Meet The Team

Meet The Aspire Trade Services Team

With over 115 years combined experience in the trades sector, you know that you are in safe hands.

RICKY

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Ricky founded the company in 2012, initially it was just him and one other employee. Now he is lucky enough to have 11 full time members of staff to support and assist him and look after our customers. Ricky is very hands on in the business and responsible for the general running of the company alongside being the first point of face to face contact for the company if you have booked in for a quotation. Ricky will run and project management the larger jobs that Aspire undertake. When Ricky is not working or out doing quotes and gets a minute to himself, he likes to get some time on his bike, and likes to unwind at the weekend.

BARRY

SENIOR PLUMBING AND HEATING ENGINEER

Barry has a wealth of knowledge and is a fully trained plumbing and heating engineer. Barry predominantly deals with our responsive side of things so if your boiler breaks down or you have a plumbing issue then it will more than likely be Barry who attends your property. You will also most likely see Barry at least once a year when your boiler service and gas safety check is due. Before coming to Aspire to be retrained, Barry spent 10 years in the Royal Engineers and has a wealth of life experience. In his spare time, he loves to go touring around Europe on his motorbike when he is not spending time with his family.

DAVY

LABOURER

Davy is responsible for lots of different tasks within the company. Mainly he strips out our bathrooms and larger jobs ready for the tradesmen to come in and do their work. He also assists our plumbers and joiners when they need assistance with larger tasks. Davy has a long list of wide ranging skills and can lend his had to most trade concepts. In his spare time, he likes to go fishing and spend time with his family.

BRIAN

PLUMBING AND HEATING ENGINEER

Brian has worked at Aspire for over 5 years and has been in the plumbing and heating industry for over 40 years. What he doesn’t know about plumbing and heating isn’t worth knowing. You will predominately see Brian on our larger jobs that are 1 day and more. He normally runs a team of Aspire plumbers or tradesmen on these larger jobs. In his spare time Brian loves football and spends most of his weekends making good use of his season ticket by the side of a football pitch.

CHRIS

PLUMBING AND HEATING ENGINEER

Chris came to work at Aspire as an apprentice and is now a fully qualified Plumbing and Heating Engineer and has had the added benefit of additional training from both Brian and Barry,  allowing Chris to gain a wealth of experience from the 2 different aspects of our business operations. Chris can turn his hand  to both boiler installations, boiler serving and repairs and plumbing work.  There is good chance that you could see Chris on any one of our jobs. In his spare time Chris competes in a bag pipe band and enjoys spending time with his young family.

CAL

APPRENTICE PLUMBING AND HEATING ENGINEER

Cal has worked at Aspire for just over 2 years now. He will be a fully trained plumbing and heating engineer in a further 2 years. Cal shadows our qualified engineers so that their wealth of knowledge can be passed down to the next generation. In his spare time Cal loves his football and used to play professionally before coming to work at Aspire.

DECLAN

APPRENTICE PLUMBING AND HEATING ENGINEER

Declan is our newest member of the team and joined Aspire in June 2018, he will spend his time between learning at college and shadowing our engineers on the job picking up skills as he progresses.  We have high hopes for Declan and look forward to watching him grow in to a young man good at his trade that we can be proud of.  In his spare time Declan likes to spend time with his friends and is into sports, especially football.

BETH

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

Beth has worked at Aspire for over 2 years now. She works here part time to assist Michelle with the day to day handling of customer calls and enquiries. Beth also helps with the administration of the company accounts. Beth will likely be your first point of contact on the phone or in person if you walk into the showroom. In her spare time Beth loves to spend time with her young family.

CHRIS

JOINER

Chris started working with Aspire in April 2018. He has over 15 years experience in joinery and building works having worked on lots of prestigious projects. Chris predominantly works with our plumbers doing the joinery works required when we are installing bathrooms. Chris is very multi skilled and can lend his hand to most things. He has settled in well to the Aspire team and will hopefully be here for many more years to come. In his spare time Chris is an outdoor adventure fanatic who likes off road 4×4 driving.

MARK

ELECTRICIAN

Mark has worked at Aspire for the last 5 years as our in-house electrician. He has over 40 years’ experience in the industry, so what he doesn’t know about electrics isn’t worth knowing. Mark is involved in a variety of different aspects of the business. From wiring in boilers and heating systems to all the wiring in our bathroom refurbishments. In his spare time Mark loves to go fishing and enjoys holidays.

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