{"id":257,"date":"2026-04-01T13:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/?p=257"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:37:08","slug":"retirement-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/retirement-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After 9 years with Atlantic Precision Engineering, we say a fond farewell to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-pragnell-1b5008117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Pragnell<\/a> as he begins his well-earned retirement.<br><br>Dave has been a valued member of the team in his role as Estimating and Planning Engineer, bringing dedication, reliability and a wealth of experience to the business. His commitment has been particularly notable given his regular travel from the south coast &#8211; a true reflection of his loyalty and professionalism over the years.<br><br>Dave has made a significant contribution to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/atlantic-precision-ltd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlantic Precision LTD<\/a>, and he will be greatly missed by colleagues across the business.<br><br>We wish Dave all the very best for his retirement, where he is looking forward to travelling, spending more time following his beloved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/portsmouth-fc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portsmouth FC<\/a>, and an upcoming trip to Santander this summer.<br><br>Thank you, Dave, and enjoy this next chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 9 years with Atlantic Precision Engineering, we say a fond farewell to David Pragnell as he begins his well-earned retirement. Dave has been a valued member of the team in his role as Estimating and Planning Engineer, bringing dedication, reliability and a wealth of experience to the business. His commitment has been particularly notable&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-update"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":6,"label":"Company Update"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-01-143359-1024x761.png",1024,761,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"atlprecstg","author_link":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/author\/atlprecstg\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":6,"name":"Company Update","slug":"company-update","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":6,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":6,"category_count":4,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Company Update","category_nicename":"company-update","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlantic-precision.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}