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NEWS Bobcat has appointed Peterborough-based RTC Plant Services Ltd as the new Authorised Bobcat dealer for Cambridgeshire, Why is supporting the Primary Engineer Programme so important to Webtec? Martin Cuthbert, Webtec’s managing director, commented: “Quite simply because it helps us to engage with the engineers of the future.” He adds that with the decline in the study of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) subjects this is a great opportunity to work with teachers and pupils to give them a new perspective on careers in engineering and highlighting just how important engineering is to the world in which we all live. ‘The Secondary Engineer Fluid Power Challenge’ Following last year’s success, Webtec is once again supporting the Primary Engineer Programme 2019/20 and reports that it is looking forward to working with secondary schools taking part in ‘The Secondary Engineer Fluid Power Challenge’. Last year, over 780 pupils from 14 schools in the Cambridge and East Anglia area took part in the Primary Engineer programme giving pupils and teachers the opportunity to work with engineers both in the classroom, out in industry and to compete against like-minded teams from other schools. As a further testament to the importance of this programme, Webtec will donate all profits made from its recently launched book ‘An Introduction to Practical Hydraulic System Maintenance’, to the Primary Engineer Programmes to support STEM opportunities. Primary Engineer is a not for profit organisation founded in 2005. It is directly responsible for annually engaging over 60,000 children, 3800 teachers and 900 engineers with its range of programmes enabling a ‘STEM by stealth’ approach to education. Supporting our engineers of the future Bobcat appoints new dealer for Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire in the UK 16 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS March 2020 www.hpmag.co.uk Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire in the UK. RTC is now responsible for sales and service of the market-leading range of Bobcat skid-steer, compact track and all-wheel steer loaders, mini-excavators, telehandlers and attachments in the construction, rental, landscaping and industrial markets in the three counties. Tom Calton, managing director of RTC Plant Services Ltd, says: “As one of the region’s largest independent sales, parts and service dealers, we bring a lot of local knowledge, expertise, experience and enthusiasm to selling and supporting the Bobcat range in these areas. Both I and my fellow director, Dave Ellis, who heads up the sales side, believe there are many fantastic opportunities to expand sales for Bobcat in this region in construction and rental markets as well as many other areas.” Local knowledge Ewen Gilchrist, network development manager UK & Nordics for Doosan Bobcat EMEA, adds: “From their outstanding facilities in the centre of Peterborough combined with good transport links, we are confident that RTC will provide the best possible service for both new and existing Bobcat customers in Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. RTC has great local knowledge and a drive and passion for the Bobcat range that can only bring further success.” Tom Calton (left) and Dave Ellis of RTC Plant Services Ltd.