{"id":17168,"date":"2021-11-02T11:33:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T11:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=17168"},"modified":"2021-11-02T11:33:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T11:33:03","slug":"aico-receives-a-royal-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/aico-receives-a-royal-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Aico receives a Royal visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aico was honoured to receive Her Royal Highness Princess Anne to its headquarters on Friday 8 October, in recognition of the company\u2019s impact as a prominent business in Shropshire.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal arrived at Aico headquarters in Oswestry, Shropshire and was met by Aico\u2019s managing director Neal Hooper, alongside local dignitaries Mandy Thorn, Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire, Councillor Vince Hunt, Chairman of Shropshire Council, Owen Paterson, North Shropshire MP, Councillor Mark Jones, Mayor of Oswestry and Ruth Jones, Mayoress of Oswestry.<\/p>\n

Neal Hooper then commenced an in-depth tour of Aico\u2019s building and facilities, providing Her Royal Highness with an insight into the company\u2019s history, their pioneering innovations within home life safety and their award-winning Corporate Social Responsibility programme. Each of Aico\u2019s four bespoke Mobile Training and Demonstration Units were on display, as The Princess Royal was informed of how the company\u2019s ethos of education, quality, service and innovation drives all that they do; enabling the delivery of their mission statement as the leaders in home life\u00a0safety, promoting best practice and engaging with communities to deliver safer homes.<\/p>\n

After meeting with all Aico | HomeLINK colleagues and discussing the significant work the company does for the UK housing sector, as well as the support they afford the local and wider community, Her Royal Highness was presented with a gift \u2013 a horse headcollar adorned with an Aico monogram. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal concluded the visit with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque that will reside in Aico\u2019s dramatic atrium. Managing director of Aico Neal Hooper commented: \u201cAt Aico, we are committed to providing the highest quality in all that we do and this is evident in our passionate people, continued innovation, exceptional service and unrivalled support. Our philosophy has provided a foundation for growth, constantly driving forwards, seeking novel ways of doing things which has proved to be the essence of our approach to Corporate Social Responsibility. To receive thi\u00a0recognition from Her Royal Highness is nothing short of an absolute honour, we are privileged to have been able to share Aico\u2019s ethos with The Princess Royal.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about Aico, please visit www.aico.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aico was honoured to receive Her Royal Highness Princess Anne to its headquarters on Friday 8 October, in recognition of the company\u2019s impact as a prominent business in Shropshire. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal arrived at Aico headquarters in Oswestry, Shropshire and was met by Aico\u2019s managing director Neal Hooper, alongside local dignitaries Mandy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2469],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advertorial","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17170,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17168\/revisions\/17170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}