Clearview National February 2016 - Issue 171 | Page 22

INDUSTRYNEWS

Joining the Team
Fuel Card Services has enhanced
its attractive employee benefits by
adding the Perkbox programme.
»»Its people already
enjoy rest area televisions, fresh
fruit baskets, massage chairs and
an extra ‘birthday’ day off. The
new engagement programme
brings further rewards and
incentives to 300 personnel
across all five Fuel Card Services
offices.
Russ Kenyon, head of
group sales, said: “Our
continuing year-on-year
success is largely due to
finding and keeping excellent
people. Naturally, rewarding
them has always been hugely
important to us. Everyone
likes to receive extra treats
and Perkbox offers an efficient
way of delivering the sort
of worthwhile goodies our
people deserve.”
The benefits include
discounts at supermarkets, 50
high street chains and 20,000
shops nationally. Other offers
cover restaurants, coffee shops,
theatres, tourist attractions,
gyms, technology, travel and
insurance. There are thousands
of rewards altogether, all easily

redeemed via a smartphone app
or through the Perkbox web
site.
Fuel Card Services is
currently recruiting account
management staff. They will
be responsible for bringing
in new customers and then
looking after their business
needs. No previous experience
is necessary, with full NVQ
training provided in sales
and account management.
Applicants will need to be
excellent communicators with
a confident telephone manner,
self-motivated, energetic and
positive. They can expect
a competitive salary with
uncapped performance bonus,
life assurance, pension, and
discounts on private healthcare
and more – including the
Perkbox programme.
People wanting to find out
more about joining Fuel Card
Services in Burnley, Glasgow,
Leeds, Oxford or Whitstable
should email careers@
fuelcardservices.com

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UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
GETS A FACE LIFT
»»Specially-adapted
façade systems from Wicona
have been specified for a new
£26m library – a magnificent
and inspirational undergraduate
facility for the University
of Leeds, one of the largest
universities in the UK.
The 6,500sqm state-of-theart learning hu b will help the
University attract more students
in an increasingly competitive
higher education environment
and provides a major cultural
centre to enrich the student
experience and the wider
community. It is a new gateway
to the University, and its design
is a bold and confident statement
for the future of the institution.
The four-storey library features
stepped façades to the north and
south elevations that unlock a
series of generous public spaces.
It was conceived as a ribbon
of learning around a central
circulation and internal study
space. Each floor plate steps up
towards the south of the site and
the internal atrium.
Portland stone cladding adds
weight to the building and
helps to present it as a place of
importance to the University,
complemented by extensive use of
glass constructed from Wicona’s
WICTEC 50SG structural
glazing.
Commenting on the project,
Torsten Bauszus, Senior Architect
at ADP, said: “This was a complex
scheme located in a historic and

urban context so the building
envelope required very high
quality, bespoke materials and
design detailing.
“The Wicona curtain walling
had to meet a number of
stringent specification criteria,
including aesthetics, thermal and
structural performance, and a
high level of noise protection. It
was also critical that the glazing
was sufficiently robust to support
the vertical blades for solar
shading and that the connections
could be integrated and carefully
engineered. We are really
pleased with how the glazing is
performing. Wicona’s systems
delivered our expectations and we
will be specifying them for future
projects.”