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Posted On - 22/12/2020
Veka has restructured its sales management following Neil Evans’ promotion to managing director. While Neil retains his board responsibility for the ongoing leadership of the sales team, Amy Grundy and Matthew Adaway have been promoted to divisional sales directors where they will continue to lead the field-based activity of the business from account management to new business development. Amy will...
Posted On - 22/12/2020
ODL Europe has appointed Laura Cribb as its HR manager. Nathan Barr, managing director of ODL Europe, said: “Here at ODL Europe we put our people first, so our HR function is critically important to the business.” Laura is a qualified HR professional with a wealth of experience in HR across numerous different sectors. She has recently completed a Masters...
Posted On - 22/12/2020
Endurance Doors has employed new personnel right across the business. Most recently, Callum Shrimpton was promoted to the new role of technical services supervisor, responsible for the day-to-day running of the field-based service engineers, in addition to being the first and expert point of contact for all technical queries. Elsewhere in the same function Ben Dowell joined as product specification engineer...
Posted On - 22/12/2020
ERA has donated £8,000 to Hope House Ty Gobaith Children's Hospices, and has made it the company's nominated charity for 2021, for the second year running. Hope House Ty Gobaith Children's Hospices supports families in Shropshire, Cheshire, and mid and north Wales who are either caring for a terminally ill child or whose child has died. When the pandemic curtailed...
Posted On - 22/12/2020
Carl F Groupco supported the annual Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day, which took place in December; £480 was raised, which beat the target of £150. The initiative to support the charity was taken by purchasing assistant Bobbie-Leigh McKillop, who also took the lead for many of the company’s previous fund raisers. “In light of additional difficulties faced by many...
Posted On - 15/12/2020
Ikon Aluminium Systems has promoted operations manager Kim Ellis to the role of general manager. Kim joined the business five years ago and, in that time, has gained valuable insight working in a number of roles, giving her a “unique perspective” on the manufacturer’s procurement, planning, production, and quality control procedures, the company said. In her new role, Kim will...
Posted On - 15/12/2020
Jonathan Crohill has joined the Garnalex technical team as a Sheerline project manager. Jon will be responsible for overseeing and delivering further Sheerline products, expanding on the current window and door range. With 25 years’ experience in the industry Jon started his career aged 17 on the shop floor fabricating conservatory roofs, which sparked his interest in product design and...
Posted On - 15/12/2020
ODL Europe has appointed Darren Pusey as operations manager. Darren Pusey has over 30 years’ experience in the fenestration industry across aluminium, PVCU and glass. He brings skills in lean techniques, purchasing, technical and IT to ODL Europe, where his role will be to develop processes and practices across the organisation so it is well-equipped to meet its growth targets....
Posted On - 07/12/2020
Rehau’s Windows Solutions Division has appointed two new area sales managers who will focus on the residential and commercial markets. Gareth Thomas comes to Rehau with more than 13 years of experience working in sales within the windows, doors and conservatories space, first as a sales representative and then as a sales manager. With an extensive background in business and...
Posted On - 07/12/2020
Haffner Murat and Warrington-based fabricator Sterling Windows, Doors and Conservatories have made a combined £5,000 charitable donation to Hope House Children’s Hospices, which provides palliative care for children with life limiting conditions. Dave Thomas, managing director of Haffner Murat, said: “As devoted supporters of GM Fundraising and Hope House Children’s Hospices both Haffner Murat and Sterling Windows were well aware...
Posted On - 04/12/2020
Yale Door and Window Solutions has appointed a new customer services manager. Sarah Mattox joined the company last year, having previously worked for as Customer Services Manager at haulier Aspray24. She has been operating as interim customer services manager for the last few months. “Competition for the role was extremely high, with some excellent external candidates, so this appointment demonstrates...
Posted On - 04/12/2020
The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) has appointed Simon Forrester as its new chief executive. Simon’s career began in the NHS, moving into senior management roles in professional institutions and trade associations more than 25 years ago. He has held leadership roles in the healthcare, business tourism, jewellery and construction sectors, including five years as chief executive of the Association...
Posted On - 30/11/2020
Stephen Hamill has joined The Consultancy to work on a range of new projects for some of the biggest brands in fenestration. A WordPress expert who estimates that he has worked on more than 1,000 websites during his career, Stephen will be helping to create new WordPress websites for clients, as well as focusing on developing new online tools that...
Posted On - 30/11/2020
Leads 2 Trade has appointed Rob Brown as its new national sales manager, who will manage the company’s team of area managers. Andy Royle, co-founder and director, said: “We have re-structured the sales team from business development and account manager positions to create four area sales manager positions, whose job will be to recruit new members and manage and retain...
Posted On - 30/11/2020
AB Glass has created seven new jobs and unveiled a key promotion within its business as it gears up to manage a post lockdown boom in new work and projects. The Swansea-based company has hired three fabricators, an accounts administrator, a contract administrator, a trainee estimator and a facade designer as it bolsters its team on the back of an...
Posted On - 24/11/2020
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...
Posted On - 10/11/2020
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...
Posted On - 10/11/2020
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...
Posted On - 10/11/2020
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...
Posted On - 03/11/2020
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...
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