Benham Publishing Businesss Magazines December 2013 | Page 12

UPFront

The market
grows for
Silver Fox’s
tie-on cable
labels

Hertford Regional
College invests
in the future

Silver Fox, a leading UK
manufacturer of labelling
solutions, has reported
that sales of its LXL range
of tie-on cable labels have
been rising steadily over
the past year and are
being used in increasingly
diverse set of sectors.

Hertford Regional College is among
21 in the country that has successfully
bid for further educational capital
investment from the Government.

The £3.5 million will enable the college to complete
its building programme at the Ware campus.
This will involve the construction of a new Creative
Arts and Media building and the removal of all the
old dilapidated 1960-style buildings that remain.

The labels are now being used in situations as
diverse as London Underground, North Sea oil
platforms and London’s Savoy Hotel. They were
also used by contractors in the construction of
London’s Olympic Village and Stadium.
When they were introduced, in 1999, Silver Fox’s
LXL labels were a ‘first’ for the electrical
instrumentation industry – not only because they
are available in six colours as well as one that
glows in the dark but also because users can
produce 24 of these cable labels in 15 seconds.
Nick Michaelson, CEO of Silver Fox, said: “Silver
Fox’s tie-on cable labels are proving a hit with
both buyers and engineers.
“In particular, engineers want the reassurance
and reliability that comes from working with a
company that manufactures in the UK and that
offers an extensive range of successfully tested
label options, with customer-focused technical
and support services around the world.”

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INSPIRE

The Ware Campus will be opened up to the public
with the creation of an art and exhibition gallery
area. The new campus will also offer business
focused training facilities, increased access to a
wide range of apprenticeships and a modern
higher educational facility for University of
Hertfordshire degree courses.
Andy Forbes, Principal of Hertford Regional College,
said: “This is great news for the college and great
news for all those who work and study at Ware and
for the wider East Herts Community. Our vision of
Ware as a creative and enterprise campus can
now be turned into a reality.”
The total cost of the new development will be £10
million. This will be made up from the £3.5 million
government grant, money from college reserves
and the sale of college land for housing along
Scotts Road. The college has already begun public
consultations with local residents to seek their views
on these proposals.
Once planning permission has been granted,
building work will start in the early part of 2014, with
the new building due to open to students in
September 2015. The housing development will
then begin and is likely to be completed by 2017.

Andy Forbes,
Principal of Hertford Regional College