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Posted On - 11/04/2018
Customade Group has announced the appointment of two well-known industry figures into senior roles: Mark Scaife as group chief operating officer; and Simon Jarman as managing director of Fineline Aluminium. Mark has worked for 10 years at Safestyle UK as group operations director and most recently as group technical director. Mark’s experience with several established blue-chip companies include three and...
Posted On - 11/04/2018
Neil Antrobus has joined GJB Window Systems as business development manager. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining the sales team at GJB at a really exciting time for the business,” Neil said. “I’m very much looking forward to hitting the road, using my skills to build partnerships with installers across the country and highlight the benefits GJB and the wider...
Posted On - 11/04/2018
Synseal Group has appointed Matthew Mycock as CEO in a permanent capacity. Matthew’s boardroom experience includes: managing director for Plumbing Trade Supplies, a business unit at Travis Perkins; managing director at Autoglass (Belron UK); and managing director at magazine distributor Frontline Group. Synseal Group chairman Adrian Fawcett said: “Matthew is well placed to lead the group through its next exciting...
Posted On - 04/04/2018
Brian Devlin and Pete Garner, warehouse operatives at Carl F Groupco, have celebrated 20 years working for the hardware distributor. Both men play key roles in the supply side of the organisation supporting the company’s high otif delivery principles. The main enhancements experienced by Brian and Pete during their two decades working for Carl F Groupco have included relocation to...
Posted On - 04/04/2018
Cornwall Glass has appointed Steven Marques as sales manager. Joining the company from Saint Gobain Glassolutions with extensive experience, including the automotive glass sector, Steven assumes responsibility for customer accounts from Bristol and along the M4 corridor. “I started out in glass working for a family member in South Africa, so I have seen the industry up from very basic...
Posted On - 04/04/2018
Jon Vanstone has been appointed new chair of Certass. Jon currently holds several positions in trade bodies and associations: he is chair of the Trade Association Forum (TAF) and the Competent Persons Forum (CPF), Trustmark director, and RoofCert delivery director. “Certass as an organisation appealed to me because it champions the local installation companies that are dedicated to great workmanship...
Posted On - 04/04/2018
Veka Group has been awarded a certificate for being an armed-forces friendly company. The Bronze Armed Forces Covenant Award comes from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and is signed by the Secretary of State for Defence and the Chief of the Defence Staff. It is presented to UK employers who have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and committed to...
Posted On - 28/03/2018
As a parent of a child with Transverse Myelitis, commercial director at Kingfisher Windows Lee Beetham wanted to give something back to the Brain and Spine Foundation, which is why he chose to raise money for the charity “It was the charity’s website we first turned to so I’m in training for the London Marathon to raise money and awareness...
Posted On - 28/03/2018
Listers Central has donated a large variety of Stoke City FC memorabilia to Dougie Mac Hospice. As official partners of Stoke City for more than six years, the donation includes signed and framed programmes, shirts and footballs, including shirts from Stoke’s 2016/17 ties with Hull City and Watford. The collection even includes a framed Listers-sponsored shirt for an XI formed...
Posted On - 28/03/2018
Pamela Wilson, Carl F Groupco’s regional sales manager for Scotland, now has an extended sales remit that includes Ireland. The company’s full catalogue of over 7,000 product lines is available to the Irish market where Fuhr door locks and Roto PN reversible window gearing are established as flagship lines. The SmartSecure range of electronic door locking and Smart access control...
Posted On - 28/03/2018
VBH has appointed two new regional sales managers for the UK: Adrian Gale will be responsible for the region comprising the Midlands, northern England and Wales; while Dan Powell will be responsible for southern England and Wales. Adrian Gale has been in the industry for 28 years, having worked for a number of hardware manufacturers and distributors. He joined VBH...
Posted On - 28/03/2018
Alumen has appointed David Allen as trade sales manager. Following its recent expansion to a new 15,000ft2 facility in Kettering, Alumen has made the appointment to support its growth plans. Alumen’s managing director Alan Robinson said: “Trade supply is an important market for us. As part of our commitment to our trade customers, we’ve brought in David as their key...
Posted On - 28/03/2018
Pavani Konduru has left her role at Zoopla to join Leads2trade. Pavani, who has a B.Tech Bioinformatics, takes up the role of head of search marketing. At Zoopla, Pavani oversaw the search engine marketing strategy around the Zoopla house prices, New Homes, Commercial and Overseas Channel. Andy Royle, managing director at Leads2trade, said: “Pavani played a leading role in Zoopla’s...
Posted On - 23/03/2018
Martin Rowe is now sales director of Gloucester-based CDW Systems. Martin has worked at CDW Systems for 13 years where he joined as a sales order processor having previously worked for computer software, systems and fabrication companies within the aluminium industry. Managing director Mike Davis said: “We know that, moving forward, Martin will continue to apply the same enthusiasm he...
Posted On - 21/03/2018
Experienced salesman Ben Alcock has joined Tremco Illbruck as business development manager. Having previously worked at a number of the UK’s biggest fabricators and trade counter networks, Ben brings years of fenestration sales experience, and an understanding of installers’ needs. “Tremco Illbruck has recognised the need for a new generation of sealing products, capable of offering the most outstanding weather...
Posted On - 21/03/2018
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell considers the latest news to emerge from the investigations into the Grenfell Tower fire. Doors for flats in Grenfell Tower could only hold back a fire for half the time they were designed to, a police investigation has found. That was the opening paragraph on the BBC news site, a site read by millions in...
Posted On - 21/03/2018
Distinction Doors has appointed Gillian Coldwell as business development executive. Chantel Roach, Distinction’s sales and marketing director, said: “Gillian is well-known in the industry and we are delighted to welcome her to Distinction Doors. Her industry knowledge, commitment and sales expertise will allow us to extend our market reach even further as we continue to grow our business”. Gillian will...
Posted On - 20/03/2018
Tables are still available for Circus Beserkus, the 19th GM Fundraising Gala Dinner, which is taking place on June 9, 2018 at the Crowne Plaza in Stratford-upon-Avon. “Around 300 guests will be entertained by the thrills and spills of the traditional circus that plans to be anarchic and outrageous, with some sinister glamour thrown in,” Gary Morton, founder of GM...
Posted On - 14/03/2018
Glass Time editor Nathan Bushell examines a tale of two fabricators. As long as I’ve been working in this industry, there has been talk of the superfabricator – a mythical manufacturer of thousands of windows a week that could signal the demise of the small to medium-sized fabricator. But it has mostly been pie-in-the-sky thinking. And the logic is sound:...
Posted On - 14/03/2018
Rapierstar has appointed Paul Balfe as its new technical consultant for the north of England. Paul joins Rapierstar following three years with KAT UK, where he was product development manager – a role that involved working extensively with its aluminium window and door customer base and several systems extruders. His expertise in this arena is now set to benefit the...
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