MOVERS&SHAKERS
SWEEPING THE TROPHY BOARD
Steve Davis congratulates overall
winners Frames Conservatories Direct,
including the winning fitters.
»»Glazerite installers have
beaten the competition yet again, scooping
half of all the Regional trophies in the annual
Network VEKA awards.
Customers of the trade fabricator took no
fewer than five of the ten Regional awards,
plus the national trophy and Fitter of the
Year, as well as numbering 12 of the total 30
finalists and gaining three new entries into the
organisation’s elite 100% Club.
Overall champion this year was last year’s
Best Newcomer, Frames Conservatories
Direct of Bury St Edmunds, also winning
top Regional for the East of England. Shane
Howells held the West of England title and
KJM Windows retained the South; both for
the sixth time, while Goliath Homeworld
had a fifth win for the Midlands and Cheadle
Glass won a second time for the North West,
and Fitter of the Year went to Ronnie Pym
and Mark Barnfield of Frames Conservatories
Direct.
Glazerite Director Jason Thompson said
after the awards: “Once again, our customers
have shown that they are among the best of
the best in Network VEKA and we are proud
of them all.”
For more information visit
www.glazeritewindows.co.uk
MEET OUR NEW FACES
»»Faye Tompkins and Phillipa
Edmunds have joined REHAU’s
Communications team, both focused on
generating new opportunities for customers.
Faye is the new Communications
Coordinator with specific responsibility for
the commercial sector. She is developing
information programmes for architects and
specifiers designed to challenge the remaining
perceptions about the limitations of PVCu,
and is working alongside REHAU’s commercial
sales team to generate new opportunities for
fabricators and installers.
Faye is also supporting customers with
bespoke marketing activity and is putting
together integrated campaigns for fabricators
incorporating literature, websites, showroom
makeovers, events and social media.
Working alongside her is Phillipa Edmunds,
who is now a Communications Assistant.
Phillipa is coordinating REHAU’s Authorised
Partner scheme, and after 13 years as
a secretary in the company’s Marketing
department, is bringing extensive knowledge of
REHAU and its customers to her new role.
Faye and Phillipa’s appointments are part of
the restructuring which REHAU announced
at the start of the year, aimed at making the
company more focused on customers in the
UK. They join Kate Whitehead and Edward
Kodia who have recently joined the Marketing
and Technical department.
www.rehau.co.uk
Key to Success
»»Whizzle Ltd, a leading
supplier of silicone sealants and
consumables to the fenestration industry,
has appointed Paul Ballinger as Technical
Sales Manager.
Paul joins Whizzle with over 20 years of
product development and sales experience in
an industry that grew in excess of 60% for
Whizzle in 2014.
Paul said: “I am delighted to be part of the
Whizzle family. The company has outlined
some exciting plans for the future and I’m
pleased that I will be able to play a pivotal role
in achieving them.”
‘great to have him on board’
Managing Director Mark Read commented:
“Key to Whizzle’s continuing success is having
a knowledgeable, customer orientated and
professional team. Paul has all these attributes
in abundance and it’s great to have him on
board. He will be a real asset and we are all
looking forward to him driving our product
and development growth through 2015 and
beyond.”
Visit www.whizzle.it for more information
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