Clearview North November 2013 - Issue 144 | Page 14

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ADVOCATING APPRENTICESHIPS
Regency Glass Ltd came runners up in the
North West Region Employer of the Year
awards that took place at the new Co-op
building in Manchester. Run by the National
Apprenticeship service, the awards recognise
training and employee support.
Regency Glass Ltd was put forward by the
North Lancs Training Group against large
companies and organisations such as Barclays
Bank, Co-Op and Manchester City Council.
Being presented with the runners up trophy
by Pete Waterman, himself an advocate for
apprenticeships, Regency Director Wayne
Fitzmartin commented, ‘Having previously
won the award outright, we are very happy that

our continuous support for the apprenticeship
scheme has been further recognised. Along with
the NVQ’s that all staff is supported through,
we value the credibility that the training and
investment we put forward to our staff benefits
our company as a whole.’
Regency assistant Production Manager,
Gary Fitzmartin, also came runner up in the
Apprentice Champion of the Year category.
Having began work at Regency Glass over 15
years ago at the age of 16, Gary comments,
‘I am proud of this award as it recognises the
importance of becoming qualified and the
opportunities that the apprenticeship scheme
offers.”

BOOSTING HOPE66 CHARITY
TALLY NEARER HOME
As 22 members of the Hope66
charity cycling team set off to
ride the length of the iconic
Route 66 in the United States,
VS manufacturer Quickslide
decided to have some fun while
raising cash towards the epic
ride.
Bolstering the latest bid to
raise money for the Hope House
Children’s Hospices that have
become the unofficial ‘official’
charity of many in the glass &

glazing industry, Quickslide
donated £2 for every window and
door sold whilst the riders were
en route.
The staff, customers, suppliers
and anyone the Brighouse based
company could muster also
chipped in, raising a massive
£6,248 towards an anticipated
total of more than £150,000
expected to be raised as a result
of 16 cyclists, mostly well-known
names from the UK glass &

glazing industry, riding more
than 2,600 miles along Route 66
in just 14 days. Adrian flew to
Santa Monica, California to cheer
the riders in at the end of the
challenge, where he announced
the total of the Quickslide
effort.
“It was such a massive
project that we felt we had to
do something to contribute,”
explained Adrian.

To make your own contribution
please go to: www.justgiving.
com/teams/hope66

Third trade counter opens
Glazing repair hardware supplier, UPVC
Maintenance Supplies, is pleased to
announce the opening of its new trade
counter in York, North Yorkshire.
The new trade counter is the company’s most
recent site to be opened, after its Rotherham
branch open its doors back in January
2012. The locations of both branches were
strategically chosen after UPVC Maintenance
Supplies recognised the need to offer
additional support and provide better delivery
service to customers local to the sites.
The new branch is located at Clifton Moor,
York in 1000 sq ft of space and offers an
extensive warehouse space; customer parking

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Rob Hudson, York branch manager
commented, “Local response has been
brilliant, since opening our doors in July, trade
and domestic customers have been calling
in to the trade counter, bringing along the
replacement window or door part.”
“Because of our vast range of replacement
hardware components, our success rate for
providing the customer the same or like-forlike replacement product for their repair or
maintenance job is 99.9%.”
and a purpose built trade counter display area,
allowing staff the opportunity to showcase
some of the company’s more popular product
ranges to customer s.

Call 0113 236 0800, visit www.
upvcmaintenanace.co.uk or ordering online
at www.upvcwindow-doorparts.co.uk

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