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Posted On - 15/02/2017
23 employees of The Veka UK Group have been recognised for their loyalty to the company, with a combined 185 years of service between them. A lunch at The Veka UK Group’s Lancashire headquarters saw prizes including meal vouchers, weekends away, and extra holidays presented to the hard-working winners, whose careers with the company range from five years all the...
Posted On - 15/02/2017
Charly Venn has joined Mila’s marketing team to head up its digital activity. A creative advertising graduate with several years’ commercial experience, Charly is using her skills in both online marketing and social media to help Mila engage directly with customers, suppliers, colleagues and market influencers. She is also offering support to Mila customers who want expert advice on using...
Posted On - 11/02/2017
Kestrel has recruited former architectural technician Andrew Shaw a new business development manager for the North West. Andrew has been in the roofline and roofing industry for more than 20 years. Moving from architecture in the 1990s, Andrew worked in the technical department of a large roofing products company before progressing into sales. “I was lucky enough to have three potential...
Posted On - 11/02/2017
Jason Loftus has become area sales manager for Scotland at the TWR Group. He was previously area sales manager at Smarts for two years, and before that worked at Stevenswood and Systems Aluminium. Jason has 28 years’ experience in sales and manufacturing roles, and has previously been a factory and production manager at various fabricators. “I’m looking forward to joining...
Posted On - 11/02/2017
Purplex has added five new people to its team, taking total staff to almost 60 people. With appointments in digital marketing, social media, video production and administration, the new staff are part of a continued investment in skills, which should see Purplex grow from nearly 60 to more than 100 staff in the next 12 months. New recruits include digital...
Posted On - 11/02/2017
For the third year running, Stevenswood has donated £1,000 to charity rather than send Christmas cards. Stevenswood asks its Facebook followers to vote for their favourite charity and the money is donated to the organisation that gets the most votes. “In previous years, it’s worked really well,” Ron Hepburn, CEO of Stevenswood, said. “This year, it went ballistic. I watched...
Posted On - 11/02/2017
Adrian Toon, immediate past president for the Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB), has been named the FIT Show’s Installation of the Year Twitter competition’s judge, and will on a monthly basis examine all entries and carefully consider which he feels are the best before the public decide on an overall winner chosen from the shortlist of monthly winners. The...
Posted On - 11/02/2017
PC Henderson has appointed Anke Robinson as business development manager for Europe. The new role has been created to build on PC Henderson’s existing presence in the region. Anke has worked in the European market for over 10 years for the likes of Thyssenkrupp and British Steel, amassing experience in international sales, business growth, customer relationship building and strategy. In...
Posted On - 11/02/2017
Experienced home improvements and glazing professional Trevor Hopper is the latest addition to the growing team at Made For Trade. Having served the industry for almost 40 years, Trevor stated he is ‘immensely proud’ to join the bifolding door, lantern roof, and conservatory roof manufacturer as a trade sales manager. In particular, he will be championing and demonstrating the company’s...
Posted On - 11/02/2017
The GGF board has unanimously agreed to appoint Brian Baker, former GGF President and current chairman of the board, to act as interim chief executive until a new permanent chief executive is appointed. Nigel Rees announced his retirement after 14 years as chief executive of the GGF in September 2016. Seven applicants were subsequently selected for interview, of which three...
Posted On - 10/02/2017
The Veka UK Group has introduced two new directors: marketing director Dawn Stockell, and sales director Neil Evans. New to the fenestration industry, Dawn comes from the electronics sector bringing experience in product and proposition management, partnership programmes, and marketing communications. She recently held the position of head of brand, northern Europe, at LG Electronics. Neil joins Veka was previously...
Posted On - 08/02/2017
SEH BAC has chosen the winning community building to receive its competition prize of £10,000 worth of windows and doors. The Suffolk-based installer launched the giveaway to help a community building in desperate need and to commemorate over 45 years of trading. SEH BAC received scores of excellent nominations but after careful review, announced the winning community building as the...
Posted On - 01/02/2017
DW3 Products Group has appointed Gareth Busson to the new position of head of group marketing. Gareth will oversee and integrate the marketing for DW3 Products Group, Solidor, Residor, Residence Collection, and Window Widgets. Gareth joins DW3 with over 20 years strategic marketing experience at companies including Winkhaus, Assa Abloy, Vax, and most recently Metsä Wood. DW3 Products group CEO...
Posted On - 25/01/2017
Made For Trade has recently welcomed Chris Wann to its Teesside factory as he joins as business manager. A mechanical engineer by trade, Chris started off in industrial design and has spent the last five years working in senior commercial roles within the subsea energy and process equipment sectors. Chris will be involved in all aspects of the business, sharing...
Posted On - 20/01/2017
Sophie Whytock has joined the team at Business Micros’ Penpont office, providing admin support to the programming and support teams. She is already becoming a familiar, friendly voice to Business Micros’ customers, logging support calls and processing software licence renewals. Sophie is the latest recruit to the team run by Jude Knowles, who was named the industry’s Unsung Hero at...
Posted On - 20/01/2017
Alistair Wheeler and Steve Muryani join the Caldwell UK’ssales team as national sales managers. Alistair previously worked at Siegenia and Steve at GU Hardware. Two senior members of the team have also stepped into new roles: Alan Hartley, who has been at the company for over ten years, takes on a new role as strategic accounts manager; and Luz Seminario...
Posted On - 20/01/2017
Dudley’s Aluminium has strengthened its commercial department by hiring two new people. Callum Scott (25) has joined the company as a new trainee sales support assistant and will work with Dudley’s sales team to help secure new client projects and support existing customers. “This is a great opportunity for me to continue my career development and receive training from experienced...
Posted On - 20/01/2017
Epwin Window Systems has strengthened its sales team in the north of England with the promotion of Katrina Earl to the position of northern regional sales manager and the addition of Paul Adlington as business development manager. Katrina will head a team of four business development managers, and the position encompasses all of Epwin Window Systems’ brands including Profile 22,...
Posted On - 20/01/2017
KAT has promoted its existing commercial director Chris Powell to managing director. Chris, who joined the doors and windows manufacturer in 2014, has implemented and overseen strategies for sales and marketing, product development and special projects. In his new role, Chris will spearhead further customer growth in new sectors, while underpinning the company’s core delivery and service offering. “The business...
Posted On - 20/01/2017
DW3 Products Group has appointed Martin Dickie as managing director of Residence Collection and Window Widgets, the DW3 Window Division. Martin has over 20 years’ experience in PVC windows and doors. Having started as product manager with timber door maker Leaderflush & Shapland, he developed large scale, multi-product social housing, PFI and Partnering projects at Heywood Williams Group. As a...
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