Events & People
Mark Johnston is taking on the role of Glazerite’s group finance director, replacing Mike Johnson who aims to retire during the course of 2021. Mark joins the trade fabricator from his role as finance and commercial director at Sovereign Group. Group managing director Robert Brearley said: “Mark has extensive commercial and financial experience across a range of sectors, and we’re...
Two members of staff at Hoppe (UK) have achieved their 25 years’ service award. The Hoppe (UK) team are celebrating Tony Firth (warehouse manager) and Jo-anne Neale (stock controller) as they mark their silver jubilee. Both Tony and Jo-anne worked for Charter Hardware when it was acquired by Hoppe (UK) in 1997. Tony joined Hoppe (UK) as a picker in...
Kaz Spiewakowski and Timothy Perry have been appointed to the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers’ (GAI) executive committee. Kaz Spiewakowski, managing director at Geze UK, has been appointed as treasurer. Kaz joined the architectural ironmongery industry in 2007 and was managing director of Exidor for almost six years before moving to his current role at Geze UK. He has served on...
GM Fundraising is offering framed prints of a rainbow to raise funds for Hope House Children’s Hospices this Christmas. Each print is framed to order, featuring the company’s logo, and will help support the charity. Gary Morton, founder of GM Fundraising, said: “Like all charities, Hope House has been very hard hit this year. Rather than giving the usual corporate...
As construction of Veka Recycling’s new purpose-built Wellingborough headquarters site nears completion, the has made two key appointments in preparation for the firm becoming fully operational early in 2021. Alex Hamilton takes the reins as head of sales and marketing for Veka Recycling, joining from the waste management industry in which he helped organisations to use technology to better manage...
Window Supply Company has appointed Greg Hall as finance director. Joining the company at its headquarters in Livingston, Greg will be responsible for all aspects of financial management and will spearhead the long-term business growth strategy for the company. With over 30 years’ experience in all aspects of financial management, key career highlights include securing and delivering a five-year £100...
Purplex has welcomed five new members to its team. Former luxury car marketing executive Paige Sharman joins as a new content creator, while digital marketer Kate Hitchens has joined the organic search SEO team. And with a BSc Hons in Applied Computing, Benjamin Debreceni is the latest recruit to join the web department team as a software application developer. With...
Business Micros has made several new appointments as the business gears up for the launch of its Touch software platform. Jim Pears has been appointed Touch operations manager, while Ian Cranshaw joins the Touch data team alongside newly appointed Dave Boaler. All three have extensive industry experience, having previously worked together at Aperture and Synseal. Jim will oversee the launch...
Framexpress director Stuart Green is pedalling for poppies this November, to raise money for The Royal British Legion. Stuart is stepping up to the spin bike at his local gym and will be cycling 11 miles every day for the first 11 days of the 11th month, completing his challenge on Remembrance Day 2020. Stuart said: “I’ve been inspired to...
Rotherham-based Solarframe has teamed up with Kate Ashley-Norman of Positive Mind Management to integrate a long-term approach to its employee mental health. Over the next 12 months, all 100 Solarframe employees will have access to emotional wellbeing information, tools and resources aimed at helping them strengthen psychological resilience, Kate said. A number of initiatives will also be run over the...
ODL Europe has donated $1,000 to GM Fundraising to support Hope House Children’s Hospices. Nathan Barr, managing Director of ODL Europe, said: “We are delighted to make this donation to GM Fundraising to mark our 75th anniversary. Hope House Children’s Hospices is such an important cause because no one should have to face the death of a child on their...
SupaLite has increased staff levels by 30% at its headquarters in Preston. The company has welcomed a 15 new staff, growing the SupaLite team to 65 staff, and they sit across a range of roles, including manufacturing, transport, and office. Steve Hacking, managing director at SupaLite, said: “It is an exciting time at SupaLite and investing in new staff is...
Emplas has appointed Jody Vincent as sales director, recognising the significant contribution he has made to the fabricator’s growth. Former national sales manager Jody joined Emplas in 2010 in a business development role, having previously put time in on the factory floor at trade fabricator Omega in Peterborough. An established face within the Emplas team since, he has worked with...
Profine UK has appointed Neil Stuart as the new quality manager, bringing with him more than 25 years industry experience. Neil’s introduction coincides with the expansion of the quality control and management function to seven in total, with four quality control shift operatives, a further day-based role, and a QC inspector. “It’s been a busy start to my career at...
Simon Moore has joined Exlabesa as a business development manager, and claims there is potential for the company’s existing product range to grow. Simon has worked in the UK fenestration industry for 35 years, both in the domestic and commercial markets. He has previous experience with: a leading PVCU company; the “biggest glass producer in the world”; a leading aluminium...
Neil Evans will be the new managing director of Veka. Stepping down from the role at the end of December 2020, current MD Dave Jones will work closely with sales director Neil during the last quarter before handing over the reins. Neil joined Veka almost four years ago from Velux where he spent 10 years as UK sales director, and...
CMS Group has appointed Andrew Charters as group finance director. Andrew joins Maven Capital Partners-backed CMS from the Scottish Football Association (SFA) where he has held the post of director of finance and IT for the last three years, a role that involved leading on the organisation’s acquisition of Hampden Park in 2019. Prior to the SFA, Andrew’s financial career...
GM Fundraising has launched its popular 2020 Christmas card. “We know the festive season will soon be upon us and the children at Hope House have been busy creating our annual Christmas card,” Gary Morton, founder of GM Fundraising, said. “Every year we commission a beautifully designed Christmas card and this year’s card has been a collaborative effort from Oliver...
Hoppe (UK) has welcomed two new apprentices to different areas of the business: Aimee Parry is completing her apprenticeship in business administration, working within the sales centre; and Jessica Puri has joined the Arrone team as a graduate technical apprentice. Aimee Parry comes to Hoppe (UK) from the Walsall Academy, Wolverhampton, and will be learning all aspects of administration as...
Sternfenster has appointed 30 new members to its manufacturing team in less than three months in response to the growth in demand seen for windows and doors this summer. The new posts give the fabricator flexibility while supporting its strategy for long term growth, the company said. Mike Parczuk, managing director of Sternfenster, said: “Our focus has been to invest...