MEMBERS NEWS
Chamber joins council to mark Armed Forces Week
Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce showed its support for the Armed Forces community by taking part in a flag-raising ceremony.
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riege Leahy, the Chamber’s CEO, joined Hertfordshire County Council for an Armed Forces Week event at County Hall in Hertford. Hertfordshire County Council Chairman Councillor Annie Brewster introduced the ceremony and spoke of the council’s support for the Armed Forces Covenant before raising the flag.
The Chamber, which is a member of the Hertfordshire Armed Forces Covenant Board and supports Hertfordshire Heroes, Reservists and Cadets
as well as the Covenant, is involved with Armed Forces Week every year and promotes the Covenant to its members. The Ministry of Defence is also one of its patrons. Briege said: “It is a reaffirmation of our commitment to the Armed Forces and we are proud to support it.” Similar flag-raising ceremonies took place across the country during the week that ran from Monday 20 June and culminated in Armed Forces Day on Saturday 25 June.
(L) Colonel Read, Commanding Officer Northwood Headquarters, in the centre Herts Chamber CEO Briege Leahy and (R) is Cllr Terry Douris, Chairman of the Hertfordshire Armed Forces Covenant Board.
Second generation Herts family business wins Queen’s Award in Jubilee Year
KANE International, the UK’s leading emissions analyser manufacturer for heating and automotive engineers, has received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2022 for its high-quality customer service.
he company was only one of 50 other UK organisations to receive the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation.
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The firm was selected for KANE CARE service, its promise to give customers the best after sales service and support or their money back.
Based in Welwyn Garden City since 1963 and employing more than 120 people, the company is a secondgeneration UK manufacturer of test equipment for the heating and automotive industries.
All emissions analysers must be recertified annually, which causes engineers to lose time and money, especially when their analyser is a few years old and needs more care or replacement parts. KANE CARE guarantees same
day service with all-inclusive pricing for KANE analysers up to 20 years old and guarantees KANE analysers receive a 10-year warranty. Jonathan Kane, CEO of KANE International, was proud to have KANE CARE recognised. He said: “I am thrilled KANE received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in
Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee Year. We are so proud with what KANE CARE promises our customers and honoured to see it recognised by the Queen’s Award. This award confirms KANE continuously innovates to save our customers time and money – only KANE CARE promises the best, fastest and most trusted customer service or their money back.”
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