Radical washbasin and new ‘pipe within a pipe’ system

The first is a radically designed clinical washbasin developed to minimise the risk of cross-infection and ‘vastly reduce’ healthcare-acquired infections, while the second – reportedly the world’s first complete single pipe recirculation system for hot and cold water supply – is designed to prevent heat loss or heat gain through its ‘self-insulating pipework’ structure. HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, reports.

The founder and managing director of the two newly established companies, Angel Guard and Water Kinetics respectively, is Jonathan Waggott, who will be well known to many in the water and plumbing sector for his water system expertise. Having joined Armitage Shanks in Staffordshire in June 1987, he subsequently held roles there including senior Product manager, Product director (B2B), and Marketing manager (New Business creation). Leaving the company in late 2016, he then established his own consultancy, Jonathan Waggott & Associates. The holder of a Chartered Institute of Marketing Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing and Sales Management, he has a strong background in product marketing and new product development. His consultancy was thus not only able to offer a broad range of marketing, market research, and product design services, but has also established strong working relationships with NHS Trusts and Health Boards across England, Wales, and Scotland, as a provider of advice on infection control and water management, as well as of CPD training 

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