46 | MARCH 2019
Business
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ERA RAISES OVER £11,000 FOR MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE
2018 saw ERA, the Wolverhampton-based security expert,
raise £11,262.86 for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity,
having made the organisation its chosen charity for the year.
At the outset ERA had set a £10,000 target, and staff at the
company are over the moon to have exceeded this figure.
Each life-saving mission
undertaken by the Midlands Air
Ambulance Charity costs the
charity approximately £2,500.
The money raised by ERA there-
fore is enough to cover four such
missions.
Employees used their ingenuity
to come up with a broad variety
POD ALMIGHTY
of fund-raising activities, including
a book sale, a Valentines’ raffle,
a Grand National competition, a
World Cup raffle and sweepstake,
a Christmas raffle, a sponsored
Snowden walk and the use of
collection tins. In addition, ERA’s
suppliers kindly made donations.
Darren Waters, ERA’s CEO said:
“As we do every year, we asked
Sentry Doors Holdings
Independent Network member
M&M Windows has secured an on-
going contract with a ‘glamping pod’
supplier based in Morecambe.
Using VEKA’s Fully Sculptured
system, family-run M&M Windows
has manufactured and installed sin-
gle glazed doors and windows for
around 100 pods, so far, as well as
a number of shaped side panels.
Michael McCoy of M&M Win-
dows explains: “Lune Valley Pods
approached us about supplying
and fitting the windows and doors
for the company’s unique timber
buildings.
“The Directors of Lune Valley
Pods - Samual Westworth and
www.inveka.co.uk
www.midlandsairambulance.com
www.eraeverywhere.com
Sentry Doors partners
with Cairngorm Capital to
accelerate growth strategy
Homes-away-from-home, with only the best from M&M Windows.
Patrick Benson - were looking for
a quality product from a source
they could trust. They knew us
and our work and were confident
that we would be able to supply
the products and service required
at an extremely high standard – a
fact that is clearly illustrated by
our Independent Network mem-
bership.
“We were able to quote within
the budget and, thanks to VEKA’s
Variations colour collection, M&M
Windows is able to offer a huge
choice of colours and woodgrain
options to suit whatever orders
come in for these pods.”
employees to vote from a selec-
tion of charities and Midlands
Air Ambulance Charity was the
unanimous choice for 2018. To be
able to do something positive for
the local community is extremely
gratifying.”
Limited (Sentry Doors) is
pleased to announce that it has
entered into a strategic part-
nership with Cairngorm Capital
Partners LLP (Cairngorm Capi-
tal), to accelerate its growth and
consolidate its position as the
industry leader in the timber fire
and security door-set market.
Cairngorm Capital is a special-
ist private investment firm that
provides capital, strategic advice
and operational best practice
to ambitious UK companies to
help them transform the growth
potential of their companies.
As an expert provider of fire
and security door-sets to the
social housing sector, Sentry
Doors works to ensure that its
products exceed the highest lev-
els of compliance and as such, is
at the forefront of the industry’s
support for regulatory change.
This partnership will enable
Sentry Doors to respond to the
surge in demand for its prod-
ucts, driven by the increased
focus on regulatory compliance
and the significant retrofitting
programmes.
Gordon Yates, Founder and
Managing Director said, “I’m
delighted that Sentry Doors
and Cairngorm Capital will be
working together, as our sector
is on the cusp of considerable
change”.
www.sentrydoors.co.uk
Swish installer reaps the rewards of Excellence as Standard membership
Longstanding Swish installer
Bradley Scott Windows was one of
the first companies to join Epwin
Window Systems’ Excellence as
Standard membership programme
following its launch in 2017.
Eighteen months on, Bradley
Scott’s owner, Andy Farrington,
reflects on the value the decision
has delivered.
“Windows, doors and conserva-
tories are still a considered pur-
chase,” he says. “When marketing to
consumers it’s as much about giving
them confidence in their purchase
as having top-rated products. As
a Swish installer we’ve got quality
products. Membership of Excellence
as Standard shows we’re commit-
ted to excellence throughout the
buying, installation and post-sale
process too. It gives us a major USP
over competitor installers.”
Excellence as Standard advo-
cates excellence at every stage of
a project – from manufacturing
through to the physical instal-
lation in a consumer’s home.
Homeowners will benefit from
the reassurance that all aspects
meet a high-quality industry
standard and in turn help the
installer gain a competitive
advantage while delivering the
best possible service across the
customer journey.
www.epwin.co.uk