Clearview National January 2015 - Issue 158 | Page 14

INDUSTRYNEWS Rounding off a fantastic year Halifax-based Halo fabricator, Polyframe, won its third award in 2014 after collecting the prestigious G14 Award for Fabricator of the Year. »»An awards presentation and gala dinner held at the famous London Hilton was attended by more than 560 leading industry figures, eagerly anticipating the results of 13 glazing-related prize categories. Polyframe’s Group Managing Director, Chris Watson and Financial Director, Trisha Earley was on hand to collect the award. Chris commented: “It is a great honour to be named as Fabricator of the Year, an award we are proud to receive. It is just reward for all the hard work and dedication that all employees give to the company and a reflection of the business strategy we have followed.” Colin Torley, Sales and Marketing Director for The VEKA UK Group commented: “Polyframe’s successes this year are testament to the hard work of their team. The company is always proactively looking for ways to innovate and move things forward, bringing its customers the widest choice of quality products.” ‘It is a great honour to be named Fabricator of the Year’ Supporting Asbestos Campaign The GGF is fully supportive of the recently launched Health and Safety Executive (HSE) campaign to help tradespeople work more safely with asbestos and protect themselves from danger. »»The HSE estimates that 1.3 million tradespeople are potentially at risk of being exposed to asbestos. A subsequent survey of tradespeople commissioned by the HSE, uncovered that many of those potentially at risk of exposure were unaware of the fact. Similarly, the survey also revealed that only a third (30 per cent) of those asked, were able to identify all the correct measures for safe asbestos working, whilst more than half (57 per cent) made at least one potentially lethal mistake in trying to identify how to stay safe. The new Beware Asbestos campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the dangers associated with Asbestos exposure and to give tailored help on how to deal with the risks. A key feature of the campaign has been the development of a new web app 14 » JAN 2015 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M for phones, tablets and laptops that helps tradespeople easily identify where they could come into contact with the deadly material as they go about their day-to-day work. Further information about the Beware Asbestos Campaign, including where you can download the web app from can be found at www.beware-asbestos.info/ news