Director Declaration

RNS Number : 2746M

UP Global Sourcing Holdings PLC

04 January 2019

 

4 January 2019

UP Global Sourcing Holdings plc

("Ultimate Products", the "Company" or the "Group")

Director Declaration

In accordance with LR 9.6.14R, Ultimate Products has been informed that Robbie Bell, an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company, has been appointed to the Board of McColl's Retail Group plc as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 17 January 2019.

For more information, please contact:

Ultimate Products           [phone]
                                           Simon Showman, CEO                                  

Andrew Gossage, Managing Director
              Graham Screawn, Finance Director

Powerscourt                      [phone]

                                             Rob Greening

                                             Sam Austrums

Notes to Editors

Ultimate Products is an owner, manager, designer and developer of a series of well-known brands focused on the home, selling to over 300 retailers across 36 countries. It has six product categories: Audio; Heating and Cooling; Housewares; Laundry; Luggage; and Small Domestic Appliances. Its brands include Beldray (laundry, floor care, heating and cooling), Intempo (audio), Salter (kitchenware), Constellation (luggage), and Progress (cookware and bakeware).

The Group's products are sold to a broad cross-section of both large national and international multi-channel retailers as well as smaller national retail chains, incorporating discount retailers, supermarkets, general retailers and online retailers.

Founded in 1997, Ultimate Products is headquartered in Oldham, Greater Manchester, where it has design, sales, marketing, buying, quality assurance, support functions and warehouse facilities across two sites. Manor Mill, the Group's head office, includes a spectacular 20,000 sq ft showroom that showcases each of its brands. In addition, the Group has an office and showroom in Guangzhou, China and a newly established showroom in Cologne, Germany. In total, Ultimate Products now employs over 240 staff.

For further information, please visit www.upgs.com

 

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