Clearview Midlands September 2014 - Issue 154 | Page 24
INDUSTRYNEWS
Meet Cornwall Glass
Group’s Queens of Glass!
Cornwall Glass Group’s ‘Glass
Queens’ have smashed their
annual sales. Branch managers
Ro Grogan, Lisa Tatum and
Yvonne Burns have excelled
in their managerial skills and
kn owledge of the industry to
exceed annual sales targets to
both trade and retail customers.
The three centres are part of the
Cornwall Glass Group which
has15 branches spanning the
South West.
Ro, manager of Warminster &
Frome Glass Centre in Wiltshire
has surpassed her annual turnover
with her fresh, positive outlook.
Being hands-on has enabled Ro
to understand quickly all areas of
her Glass Centre and what works
best.
Lisa, manager of Plymouth
Glass Centre has utilised her
team with supporting their sister
branch Westcountry Glass (the
South West’s leading sealed unit
supplier) in glazing enquiries. Lisa
is also a highly skilled leaded light
designer, producing, replacing
and repairing stained glass
windows.
Yvonne is branch manager of
Redruth Glass Centre, where she
was previously the manager of
Penryn Glass Centre, bringing
her wealth of experience and
knowledge, and understanding
of the local area, to the Redruth
branch. Her enthusiasm and
optimistic personality translates
into her branch and her
colleagues.
www.cornwallglass.co.uk
THISTLE WOBBLES FOR CHARITY
WITH EMMERDALE CAST!
Long-standing Network VEKA member
Thistle Windows and Conservatories, is not
known for its ‘wobbliness’ and regularly
wins customer satisfaction awards for the
quality of its products and the service
provided. But on Saturday June 14th, the
company was delighted to be associated
with a very wobbly event!
The team at Thistle Windows were proud to
sponsor an exciting day of events and activities
with the goal to raise money to fund research
into helping cure neurological disorders.
MD Ian Bruce explains: “Wobbly Williams
day held at Aberdeen’s
famous Storybook Glen,
but also to be actively involved,
with Team Thistle going head-to-head against
the cast of Emmerdale in the ‘It’s A Wobbly
Knockout’ Team Challenge! The event
continued into the evening with ‘A Wobbly
Banquet’ with The Cast of Emmerdale’.
and its sister charity, Funding Neuro ,were
both founded by Bryn Williams following his
diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease in 2007.
“We were happy not just to support the fun
Visit www.wobblywilliams.com or see
pictures and videos of the day at
www.thistlewindows.com/emmerdale. Tel.
01282 473170, www.networkveka.co.uk
STRENGTH THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
QUICKSLIDE AND WILSON WINDOWS
No-one knows the value of strong working
relationships better than Quickslide’s trade
partners and there’s no better example than
Wilson Windows.
The Loughborough-based family business
has worked with Quickslide and its products
since 2011, working closely with Key Account
Manager Amy Perrin. MD Dale Wilson and
Karen visited Quickslide at its Brighouse, West
Yorkshire HQ when they first became customers,
says Amy: “They came to see who we are and
what we do and we have built up a close working
relationship ever since.
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“I speak to Dale on a regular basis. We have
developed a good routine; he is always great fun
and a pleasure to work with and we always have
a good laugh together.”
There was a lovely surprise for Amy at the FIT
Show when Dale and son Callum dropped in
on the Quickslide stand to thank her in person
with a bottle of Champagne “for making it all
so easy”!
See how you could benefit from joining
Quickslide as a trade partner, visit www.
quickslide.co.uk/trade or call 0844 5610 623.
To read more, visit www.clearview-uk.com