BeA Fastening Systems, the manufacturer of manual, semi-automatic and fully automated fastening solutions for construction and industry, has strengthened its off-site construction sales team with a new and strategically important appointment. Neil Hoskins joins the business, which meets the needs of customers using timber frame, light gauge steel frame and …
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Experienced sales professional Paul Stenning has been promoted to the role of National Sales Manager at Cistermiser and Keraflo, the washroom and water efficiency specialists. Stenning’s latest challenge is to lead the team of regional technical sales managers who represent both these respected and well-established brands to specifiers and merchant-side …
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Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS), a leading software provider to the merchant, timber and wholesaler industries, and a company that is undergoing a phase of substantial growth, has appointed Chris Owen in the new role of Chief Support Officer. Chris joins from JDA Software, a multinational company where, as Head of …
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A plaster mould maker from Leicestershire has been presented with a long service award for 50 years of loyal work for clay building product specialists Red Bank, part of Forterra. Stephen Betteridge (65), of Measham, in Leicestershire, started working at the local clay chimney and ridge tile maker on Monday, …
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RCM, Roofing and Cladding Materials Ltd, specialists in complete through wall solutions, are pleased to announce the appointment of Ricky Beadle as Regional Facades Sales Manager for the south of England with immediate effect. The appointment follows an ever increasing demand for RCM to supply specialist external facades to the …
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IDOM (through its local branch IDOM Merebrook Ltd) is investing further in the field of asbestos management in the United Kingdom with the appointment of industry specialist Steve Hurst to spearhead the consultancy’s further business development in this area. The IDOM asbestos team has extensive experience of contaminated ground investigation, …
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Callum Megarry, apprentice at West London based WPJ Heating, has won the title of Worcester Bosch’s 2018 ‘Apprentice of the Year’. 21-year old Megarry entered and won the Apprentice of the Year (AOTY) competition by responding to the monthly online challenges set by Worcester. The tasks included Callum stripping down …
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Joe Mitchell has been appointed as the new Marketing Manager for Sensio Lighting. He joins the Yorkshire based KBB lighting business after 14 years with Omega Kitchens. He worked within the marketing team at Omega both as a Product Manager and for the latter 6 years as Marketing Manager for …
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The builders merchants industry was in Andrew Cope’s blood from a very early age. His father Robert was the owner and managing director of a builders merchants and Andrew spent time working in the business during school holidays. Cope left university in 1985 with a degree in business management. Initially …
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Marley Alutec, the UK leader in innovative aluminium rainwater, fascia, soffit and coping solutions, has recently appointed Sean Carey as the new Area Sales Manager for the South East Region. After working in specification and sales roles for Akzo Nobel for five years and Airflow for two, Sean Carey brings …
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