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Posted On - 04/08/2020
Emplas has appointed Clodagh Driscoll as its new customer services manager, with Rebecca Simmons stepping into a new role as customer services team leader. Each brings extensive experience to post having progressed through the ranks to assume new leadership roles. Clodagh joined Emplas in May 2008 in a telesales role, then marketing and sales support, before moving into a customer...
Posted On - 04/08/2020
Glazerite’s John Hewitt is currently preparing for a mammoth charity bike ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End with a team of cyclists. Reproduced here is an email he sent to the other riders and support crew explaining the motivation behind his actions. As the days start counting down to the start of Kelly’s Heroes, and faster now it seems,...
Posted On - 30/07/2020
In May 2020 a Lancashire Trade Frames employee was saved by a defibrillator, installed previously by the company. In 2017, Lancashire Trade Frames purchased and installed an automated external defibrillator (AED). While staff hoped that it would never be needed, in May 2020 a team member suffered a cardiac arrest. Thankfully, because the defibrillator was in place, a tragedy was...
Posted On - 30/07/2020
Window Supply Company (WSC) has appointed Fiona Rafferty as head of sales. Based from WSC’s headquarters in Livingston, West Lothian, Fiona will oversee the company’s trade counter network and will be responsible for driving forward WSCs long-term growth strategy as the company expands it network throughout Scotland and northern England. Fiona holds more than 25 years’ experience in sales management,...
Posted On - 30/07/2020
CMS Trade has appointed Jim Walker as its new general manager. With more than 15 years’ experience in the manufacture and installation of PVCU windows and doors, Jim is well known within the Scottish fenestration sector. After its first 12 months of operation, CMS Trade manufactures around 700 Rehau and Eurocell products each week, with further capacity for growth. The...
Posted On - 30/07/2020
Justin Ratcliffe is leaving the Council for Aluminium in Building after 19 years as chief executive officer. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with this great organisation and I am proud of what has been achieved,” Justin said. “While sad to be leaving, I have spent over half my working life here and it is now time for a fresh...
Posted On - 30/07/2020
Glazerite has restructured its board following group chairman John Hewitt’s decision to focus more time on his recently founded suicide prevention charity, We Mind & Kelly Matters, in memory of his late daughter. Robert Brearley is the new group managing director, replacing Jason Thompson who is taking on the newly created position of chief executive officer. “Glazerite has gone from...
Posted On - 20/07/2020
John Hewitt, chairman of the Glazerite UK Group, will cycle 1,000 miles in August in memory of his late daughter Kelly. The challenge, nicknamed Kelly’s Heroes, will see a 12-strong team of amateur cyclists take part in a mammoth ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End, pedalling off on August 16. Some of Glazerite’s customers and good friends of John...
Posted On - 20/07/2020
Doorco has announced the exclusive Pink Door Range in support of We Mind and Kelly Matters, a charity set up by Glazerite’s John Hewitt in memory of his daughter Kelly, which aims to raise awareness of mental health and try to prevent suicide. “During lockdown we did some reviews on our products and in particular, colour,” Doorco’s Dan Sullivan said....
Posted On - 30/06/2020
Gary Morton has joined the board of trustees at Hope House Children’s Hospices, calling it a “huge honour”. “Over the past 25 years, GM Fundraising has raised nearly £2 million for Hope House Children’s Hospices and I’ve got to know everyone at the charity very well,” Gary said. “I am looking forward to a new opportunity to see things from...
Posted On - 18/06/2020
Window Ware staff are taking part in the 2.6 Challenge, established following the cancellation of the London Marathon. Sue Ryder hospices, which provide end-of-life care to thousands of people, is among the many charities struggling to raise funds during the coronavirus lockdown. Its shops, a hugely important source of income, have been forced to close, and major fundraising events like...
Posted On - 25/05/2020
A small aluminium elephant has helped to make a big difference to two South Yorkshire hospices and pay homage to an important part of Sheffield’s history in the process. Inspired by the legend of Lizzie, the Indian Elephant that became a familiar sight around Sheffield throughout the Great War, the unusual charity challenge saw South Yorkshire based aluminium glazing systems...
Posted On - 19/05/2020
Business Micros’ business development manager Nick Bailey is running 5K a day for the whole of May to raise money for the Hope House Children’s Hospices. The hospices, which are supported by the industry’s own GM Fundraising charity, are losing out because so many of their fundraising events have been cancelled or postponed due to the coronavirus lockdown, so Nick...
Posted On - 14/05/2020
While their glass processing company, Gateshead-based GB Glass Products, was closed during lockdown, Glen and Sharon Bogie were busy creating hearts and rainbows to support the NHS. Since both their daughters are keyworkers in the NHS – one as a community pharmacist and the other a registered mental health nurse – they wanted to do something meaningful while at home,...
Posted On - 06/05/2020
After 17 years with Aluk and eight years as managing director, Russell Yates has left the company to pursue an ambition of business ownership. Since becoming managing director in 2012, Russell has helped to grow the business six-fold and has spearheaded an investment programme, which has seen Aluk create a 350,000ft2 production facility in Chepstow and establish a respected brand....
Posted On - 28/04/2020
GM Fundraising has postponed its 2020 Peak, Paddle, Pedal charity event until a similar date in 2021. Gary Morton, founder of GM Fundraising, said: “In view of the current unprecedented situation that we all find ourselves in, we have had to make the difficult decision to postpone Peak, Paddle, Pedal until 2021. We have not taken this decision lightly but...
Posted On - 21/04/2020
Liniar has developed a new supply chain while its extrusion facility is temporarily closed: producing protective face visors for front-line workers during the Covid-19 crisis. While most of the workforce was furloughed, with a skeleton team working from home, discussions turned to ways in which the company could help. Social media highlighted how NHS staff, care workers, nursing homes and...
Posted On - 21/04/2020
Window Widgets has provided support for the NHS following a request from Jason Thompson, group managing director of Glazerite UK Group, for product assistance to support a family member operating on the frontline at St Helier Hospital, London. The straps on the face masks used by the London hospital had proven to be uncomfortable over long periods of time and...
Posted On - 14/04/2020
Vista Panels has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to frontline NHS workers. Staff from Vista collected up goggles, masks, protective suits and gloves from its factory in the Wirral and delivered the much-needed equipment to the NHS. The NHS has seen a shortage of PPE across the country, with some doctors and nurses not always able to get the equipment...
Posted On - 14/04/2020
Mates in Mind has called for donations to its Covid-19 Relief Fund, which will allow the charity to continue to respond with vital support programmes. It is now expected that workplace mental health issues will be heavily impacted by the economic fallout of Covid-19. For the construction industry, this is particularly critical, the organisation said, as it already has a...
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