Clearview National January 2015 - Issue 158 | Page 14

INDUSTRYNEWS

Rounding off a fantastic year
Halifax-based Halo fabricator, Polyframe, won its third award in 2014 after
collecting the prestigious G14 Award for Fabricator of the Year.
»»An awards presentation and
gala dinner held at the famous London Hilton
was attended by more than 560 leading industry
figures, eagerly anticipating the results of 13
glazing-related prize categories.
Polyframe’s Group Managing Director,
Chris Watson and Financial Director, Trisha
Earley was on hand to collect the award. Chris
commented: “It is a great honour to be named
as Fabricator of the Year, an award we are proud
to receive. It is just reward for all the hard
work and dedication that all employees give to
the company and a reflection of the business
strategy we have followed.”
Colin Torley, Sales and Marketing Director
for The VEKA UK Group commented:
“Polyframe’s successes this year are testament to
the hard work of their team. The company is
always proactively looking for ways to innovate
and move things forward, bringing its customers
the widest choice of quality products.”

‘It is a great honour to be named Fabricator of the Year’

Supporting Asbestos Campaign
The GGF is fully supportive of the recently launched Health and
Safety Executive (HSE) campaign to help tradespeople work
more safely with asbestos and protect themselves from danger.
»»The HSE estimates
that 1.3 million tradespeople
are potentially at risk of
being exposed to asbestos.
A subsequent survey of
tradespeople commissioned by
the HSE, uncovered that many
of those potentially at risk of
exposure were unaware of the
fact. Similarly, the survey also
revealed that only a third (30
per cent) of those asked, were
able to identify all the correct
measures for safe asbestos

working, whilst more than half
(57 per cent) made at least one
potentially lethal mistake in
trying to identify how to stay
safe.
The new Beware Asbestos
campaign has been launched
to raise awareness of the
dangers associated with
Asbestos exposure and to give
tailored help on how to deal
with the risks. A key feature
of the campaign has been the
development of a new web app

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for phones, tablets and laptops
that helps tradespeople easily
identify where they could come
into contact with the deadly
material as they go about their
day-to-day work.
Further information
about the Beware Asbestos
Campaign, including where
you can download the web
app from can be found at
www.beware-asbestos.info/
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