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opportunities to be fully explored and developed.”

Tom said: “It has been a thrill working here since 2010 and I am excited about this latest challenge. I hope to build on and continue exploring our good work, relationships and opportunities, both commercially and charitably yet keeping firmly to our roots in the glass industry.”

Kate Bunt

Tom Julian

Tom Julian has been appointed as the new managing director of The Cornwall Group, while Kate Bunt takes on the group finance director’s role. Tom’s move from finance director forms part of the group’s strategy to prepare for significant growth over the short to medium term, while developing new opportunities away from the company’s traditional focus on glass. “We are slowly moving away from being solely reliant on glass as our core industry,” Cornwall Group’s chief executive Mark Mitchell said. “Glass accounts for about 85% of our business, but that is shrinking as we invest more in property and the wider retail market. “Tom’s keen eye for detail will bring some welcomed talents and a different perspective in matters of future growth and modest diversification. Overseeing the operational side of the Group, working with a small and dedicated team in different departments, will allow future

Kate Bunt, the youngest of the group’s 12 directors, has moved in the finance director’s role from a group finance manager’s position. “We have a great team, and I New Cornwall Group MD am looking forward to further developing my skills and relationships, while being part of a group that continues to grow and flourish,” Kate said. “Both appointments demonstrate our desire to promote from within,” Mark explained. “While they prepare the group for opportunities that will inevitably come our way, it is also good to bring in some younger people. “It is vitally important that we bring in a mix of people with the right skills and ethos – we are also conscious that we have a gender imbalance in the business and that is something that we are starting to address.” www.cornwallglass.co.uk

Smith And Taylor

Join Hardware Supplier Kenrick

Hardware supplier Kenrick has bolstered its team with two senior appointments. Martin Smith has returned to the West Bromwich based business as design and operations manager after a decade away, whilst Nick Taylor has joined the firm as technical manager. The duo has more than 60 years industry experience between them. In his new role, Martin is responsible for product design and quality. He oversees new product development as well as maintaining and improving Kenrick’s existing range of hardware products. He also manages Kenrick’s operations and is responsible for the day to day running of the factory as well as health and safety.

As Kenrick’s new technical manager, Nick Taylor brings 35 years’ industry experience with him. He joins Kenrick from hardware distributor DGS Group, where he worked for 27 years, most recently as business development and technical manager. Nick works closely with Kenrick’s design team to develop new products and he supports the sales

Motorcycle enthusiast Martin Smith has re-joined Kenrick after working for British motorcycle firm Triumph as project engineer for the last 10 years. He has many years’ experience in hardware design and development having worked in design and development roles at Kenrick and Laird.

Nick Taylor (left) Martin Smith (right)

team with customer demonstrations and site visits. He also helps customers to achieve the required industry certification for testing windows and doors.

Commenting on Martin and Nick joining the business, Steve Jones, Kenrick’s managing director, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have such an enviable level of skill and experience in Martin and Nick. Both are seasoned engineers and are extremely well qualified to help us develop innovative new products and enhance our existing products. We have ambitious future growth plans at Kenrick and Martin and Nick will both play a key role in helping us stay ahead with a wide range of hardware solutions that meet the needs of today’s market.”

GGF Appoints New Health,

Safety And Environmental Manager

In the continually turbulent socio-economic situation we find ourselves in, staff wellbeing and sustainability must be a top priority. That is why the Glass & Glazing Federation (GGF) is delighted to welcome a new health, safety and environmental manager, Lauren Mawford, to the team. tise. Lauren is a fantastic addition to our team for precisely this reason. Lauren joins us with 6 years of experience in helping companies achieve better health and safety practices, improved staff wellbeing, and positive environmental strategies, so will be a valuable resource for all our members.”

