Parkinson Restorations

Background

Background information on Mike Parkinson – Proprietor

Mike originates from North East England but he’s been living in around London since 1995 and has successfully restored three of his own homes, generating significant equity growth and being able to use these assets to build a solid base for his family.

Although Mike left school at 16, he began working for a classic Triumph sports car restoration company in his home town of Sedgefield, County Durham. He always had a desire to work with cars and was lucky enough to be able to learn and train with professionals, honing his metal working, welding, panel preparation and painting skills to very high standards and tolerances, even at a young age.

Mike then also started refurbishing his own motor cycles and cars and it is this basis of high quality restoration where many of the current values and skills regarding property refurbishment originate from.

Mike with Honda CX500
Even working on his friends vehicles...

Mini TR7 Preparation TR7 Painted

Moving on to property both for friends and relatives…

Andy's Wall Building Wall 01 Building Wall 02

From the age of 18 Mike worked in the paint factory at Nissan’s Sunderland manufacturing plant helping to launch the Nissan Micra from 1992, responsible for rectifying complex and detailed paint faults before the cars were assembled. Nissans’s emphasis on “continuous process and quality improvement” is also a key basis to the values now entrenched within Parkinson Restorations Ltd.

Mike then moved into the role of public relations, being moved into an office environment responsible for taking dignitaries, business managers/directors and locals around the whole manufacturing plant. Here Mike began to hone his people skills and then made the move to Nissan’s sales and marketing office near Watford. His responsibility was running and maximising the effectiveness of Nissan’s fleet of 80-100 cars for evaluation by journalists. Here he learned how to manage multi million pound spends and time and process management techniques that would prove invaluable to the running of Parkinson Restorations Ltd. Further marketing career moves embelleshing his knowledge of business practices included:

with Nissan the development of a revised, consistent global corporate identity across retail, corporate and dealer communications
a marketing agency running incentive schemes for Ford car dealers
a senior account manager role at an integrated audio / video content design and media sales agency for bars, night clubs and retail environments

A Business Studies A level evening course and an A grade Certificate in Management work related course (launching Nissan into the emerging alternative fuel market) further added to his skill set.

During the further years, The Company received qualifications enabling the design and installation of plumbing and electrical systems (NICEIC and Thames Water Approved Plumber Status) and also the provision of the full suite of renewable energy technologies including:

Photovoltaic installations (panels to provide electricity from the sun and sell surpluss back to the national grid)
Solar Thermal (providing hot water all year round from panels normally fixed to roofs)
Ground Source Heat Pumps (bore hole, water source or ground loop installations providing heating and hot water from the ground)
Air Source Heat Pumps (the reverse concept of a refridgerator, using the warmth in the air to provide hot water and heating)
the provision of Warm Water Underfloor Heating Systems, maximising the benefit of the above renewable technologies