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DealofYear
Staff at VEKA plc were presented
with the Deal of the Year Award
at the recent 2012 Lancashire
Telegraph Business Awards. The
accolade, sponsored by Deloitte,
was handed to VEKA MD Dave
Jones who said: “To say we are
thrilled would be an
understatement. Iamvery lucky to
work with such agreat team of
people in Burnley. We have
been working on this deal for
three years and to win this
award is very overwhelming.”
The 'deal to beat all deals'
(the basis of the competition)
comes after VEKA acquired
Bowater Building Projects
and in the process
safeguarded over 100 jobs
and created in excess of 115
new jobs Veka’s Burnley site.
The combined company now
employs nearly 450.
When Veka plc announced the
acquisition of Bowater Building
Products in June 2011, it was a
move that saw the company emerge
as the number one manufacturer of
PVC-U window systems in the UK,
with aturnover of more than
£85million. i
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AT
HURST PLASTICS’ has been recognised for
achieving ‘outstanding performance’ on
deliveries over the last six months.
The department, consisting of ateam of
nine drivers, not onlysurpassed their average
month on month target of 98%, for on-time-infull
delivery performance but also gained
accreditation from customers praising them
for service.
Jon Brake (pictured with one of his drivers),
Transport Manager for Hurst comments: “It’s been fantastic, not only to outperfom
our internal targets but to receive such overwhelming feedback from customers
congratulating the department on our helpfulness, competence and cheeriness.”
One customer said that ‘they topped any other suppliers they dealt with’. i
INSTALLER GLEVUM HAS JUST
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE
PILOT REGISTRATION PROCESS
FOR THE GREEN DEAL THROUGH
FENSA.
The Green Deal is intended to help
homeowners to finance a range of
energy saving home improvements,
including the installation of energy
efficient windows and doors, through
future savings on their energy bills.
Glevum MD Gary Jones says: The
accreditation exercise was well thought
through and professionally run.”
Window and door installation
companies can sign up for Green Deal
through FENSA whether they are already
registered with the glazing Competent
Person Scheme or not. Companies can
register for Green Deal window and
door installing only, orthrough FENSA
Green Deal MultipleMeasures (provided
in partnership with the British Board of
Agrement) acompany can offer upto
eight other domestic home insulation
products ranging from roof insulation to
cavity wall insulation. i
t. 020 7645 3700
to be big volume for two or three
years. Greg Barker, the Minister for
Energy and Climate Change, took
part in alive webinar recently and
announced further plans for the
scheme.
The Green Deal will enable
homeowners to make their homes
more energy efficient with no
upfront costs and interest will be
fixed at the best possible rate. I’ve
heard alot of people question how
successful itwill be, but it will
enable people who couldn’t
otherwise afford it to replace their
windows.
According to Greg Barker, the
Green Deal is expected to run until
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2030 so it’s abig potential market
building up over nearly 20 years.
Could you take advantage of this
and become an approved installer?
Window Energy Ratings
Even if you don’t decide to take part
in the Green Deal, WERs can still
set your business apart from
competitors. ADGCOS survey found
cutting energy bills is the No. 1
reason for people buying
replacement windows. With rising
fuel costs, energy efficient windows
are asound investment and will
save homeowners money. People
want ways to save money on rising
energy bills. It’s down to you to sell
the benefits to them!
Support
Whatever your niche is, you need a
fabricator to give you the right
products and support. Crystal
Direct do as much as we can to help
our customers win business, with a
dedicated customer support team, a
training centre and arange of
marketing material that can be
personalised with your company
name. Whether you’re alarge
company deciding to exit fabrication
or asmall family-run installation
business, we tailor our support to
suit you. i t. 01462 489 900
www.crystal-direct.co.uk