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A fully licenced business working with CORGI Services, CORGI Fenestration will bring all the known and associated attributes of the CORGI brand to the sector.

Chris Mayne will be chief executive officer and Jacqueline Crawford will be chief operating officer. Chris is well-known throughout the fenestration industry and has worked at some of its industry bodies and companies including FENSA, Bowater Windows Group, and Staybrite Windows & Conservatories.

Qualified engineer Jacqueline has worked for some of the main certification

schemes including NICEIC, BSI and FENSA. She was chair of the Competent Person Forum during the introduction of Part P of the Building Regulations.

Most people associate CORGI- founded in 1970- with gas safety, but it has come a long way since then. The CORGI brand

now delivers products and services that range across the heating, plumbing and renewables industry and continues to deliver an ethos of trust, reliability and expertise. This is through its insistence that CORGI registered companies and individuals adhere to a strict code of conduct.

In 2016, CORGI Services released the results of its latest independently conducted consumer survey. It showed that as a brand with attributes that consumers understood and respected, CORGI was by a considerable distance the most recognised, with 74 % of consumers putting it first on their list.

Speaking about the launch Chris commented:“ This is a hugely exciting time for our new venture, and we hope for the industry. CORGI Fenestration is suited to all levels of the supply chain – systems houses, fabricators, and installers.

“ Our aim is to support them to win more home

improvement business for our industry based on a customer perception that as an industry we will deliver improvements reliably, safely, with the latest knowledge at our fingertips coupled to experience and expertise”.

Jacqueline added:“ We are delighted that CORGI shares our vision for a new approach to the fenestration industry. We are equally delighted as a part of bringing this opportunity to fruition to have formed a collaborative working relationship with GQA Qualifications, the indus-

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