Clearview National February 2020 - Issue 219 | Page 80

MOVERS&SHAKERS
Fond
Farewell to
Dorothy
Barnsley based Rehau
trade fabricator Euroglaze
is losing one of its most
familiar faces – and voices
- this month when
Dorothy Pettit,
the company’s
credit controller,
retires after
30 years with
the business.
» DEFYING THE AGEING PROCESS
and now approaching her mid 70s, Dorothy
has enjoyed her time with the company so
much that she has been reluctant to hang up
her phone and put away her spreadsheets until
now.
She joined Euroglaze at its original home
in Dewsbury in 1989 but moved with the
company to Barnsley in the early 1990s,
initially as an accounts clerk and then later as
Finance and Admin Manager. After a spell as
PA to Martin Nettleton, Euroglaze’s Managing
Director, Dorothy switched to credit control
duties many years ago and has kept in touch
with dozens of customers over the decades.
Speaking before her retirement, Dorothy
explained what she had enjoyed so much
about her job: “Euroglaze has always been a
family business and, like everyone who works
here, I have always felt part of that family.
Over my time here, lots of other window
companies have come and gone, but the
quality and values which make Euroglaze
special have remained, even as we have
developed and expanded.
“From the days when the accounts were
written out in a diary and we had just a few
fabricators on the factory floor to where we are
now as a multi-million pound business, I’m
proud of what we have achieved together over
so many years. I’ll be keeping in touch to see
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how things are going and looking back fondly
over what has been a wonderful final chapter
in my career.”
Dorothy will be leaving Euroglaze with a
rather unusual legacy – a plant, nicknamed
‘the money plant’ which she brought with her
from the Dewsbury factory to Barnsley and
placed in the company’s reception. Nurtured
by Dorothy, it has become almost a symbol
of the company’s strength and durability and,
like Euroglaze, it has grown considerably
over the years. It produced its own healthy
offshoot five years ago coinciding with the
launch of Euroglaze’s own subsidiary business
Ecotec Windows, and the superstitious
amongst the team have already spotted
new shoots ahead of Euroglaze’s latest new
ventures.
Martin Nettleton had plenty of warm words
for Dorothy, saying: “She has been a mainstay
of Euroglaze through plenty of highs and a few
lows as well. I know customers as well as staff
and me personally will miss her tremendously
but, after 30 years, she has definitely earned a
long and relaxing retirement.”
Away from Euroglaze, Dorothy is looking
forward to spending more time with her
husband Mick and indulging her passion for
horses, especially her own beloved horse Magic.
In 2019, Euroglaze is celebrating its 40th
anniversary with a fundraising campaign
aiming to raise money for Retina UK. More
information is here: https://www.justgiving.
com/fundraising/euroglaze-ltd1
www.euroglaze.co.uk