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Posted On - 03/10/2017
Epwin ladies Clare O’ Hara (divisional managing director) and Katrina Earl (northern regional sales manager) were part of a team of ladies who recently completed the seven-day Paddle2Pedal challenge. The pair raised over £40,000 between them, and the team as a whole raised over £90,000 and are still going. Clare said: “We’re so proud to have completed the Paddle2Pedal challenge...
Posted On - 03/10/2017
Generous support from across the industry has helped Emplas’s managing director Ryan Johnson raise more than £2,500 for cancer support charity, Macmillan. Ryan completed the Great North Run in September, fundraising for Macmillan in memory of his late Nan, Jean Handy, who received support and palliative care from Macmillan nurses and the Cynthia Spencer Hospice in Kettering. “The support I...
Posted On - 25/09/2017
Vista has joined calls from a leading veterans charity for more employment opportunities and support from the fenestration industry for ex-servicemen and women. The calls from Walking With The Wounded, the military charity which supports vulnerable veterans in regaining their independence via employment, have been prompted by the return of Prince Harry to ‘Veterans Village’, a new community in Manchester...
Posted On - 25/09/2017
Sliders UK has continued its support for a pioneering programme to promote educational achievement by bringing rugby to some of India’s most deprived cities and districts. The Delhi Hurricanes School Rugby Development Programme is built on a model first pioneered in the UK by the Atlas Foundation. This promotes discipline and team working through the sport and has been shown...
Posted On - 25/09/2017
ODL Europe has announced a new managing director following the recent departure of Mark Towers who has left the business to pursue other business interests. The new managing director, Nathan Barr, will be known to many fabricators and installers as the former head of sales at Veka. Nathan, who holds a degree in engineering and holds membership of the Chartered...
Posted On - 19/09/2017
Morley Glass & Glazing, known for its work for charities and local causes, has taken a novel approach to how it recycles the waste products of its production process. Over the past year, Morley has got creative with the help of local glass artists Bob and Gael Spishak who have been giving the offcuts of glass created during Morley’s manufacturing...
Posted On - 13/09/2017
Mark Warren has stepped down as MD of Lister Trade Frames, and handed over the reins to his two fellow directors, Darren Pusey and Phil Warren, with immediate effect. This follows a 30-year career at the helm of Listers for almost 30 years, as well as taking on the roles of president of the GGF and chairman of Fensa. Mark...
Posted On - 12/09/2017
The Clarets have made a new signing with Burnley-based Veka Group as part of the Friends of Burnley FC in the Community programme. Burnley FC in the Community is a stand-alone charity that works in Burnley and nearby communities on various projects. In less than a year since its launch in October 2016, Friends of Burnley FC in the COmmunityhas...
Posted On - 12/09/2017
The Window Company (Contracts) rode to support Osborne and Dacorum Borough Council when they were looking for a supply chain partner to install new windows and doors in a disused building that was being turned into a community cycle hub. The specialist social housing installer was happy to get involved with the project and donated and fitted five new windows...
Posted On - 12/09/2017
BM Aluminium has appointed Hannah McGeary and Minda Morris as accounts administrators working at its Tewkesbury headquarters. Hannah is responsible for liaising with existing customers on everything finance related, and making sure that the admin and payment process for new customers signing up for LogiKal licenses is always smooth and efficient. She is also the person who liaises with LogiKal...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
Swisspacer is the ‘presenting sponsor’ for around-the-world sailor Matthias Eigenmann, a participant of the ‘Clipper Round the World’ sailing regatta. The race is described as one of the toughest endurance tests known, with all participants being amateur sailors. Guided by a professional skipper, the team will sail eight legs, and cover 40,000 nautical miles across six oceans. Matthias will sail...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
DW3 Products Group has appointed Chris Follows as the new warehouse and transport logistics manager for Residence Collection and Window Widgets. Chris brings strong experience working in logistics for 25 years, most recently for the Epwin Group. Prior to Ewpin, Chris worked for Excell Logistics on multi-site contracts, of which Rehau was a major contract. Chris’s key skills include managing...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
Bohle has agreed a new kit sponsorship deal with Stalybridge Celtic’s over-sixties walking football team – Vintage Celtic. The team was crowned Championship Winners last season – the ‘Championship’ in this case the Cheshire Walking Football League Championship Division Spring 2017. Run by the Stalybridge Celtic Foundation, the community team provides an outlet for older players whose days in the...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
Indeglas has appointed two senior managers to director level. Derek Johnston has been appointed operations director, and Iain McAlpine has been made commercial director at Indeglas. Derek is a graduate of the University of Strathclyde in chemical engineering and has 25 years’ experience in contracts management. He holds a range of health and safety qualifications related to the internal glass...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
Two new project consultants have joined Aluprof’s UK division. John Higgs joined the team in July and covers London and the southern region. Having extensive knowledge of fenestration systems, especially their applications and specification, John brings a wealth of knowledge to the team. “I wanted to join Aluprof as I feel they have a wide range of systems that can...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
Former Universal Arches managing director, Leon Day, has joined Kaliber Group as head of its PVC division for KAT. He will also continue as a consultant to Kaliber’s recently acquired Universal Arches. Based at the KAT headquarters in Cheshire, Leon will drive product development as well as sales and marketing strategies for the group’s PVC offering, focusing immediately on KAT’s...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
Tomas Berry has joined Siegenia UK at its Coventry-based headquarters in a newly created role of internal sales office manager. Tomas spent 15-years working for hardware producer Roto-Frank, before joining glass machinery supplier, Promac. Adrian Vicker, UK general manager, said: “Tomas has a vast amount of technical and sales experience and we are very lucky to have him on-board. The...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
Children enjoying an eco-adventure at Camp Kernow, an educational not-for-profit organisation based near Truro in Cornwall, are now enjoying the benefits of an Aspect bifold door, after Eurocell and Victoria Windows and Doors donated and installed one in a camp classroom. “They’re working fantastically. They’re ideal for us because they let in so much natural light – and we’re off...
Posted On - 06/09/2017
Liniar has appointed Robert Thiroff to the new post of international sales director. HL Plastics said the Liniar range has grown substantially within the UK and Ireland since its launch in 2008, and the next step is to develop the Liniar and Alumina brands internationally, using the strengths and contacts of parent company Quanex. Robert has a wealth of experience...
Posted On - 06/09/2017
Consort is making a positive difference to the lives of disadvantaged people in and around its home town of Nottingham by reassigning money previously budgeted for corporate hospitality. The Veka fabricator has supported charities such as Emmanuel House (a centre for homeless people) and Fists up for Frankie (a campaign that funds treatment for neuroblastoma – an aggressive form of...
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