Clearview National December 2014 - Issue 157 | Page 18

INDUSTRYNEWS

UNFORGETTABLE POPPY RIDE
»»It isn’t every day someone
has the opportunity to mark two great causes
in one event, but that is exactly what a team
of window industry leaders did with the GM
Fundraising Poppy Ride.

Steel blue
colour steals
the show
Award-winning installer
Cheadle Glass had
no problem finding a
colour match to win
the contract for a large
luxury apartment block
in Wilmslow, Cheshire.
»»Working with trade
fabricator Glazerite Windows Ltd, it not
only found the right foil colour but also
came up with an excellent style match for
the timber window frames that were being
replaced.
Matching existing window arrangements
was essential to the contract, as residents
of the four-storey block had specified,
so Cheadle and Glazerite turned to the
Variations range from VEKA and found
that Steel Blue was spot on.
Tom Hirst of Cheadle Glass said:
“Everyone was pleased with the way it
looks and very happy with the additional
energy efficiency and security they can
expect from their new windows.”
Cheadle Glass was recently voted best in
the North West in the prestigious Network
VEKA Awards – one of no fewer than seven
Glazerite customers that managed to walk
away with more than half of the trophies
from the entire event, including UK overall
winner.
For more information visit:
www.glazeritewindows.co.uk.

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“It really was an unforgettable experience,”
said Quickslide Chairman, Adrian Barraclough,
who made the incredible journey along with
20 other cycle riders and support crew, “Not
only riding as a part of GM Fundraising but
concluding the journey at such an evocative
memorial site was really something else.”
The group pedalled all the way from the
National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire
to the memorial among the battlefields of the
Somme; the scene of some of the bloodiest
battles in military history, to mark the
Centenary of the beginning of The Great War.
Along the way, they also stopped at
the Cenotaph in Whitehall, then over the
Channel and on to a 55-mile loop around the
battlefields of the Somme. GM Fundraising
has now raised more than £1.2 million for
children’s charities. The Poppy Ride was the
group’s first expedition in support of another
good cause; The Royal British Legion.
There’s more about the Poppy
Ride on: https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=XD1W2OafQ-Y.

celebrating
1 million
combinedpolicies
»»The Consumer Protection
Association (CPA) is celebrating a major
milestone that has once again underlined its
commitment to helping raise standards in the
industry.
The organisation, which was first established
21 years ago, has revealed that it has now
issued over one million combined Insurance
Backed Guarantees (IBGs) and Deposit
Protection Schemes to homeowners.
Jeremy Brett, Director, comments: “When
we first achieved the one million combined
policies number it really hit home how hard
the whole team have worked and how long
we’ve been providing IBGs; and other forms
of protection and advice to installers and
homeowners.”
The CPA will soon be releasing the results
of its annual installer barometer that assesses

‘lots of positivity
about 2015’
how installers are feeling about the industry
and economy going forward; and Jeremy
believes it will be full of optimism.
“All the indicators show us that the
economy is moving forward – albeit
tentatively. There is lots of positivity about
2015,” Jeremy concludes.

Wishing you a merry
Christmas and a
prosperous New Year