INDUSTRYNEWS
Rocking and Rolling
When most people reach 65 , they settle for the quiet life – not so for Kevin Dickinson , Commercial Manager for Wirral-based composite door experts , Vista .
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DECIDING TO CELEBRATE HIS landmark birthday by doing something new and worthwhile , Kevin registered to take part in Liverpool ’ s ‘ Rock ‘ N ’ Roll ’ half-marathon to raise money for the SSAFA , the UK ’ s oldest military charity .
Colleagues at Vista head office , keen to support Kevin ’ s charitable endeavours , soon volunteered to run the Rock and Roll 5k
Going the extra mile
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A DRIVER AT HURST PLASTICS HAS celebrated reaching an impressive milestone . Phil Ellwood has chalked up a record one million miles on the road during his 10-year career with the Kingston-upon-Hull based company .
Phil covers around 2,000 miles a week on his regular route to deliver Hurst door panels and composite doors to customers throughout the South East . Like all of Hurst ’ s drivers , Phil began his career with Hurst as an agency driver and was then taken on as a permanent member of the team . He ’ s now one of the company ’ s longest serving drivers and a reliable and friendly visitor to hundreds of customers in his region .
Phil says : “ I am absolutely delighted to have reached the one million mile mark . It is a long distance and you have to enjoy your job to get that far . I get a lot of satisfaction from doing my job well and I like meeting customers . I listen to Radio 2 when I ’ m driving and the time just flies by .” themselves and together the ‘ Xtreme Team ’ set themselves a fundraising target of £ 2k .
“ I ’ m incredibly proud of my head office team ,” said Vista MD Keith Sadler .
The event took place on Sunday 29th May and the ‘ Xtreme Team ’ ensured Kevin got around the 5K Course , on the Saturday , in good shape and ready to tackle his 1st half-marathon the following day , which he completed despite the near ‘ tropical ’ conditions , without using his ‘ Bus Pass ’ once , in a creditable 2 hrs 39 min .
With money still coming in from the extremely generous sponsors within our industry a final total has yet to be confirmed , but has already exceeded the initial target to raise £ 2,000 for SSAFA .
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Jon Brake , Hurst Plastics ’ Transport Manager , added : “ Phil is a fantastic asset to the transport team and a great ambassador for Hurst .”
www . hurst-plastics . co . uk
A HIT AT FIT
Wintech Testing & Certification returned from a successful FIT Show , which saw a high number of visitors to its stand eager to discover for themselves the kinds of tests on offer at the company ’ s extensive Telford facility .
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DIRECTOR , STEVE BRAMHILL , explains : “ We received a lot of enquires over the course of the three days at the FIT Show and our new brochures were flying off the shelves . It was fantastic to speak with visitors who were keen to ensure they armed themselves with the right knowledge about standards and legislation and there was a good mix of enquiries , in particular surrounding Secured by Design and Approved Document Q .
“ It was obvious that so many companies had brought new products and innovations to the show and Wintech was no exception with our WinMark Enhanced Security Certification schemes , which generated a positive response . Equally so , our range of testing solutions , upon which people commented they were keen to hear about in greater detail in order to understand fully what their products are put through . “ It was a great platform to speak to people face-to-face about the wide range of tests and the new Winmark schemes we offer .”
www . wintechtesting . com
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