customer baseand suppliers, butrather taking themoney which would bespent on cards anddonating to a localgood cause.

This year LincsElectrical Wholesalers(LEW) will donate£2,000 to the When YouWish Upon A Star,which has a regionaloffice in Grimsby.

It is described by theteam as a remarkablecharity which helps tomake the dreams cometrue for children withterminal and incurablei l l n e s s e s.

Talking about thedecision to donate tocharity, LEWmanaging directorAndy Johnson, said:“We have done this formany years now and ithas always had apositive response fromour customers and

suppliers. For us it isgreat to give to such anamazing charity. Weare committed tosupporting localgroups and charitiesthroughout the yearand this time of year isno exception.”

This year’sChristmas donationcomes on the back ofother fundraisingefforts undergone bystaff at LEW.

On October 1 theladies of LEW fromaround the companycame together tocompete in the PrettyMuddy ObstacleCourse at theL i n c o l n s h i reShowground raisingmore than £800 in theprocess for CancerResearch UK. OnSeptember 25, MrJohnson alongsideKieran Johnson, thee-business managerand Josh Johnson, theLincoln branchmanager, completedthe Brigg SprintTriathlon raising£1,300 for The

Alzheimer’s Society &Palliative Care Unit atJohn CouplandHospital,G a i n s b o ro u g h .

Mr Johnson said 2016has been a verysuccessful year forLEW with a newbranch opened inLeeds and excitingplans set for 2017including greatpromotions, newbranch locations andthe launch of a mobileap p.

ANEW dawn for energy

innovator Lee Sutton isemerging as he embarkson a new venture.

The technical ability behind4Eco, the Binbrook business whichentered voluntary insolvencyearlier this year, he is back up andrunning, having taken on two ofthe six units previously occupied.

Some of the staff made redundanthave also joined him, after it washit, chiefly, by the major reductionof solar’s standing in the feed-inthe Government’s incentives ch e m e.

Mr Sutton, one of three directors,saw the payback drop from 13p perkwh to 4.5p.

“Now the market has got over theshock of that, it has started tos t ab i l i s e, ” he said. “There are lesscompanies involved now, lessinstallers out there, but you knowthose that are out there are seriousabout it.”

Annnouncing the launch ofMyEnergi Ltd, he said: “Where ourproducts help is that if you havesolar panels or wind turbines, theycan help with self consumption.

“We are doing everything fromdomestic products to exportcontrol for privately ownedturbines or small solar farms. Ifpeople are having trouble linkingto the National Grid we can make asystem where you don’t put powerto the grid, instead you use that

l o c a l ly. ”Administrators sold off the rights

to the Immersun product that hadinitially propelled the originalbusiness forward.

Launched four years ago, itworked with generating systems toharness power and retain it. Tensof thousands of units wereproduced from the Church ViewBusiness Centre base, with annualturnover hitting £2.8 million as themicro-generation industry scaledu p.

“The three directors have all gonetheir separate ways, but I wanted

to continue with the products thatwe were developing and bring themto market. I was the main designerof the products,” Mr Sutton said.

“It has been a case of scale downand start again, but we havemanaged to re-employ some of thestaf f.”

A ‘n ew ’ business developmentmanager in Jordan MarieBrompton has joined Mr Sutton,having worked together for morethan two years at the height of4Eco. She had launched cycleimport business Spitfire UKDistribution Ltd in Grimsby in

early 2014, but recently sold hershare to founding business partnerClement Pichon.

“I always stayed really goodfriends with Lee, and my passionwas renewable energy,” she said.“When Lee said he was starting up,he approached me about coming inwith him.

“We have some challenges ahead,but hopefully some bigopportunities. I am busyrekindling relationships. Ordersare being built up as now we nearproduction. All the products are inthe final stage of development.”

SOLARSOLUTION:Lee Sutton andJordan MarieBrompton ofMyEnergi Ltd,at Church ViewBusiness Park,B i n b ro o k .

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