Pro Installer June 2014 - Issue 15 | Page 35

PRO INSTALLER JUNE 2014 FIT SHOW PREVIEW APEER AT THE DOUBLE Stand 208 Hall 2 (FIT Show, Telford International Centre, June 10-12) The Apeer stand at this year’s Fabricator and Installer Trade (FIT) show will be twice as good as last year! The company – widely regarded as makers of the most advanced composite doors on the market – is taking nearly twice the exhi- bition floorspace it did in 2013. “The 2013 FIT show was an outstanding success for us and we are still picking up new business as a result of it,” said marketing manager Linda Tomb. “Last year we launched our new MODO collection at the show – and there will be lots to talk about at this year’s exhibition too.” STEP INSIDE PATIOMASTER AT FIT 2014 Visitors to this year’s FIT Show are being encouraged to step inside and enter the PatioMaster Living Room on stand 214. In a first for the leading patio door manufacturer, it is stretching the boundaries of traditional stand with one of its market-leading, custom-design 4 pane in-line sliding patio doors! “Patio doors promote the benefit of extending our living space; bringing the outside in, acting as room dividers or connecting areas within the home,” said PatioMaster business development manager, Eilidh Hudson. “So we wanted to take this literally, and invite visitors into the world of PatioMaster.” The stand will play host to the PatioMaster team including representatives from its national dealership network, as well as interactive screens and product displays. The FIT show also provides the ideal platform for the patio door specialist to unveil its new-look website alongside a new range of marketing support tools, including a retail brochure targeted at the homeowner and consumer. www.patiomaster.co.uk or call 0808 178 3370. SHIRTS OR SKINS? YOU DECIDE AT THE FIT SHOW FOOTY MATCH Kicking off in June, the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in Rio, Brazil with players such as Wayne Rooney, Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi all taking to the pitch for their respective countries. But that’s not the only important event in the footballing calendar taking place that month. Last year’s epic FIT Show footy match will once again return to your TV screens, or at least phone screens after capturing a dive or two that would make even Jurgen Klinsmann proud, and the FIT Show is looking for players to sign up and prove they can bend it like Beckham. Fancy yourself as a bit of a twinkle toes on the ball? With plenty of competition in the FIT world this is your opportunity to get stuck in and compete against your fellow trade man. Winners will get to take home the FIT Show Trophy, which might just be a pint in the local pub but it’s a golden cup nonetheless. ‘Fancy yourself as a bit of a twinkle toes on the ball? Organised for the second year by GQA boss and Barnsley fan Mick Clayton, last year’s game saw Business Micros take on the Rest of the World and according to Chris Bailey of Business Micros the score ended 15-11 to the software solutions company, although the validity of this result has yet to be authenticated due to the lack of goal line technology. Taking place at one of the Goalzone 3G pitches at Telford United’s New Bucks Head stadium, the game was keenly contested and played in the right spirit with, of course, some boisterous banter as standard. “A major lesson was handed out,” joked Mick Clayton, who played as part of the Rest of the World team. “I could tell you about my superb driving performance from midfield but I’d be lying because it was a superb driving performance all over the field.” Exhibiting at the FIT Show and fancy signing up? The game will take place Monday June 9th at the AFC Telford Goalzone facility. Contact Mick Clayton of GQA mick@ gqaqualifications.com to register your interest.