Clearview National December 2014 - Issue 157 | Page 24

INDUSTRYNEWS A website for every installer Poppy Appeal »»The VEKA UK Group’s chosen charity for the second half of 2014 is The Royal British Legion, with the system company supplier, proudly raising funds for this valuable charity over recent months. Most recently, a team from VEKA’s HQ in Burnley competed in the 5k Poppy Run in Accrington. Head of Human Resources Gabriela Hammond explains: “A team of us here at VEKA were delighted to take part in the 5k Poppy Run to raise money for The British Legion and Poppy Scotland. We had staff from numerous departments joining the fun including, HR, Finance, Warehouse and Technical. ”As a company, our charity efforts have been focussed on The Royal British Legion since July, and staff from Bowater Doors and Bowater Projects has been selling poppies on the streets of Birmingham.” Gabriela finished. Network VEKA collected charity envelopes at the organisation’s annual Awards Evening, a charity ‘dress down’ day, a golf day and students from our partner school, Hameldon Community College organised a charity car wash. »»Glazerite’s installers are being offered the chance to have a brand new website in a major initiative from the company. Jason Thompson, Director, Glazerite Windows Ltd, said: “Nearly two thirds of all homeowners are known to research online before they even make an enquiry, so we want to make sure every one of our customers is fully equipped to make the most of this with a new, fresh-looking site aimed directly at the retail market. The website is offered to all of Glazerite’s customers regardless of company size; it is quick and easy to set up and is customised to meet each companies individual requirements. Jason added: “Many of our installer partners are very busy working in a very buoyant marketplace and simply don’t have the time to create or update their own websites.” “Glazerite will help with SEO work to give installers good search engine positioning, will provide links to any Facebook or Twitter pages and can either provide a new URL address or attach the new site to an existing one.” For more information visit www.glazeritewindows.co.uk For more information contact VEKA plc on 01282 716611. Opening doors to hundreds of colours »»Bowater Doors is delighted to be ‘splashing out’ on a vast, new colour offering. The company has offered a range of composite door colours including White, Beck Brown, Golden Oak, Rosewood, Green, Red and Dark Blue, and customers will be delighted to hear that the standard range is now available in HUNDREDS of colours. Bowater Doors Operations Manager, Anita van Vuuren explains: “Customer satisfaction is our highest priority with these Britishbuilt doors, so we’re proud to announce this 24 » DEC 2014 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M fantastic new colour offering. We can now offer doors in any RAL colour and they can even be matched to a colour of the customer’s choice. ‘fantastic new colour offering’ “There is also the option to colour the frames to match, and doors can be different on each side. Lead times for painted doors are currently 15 days and all our composite doors are covered by a cohesive ten year guarantee. Should a fault appear in any composite door, door slab or sealed unit supplied by The VEKA UK Group, following inspection, we will repair or replace the appropriate components free of charge. Full details of this guarantee can be found at http://www.frontdoors.uk.com/ about-composite-doors/guarantee/ Wishing you a merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year