Lauren brings with her a wealth of experience in the field so is well placed to provide expert advice to GGF members, as John Agnew, GGF managing director, explains: “The GGF aims to be the industry authority on best practice in all areas of business, including the highest technical and health and safety standards, but to achieve this goal, we need in-house exper“I’m thrilled to be part of the GGF team, providing advice to members about health, safety, and environmental issues,” adds Lauren. “My experience not only lies in ensuring compliance but going above and beyond to identify trends within businesses to help prevent problems and achieve best practice. I can help design and deliver staff training and provide HR support as well as more traditional health and safety duties such as the production of fire risk reports and companywide risk assessments. I am passionate about helping companies provide the best possible workspace for their employees, so to be able to offer this support to all the GGF’s members, is a fantastic opportunity.” www.ggf.org.uk

Andy Royle, Leads 2 Trade co-founder and director (left) and Paul Henry, head of digital marketing (right)

Leads 2 Trade Appoints Head Of Digital Marketing

Leads 2 Trade has appointed a head of digital marketing as part of a significant restructure that will drive the growth strategy of the business after an unprecedented two years for the industry. ing and having worked for some of the largest marketing agencies in Manchester across a whole host of industries, Paul Henry will head up the Stockport-based company’s marketing in house.

Andy Royle, the company’s co-founder and director explained the appointment: “We have wanted a high-calibre figurehead in house for marketing and Paul will look at the mechanics of the business and our digital strategies and how we currently work with agencies – can we do digital marketing better, which campaigns affect the call centre the most, which help get the most conversions.

“Then it’s his decision to build a department around himself if he thinks we need it and we will back him 100%. Paul’s marketing background is fantastic and once he has familiarised himself with the business we are looking forward to him hitting the ground running. That’s why we have brought him into the business.”

On joining the provider of double qualified sales leads for companies in the home improvement industry, Paul said: “It’s a hugely established company and I’m hoping to help provide new focus and help guide the team where the business needs to be guided and help performance.

“I’ve joined the team at the perfect time with the transition and I’m really enjoying the fast-paced nature of the business. I’m really excited about the challenge ahead.” www.leads2trade.co.uk

Cotswold

Appoints Experienced New QA Supervisor

A long-serving fenestration sector specialist with a wealth of friction stay expertise is the latest addition to the team at Cotswold Architectural Products.

Amber Dangerfield, a qualified engineer, has spent the previous 18 months as the company’s operations supervisor, before which she served in a variety of senior engineering roles at a leading European hardware supplier for more than a decade.

In her new role, Amber will be tasked with ensuring Cotswold adheres to the exacting standards of QMS and ISO, and maintains outstanding quality standards across the board.

“This is an extremely exciting opportunity for me to help shape the next phase in Cotswold’s history,” Amber comments.

“Drawing on both my engineering background and years of friction stay experience, I’m confident I can ensure that we live up to the reputation for quality and reliability that made the Cotswold name.”

Shaun Mcallister Joins Business Micros Group

Shaun McAllister has joined Business Micros Group as business development manager for its ground-breaking Touch software platform.

As a highly experienced sales and software specialist, with a career spent with the likes of Pricepoint, Everest and Anglian, Shaun has come on board at the perfect time to support the roll out of the new Touch Portal end to end online ordering system to fabricators.

His role will be to liaise with all those customers who have already ordered Portal to ensure that the software is successfully integrated into their businesses; and then start promoting the system to the rest of the market.

He will be working closely alongside Richie Thornton, director at Business Micros Group company The Consultancy, who is coordinating all the technical elements of the roll out.

For Shaun, this was an opportunity too good to turn down. He said: “Touch is the solution the market has been waiting so long for in terms of being able to deliver a truly integrated online ordering experience all the way from the homeowner to the fabricator.

“With Touch Portal, fabricators can offer a 21st century commercial e-commerce experience to their installers for probably the very first time. In turn, installers can use the linked Touch Vendor lead generation and quoting tool to finally take maximum advantage of the way that so much of the retail buying experience is now conducted online. Richie Thornton added: “Now that Touch Portal is finally live in the market, we’re investing in the resources we need to make sure that customers can really make the most of it. I think Shaun’s combination of both commercial and retail experience will be a huge benefit to customers as they deploy Portal internally and then roll it out as a powerful new sales tool to their trade customers.”

of course and being able to get real time product, availability and pricing updates direct from the factory to the salesman when there are so many variables involved. Business Micros is the only company with the funds required and access to the vast supplier datasets necessary to be able to create a system like Portal, and it’s an incredibly exciting time for me to be involved as the whole platform starts to grow and develop.”