SCHÜCO EXCELLENCE AWARDS OPEN FOR TENTH YEAR

Aluminium systems company Schüco is this year celebrating the 10th anniversary of its industry-renowned Excellence Awards and is delighted to announce that entries are now open. The Schüco Excellence Awards, held in partnership with Architecture Today, celebrate the creativity, innovation, technical skill and collaboration behind the most successful building projects using Schüco aluminium and steel systems.

This year a new award category has been added, the Major Project Award, for buildings with at least 1,000 square metres of Schüco façade. This is in addition to the existing ten categories covering project types including education, cultural, health and leisure buildings; commercial and mixed use; residential developments; individual houses; sustainability, steel, and refurbishment and adaptive reuse projects.

Every year an Overall Winner is selected by the judges and, in 2020, a People’s Choice category was introduced with the winner selected by fellow nominees on the day of the award ceremony.

This year’s judging panel welcomes new additions Holly Galbraith (Níall McLaughlin Architects), Barbara Weiss (Barbara Weiss Architects) and Anna Wendt (Buro Happold – Integrated consulting engineers and advisers). Winners will be announced from the shortlisted nominees at a celebration lunch to be held at the Cutty Sark, London on 29th June 2023.

Nominees will first enjoy a drinks reception on board London’s largest luxury paddle steamer. Tower Bridge will open for the boat before it proceeds up the River Thames to take guests to the Cutty Sark where television presenter and architectural designer, Charlie Luxton, will host the awards lunch.

The deadline for entries is 26th April. For full details and to enter the awards visit https://excellence-awards. awardsplatform.com.

We continue to self-criticise, and evolve accordingly, to ensure that our service levels remain high through 2023 and beyond.

With the new products and initiatives due to be launched in the coming months, coupled with evolving service practices, we are certain that we will build on this success in 2023, and will continue to offer top levels of service to VBH customers, existing and new.”

To contact VBH, call them on 01634 263263, email at sales@vbhgb.com, or send them a Tweet @vbhgb.

Ironmongerydirect Adds More Bulk Buy Products To Its Savings Offer

Leading specialist retailer IronmongeryDirect is committed to helping customers save money, and as such has added more products to its popular bulk-buy discount offer. With over 12,000 products included across its range of over 18,000 products, customers can enjoy savings on selected items when buying online or via the retailer’s award-winning, customer service centre.

Customers browsing the online retailer’s website or catalogue can easily identify where savings can be made thanks to a distinct ‘bulk buy’ symbol assigned to all products. What’s more, selected products are listed online with clear bulk buy prices, so shoppers can quickly understand how much they will save for each product when ordering larger quantities.

Katrina Adamczyk, Head of Category Management & Merchandising at

IronmongeryDirect, said: “As part of our ‘Trusted to Deliver’ brand promise, we use our buying power to ensure a wide range of high-quality products are always stocked with the best cost savings and value benefits passed on to our customers wherever possible. With more bulk-buy discounts available, our trade customers can make savings across a huge range of products to help keep costs down, and enjoy peace of mind with our fiveyear minimum guarantee on all purchases, as well as a free returns promise.”

IronmongeryDirect is the UK’s largest online supplier of ironmongery with over 18,000 products in stock, including everything from front door furniture and door & cabinet handles, to storage solutions, heaters and outdoor hardware. Customers can choose from a range of flexible delivery options to meet the needs of their busy schedules, including same day delivery to postcodes in selected areas of London and the East of England, as well as click and collect from 6,500 pick up points across the UK.

To find out more about IronmongeryDirect, please visit: www.IronmongeryDirect.co.uk.