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Posted On - 15/05/2017
Hoppe UK has appointed Andy Syms and Ellen Mack as business development managers for the north of England, and Ireland. Andy has spent over 26 years in the architectural ironmongery industry. His most recent role was as business development manager at Primera Life, designers and manufacturers of specialist hardware, where he provided support to an international customer base. Prior to...
Posted On - 12/05/2017
Hurst Plastics is on course to maintain its ‘on-time in-full’ record with the appointment of a new continuous improvement manager. Mark Fearn has joined Hurst Plastics in this newly created role with the goal of improving the company’s production processes to ensure greater product consistency while maintaining a robust supply chain. Kevin Wheatman, Hurst Plastics’ director and general manager,...
Posted On - 12/05/2017
The Window Company (Contracts) has appointed Maureen Gregg to the new role of installations manager. Working alongside managing director Rob Petre and projects director Martin Thornton, Maureen is managing fitting teams on projects across the new build and replacement sectors. Maureen’s role is very much about making sure The Window Company (Contracts)’ projects run as smoothly and efficiently as possible...
Posted On - 26/04/2017
Morley Glass & Glazing was a headline sponsor of the sixth Annual North Leeds Charity Beer Festival at the beginning of April. Organised by The Rotary Club of Roundhay, and once again held at the North Leeds Cricket Club, this year’s beer festival raised £7,000 for distribution to both local and international charities. This year’s festival theme was ‘A Round...
Posted On - 12/04/2017
KAT has made a series of personnel appointments. Peter Colclough has been recruited in the newly created role of operations director. Peter has held a number of management level positions within the Mottram and Latium Groups, and more recently at the Epwin Group. At KAT, Peter will assume responsibility for customer services, purchasing, safety, quality and compliance as well as...
Posted On - 05/04/2017
Eurocell has adopted two charities for 2017 – one national and one local – for which to ‘officially’ raise funds. The Eurocell board has also committed to augment approved employee efforts with corporate contributions. The two charities Eurocell is formally supporting are the Starlight Children’s Foundation, and Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance (DLRAA). Starlight seeks to brighten the lives...
Posted On - 22/03/2017
For anyone who missed ‘Shoe Gate’ recently, the recent news from RegaLead is that after almost two decades with the company, Ian Duckworth is leaving the company to relocate abroad. Stepping into his (less flamboyant) shoes is seasoned industry glass man Roland Sarin, who has joined the company as market manager insulated glass. Roland said: “I first joined the industry...
Posted On - 16/03/2017
Derren Gittins will be joining Synseal Group to head up its UK-wide glass operations. Derren’s new role as glass managing director includes overseeing the four glass production facilities owned by Synseal Group – Village Glass, based in Essex, and the three Global Glass factories based in Nottinghamshire, Wigan and Blackburn, which houses the UK’s largest specialist roof glass production line....
Posted On - 15/03/2017
Suppliers in the glass and glazing industry are coming together to provide a six-year-old girl with the chance to receive specialist cancer treatment. Burlington Windows’ MD explained how his company is raising money for Eve who has astroblastoma, and is the granddaughter of a manager at the firm,. “She has had a tumor removed from her brain the size of...
Posted On - 08/03/2017
Donations for a Gloucestershire-based special-needs charity have been flooding in after a fundraising auction at the recent Atlas Installation of the Year awards. The awards, which were held on 20 January, spurred guests to dig deep in to their pockets to raise £3,500 for the Spring Centre in Gloucester. The funds will be used to buy much-needed specialised toys which...
Posted On - 21/02/2017
TrustMark is actively supporting FareShare Southern Central in its quest to fight food hunger and tackle waste by redistributing food to a wide range of organisations in Basingstoke and across Hampshire. Based in Basingstoke, TrustMark is working with FareShare to help increase food distribution to breakfast clubs, lunch clubs for older people, night shelters, women’s refuges, community cafes and food banks in and around the...
Posted On - 20/02/2017
When The Veka UK Group heard last year how a Bedlington woman was left stuck in hospital after a devastating fall, the team were keen to help. Rachel Rudd, whose husband Darren works for Renolit, fell down the stairs at their home in April. Rachel suffered a number of injuries including a broken jaw and severe bruising to her spinal...
Posted On - 20/02/2017
The Veka UK Group has raised £12,191.78 over the past year for Lancashire children’s hospice, Derian House. Staff across every department of the company threw themselves into fundraising for this fantastic local cause. Head of human resources Gabriela Hammond said: “We usually choose two charities to support per year, dedicating six months of activities to each. In 2016, we focussed...
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 - 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 - 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 - 18/01/2017
Staff from CMS Window Systems joined an army of volunteers, including former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah, to help provide a Christmas boost for hundreds of Fife families struggling to make ends meet. More than 800 children benefited from the day organised by Fife charity ‘The Cottage Family Centre’, during which volunteers joined forces to prepare and...
Posted On - 18/01/2017
Paul Lindsay has rejoined Epwin Window Systems as sales director, after a sabbatical in the glazing industry recruitment sector. Having held similar posts with Epwin previously, Paul has spent more than 22 years in the industry in senior roles. Paul said: “The attraction of a return to Epwin was too strong to ignore. It’s a very different business today from the...
Posted On - 10/01/2017
Pilkington UK has helped to build a new home for rescued pet marmosets at The Monkey Sanctuary in Cornwall. There are approximately 5,000 primates kept as pets in the UK today, and marmosets are becoming a common victim of this trade. As a result of this, they often suffer from physiological and psychological problems. Wild Futures, the primate conservation and...
Posted On - 09/01/2017
Deceuninck UK’s managing director Roy Frost is stepping down at the end of this year, after four years at the helm. “I’ve really enjoyed my time with Deceuninck and can’t believe how quickly the last four years have flown,” Roy said. “Making the move from my retail background into trade was a fantastic learning experience and was enhanced by the...
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