Clearview National March 2019 - Issue 208 | Page 8

After previously giving 30 years
long service to the West
Midlands based company BSR
(British Sound Reproductions) in
their factory making record
players, Shirley joined M. Marcus
Ltd in 1995 to take up the sole
position of master keying
operative. Throughout her long
service with M. Marcus Ltd
Shirley has held positions as
supervisor within the pinning
department and worked very
closely with their customer base
within the sales office.
Commercial Manager Neil
Sheane-Smith
commented
“Shirley takes great pride in the
fact that she was responsible for
the construction of the very first
master keyed Iseo product
distributed in the UK and has
been a true stalwart of the Iseo
brand within the M. Marcus
business. She has been a total
credit to the company, and I have
personally worked along side
Shirley for most of those years
and without her great service and
helpful nature we can be pretty
certain that we wouldn’t have
INDUSTRYNEWS
built the great customer relations
we have over the years and we
will miss her greatly.”
Also commenting on Shirley’s
service was present Iseo and
Sales office supervisor Miss
Nikki Allen, ”Shirley has been a
great ambassador for the
company and I have worked
alongside her for over twenty
years myself from my early days
as pinning operative to recently
as supervisor and our team has
grown from one individual
(Shirley) pinning one platform of
cylinder to the present day where
we have a team of ten lock
POPULAR, LONG SERVING, ISEO TEAM
MEMBER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
» » AFTER MORE THAN 23
years of service, long standing and
popular M. Marcus Ltd., team
member Mrs Shirley Chilton has
announced her retirement date
for the 26th of April 2019.
After previously giving 30 years
long service to the West Midlands
based company BSR (British
Sound Reproductions) in their
factory making record players,
Shirley joined M. Marcus Ltd in
1995 to take up the sole position
of master keying operative.
Throughout her long service with
M. Marcus Ltd Shirley has held
positions as supervisor within the
pinning department and worked
very closely with their customer
base within the sales office.
Commercial Manager Neil
Sheane-Smith commented
“Shirley takes great pride in the
POPULAR,
LONG
fact
that she was
responsible
SERVING, ISEO
for TEAM
the construction
of the very
MEMBER
first ANNOUNCES
master keyed Iseo product
distributed
in the UK and has
RETIREMENT.
been
true than
stalwart
After a more
23 years of
of the Iseo
service, long standing and
brand
the
M.
Marcus
popular within
M. Marcus
Ltd.,
team
member Mrs Shirley Chilton
business.
She
has
been
has announced her retirement a total
date for to
the the
26th company,
of April 2019. and I have
credit
personally worked along side
Shirley for most of those years
and without her great service and
helpful nature we can be pretty
certain that we wouldn’t have
built the great customer relations
we have over the years and we will
miss her greatly.”
Also commenting on Shirley’s
service was present Iseo and Sales
office supervisor Miss Nikki
Allen, ”Shirley has been a great
ambassador for the company
and I have worked alongside
her for over twenty years myself
presents
assembly, key cutting and
picking staff working with six
platforms of lock and also
electrical access control. Shirley
has been a mother figure, aunt
and friend to all her colleagues
and customers throughout the
years and she will be greatly
missed.”
Shirley herself commented that
“she will miss the daily
interaction with her colleagues
and customers but remains
satisfied that she has passed on
her knowledge and expertise to
her fellow long serving
colleagues, however after many
years working full time I have
decided I would like to take
things a little easier and spend
some time with husband Stan in
my vegetable and flower
garden.”
M.Marcus Ltd, Iseo Serrature
Italy, and all their customers,
wish Shirley well for her richly
deserved retirement and thank
her most sincerely for her
invaluable contribution to the
business.
from my early days as pinning
operative to recently as supervisor
and our team has grown from
one individual (Shirley) pinning
one platform of cylinder to the
present day where we have a team
of ten lock assembly, key cutting
and picking staff working with
six platforms of lock and also
electrical access control. Shirley
has been a mother figure, aunt and
friend to all her colleagues and
customers throughout the years
and she will be greatly missed.”
Shirley herself commented that
“she will miss the daily interaction
with her colleagues and customers
but remains satisfied that she
has passed on her knowledge
and expertise to her fellow long
serving colleagues, however after
many years working full time
I have decided I would like to
take things
After
more a little
than easier
23 and
years of
spend
some
time
with
husband and
service, long standing
Stan in my M. vegetable
flower
popular
Marcus and
Ltd.,
team
garden.” Mrs Shirley Chilton
member
has
announced
M.Marcus
Ltd, her
Iseo retirement
Serrature
date
for the
26th customers,
of April 2019.
Italy, and
all their
wish Shirley well for her richly
deserved retirement and thank her
most sincerely for her invaluable
contribution to the business.
POPULAR, LONG
SERVING, ISEO
TEAM MEMBER
ANNOUNCES
RETIREMENT.
New departments created for group expansion
» » DUE TO SIGNIFICANT
expansion and long-term
business development plans,
the GGF Group is pleased to
announce the formation of two
new departments in the areas of
marketing and external affairs.
The new divisions will mainly
focus on the GGF Group’s
commercial companies including;
• FENSA; the largest
competent person scheme in
the industry
• BFRC (British Fenestration
Rating Council)
• GGFi; the industry’s leading
insurance broker
• RISA; the inspections and
auditing service
• Borough IT which delivers
digital and software solutions
for GGF Group and its
clients
On the re-organisation, Kevin
Buckley, GGF Group Chief
James Lee
Kevin Buckely
Executive commented, “In 2018,
we conducted the first phase of
the GGF Group’s strategy plans
by establishing the organisation’s
growth plans, appointing a new
senior management team and
researching our customer base and
the industry extensively. We are
pleased to move positively into
phase two with greater and more
focused resources to carry out our
considerable plans for the next
three to five years.”
The new departments are, the
GGF External Affairs Department
headed up by James Lee who moves
8 » M AR 2019 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M
Anda Gregory
from Group Marketing Director,
and the GGF Commercial Group
Sales and Marketing Department
overseen by Anda Gregory.
The GGF External Affairs
Department will focus on the
GGF’s PR, events, market research
and increasing the GGF’s footprint
in the political arena. James Lee,
its Director said, “As the GGF
Group is expanding, this is a very
positive approach for the GGF
and its commercial subsidiaries.
I am looking forward to working
more on the political side of the
Federation and increasing our
influence with key Government
departments. In addition, we
will be increasing our marketing
support staff to ensure we continue
to deliver high quality services and
benefits for our Members.”
Meanwhile, Commercial
Group Sales and Marketing
will concentrate on delivering
sales and marketing campaigns,
product launches and brand
development to grow the GGF’s
commercial subsidiaries.
Anda, the new MD of this
department added, “The GGF
commercial team’s aim will be to
help companies who are part of
the GGF’s subsidiaries grow their
businesses. We will be unveiling
more details on our plans and
recruitment for the commercial
marketing department in the
coming weeks and months.”
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