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NOVEMBER 2013 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
ANOTHER ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AWARD WIN
The team at The VEKA UK Group notched up another award for its environmental initiatives
recently, as the company was presented with the trophy for the ‘Energy Efficiency Award
for a Large Company’ at the Groundwork Pennine Lancashire Business Awards.
Now known as Newground, the event
provides businesses
in Lancashire with the
recognition of their
achievements in improving environmental
performance.
Rebecca
Mayhew-Clegg
and Shane Gray
from The VEKA
UK group are
presented the
award on behalf
of Newground.
Sales and Marketing
Director Colin Torley explains: “We are thrilled to
be recognised by our own
county for our environmental efforts - The VEKA
INVESTING TO
BE THE BEST
The Jain family has invested a further £2.1million
in Avocet Hardware, taking the total invested since
it bought the Brighouse-based company out of
administration in February 2012 to £10.6million.
Dr Tinkle Jain, director of Avocet Hardware, stated: “Since buying Avocet we
have invested heavily in order to place
the company in a position where we can
legitimately lay claim to once again being
the leading player in the home window
and door security market.”
“We now have the team, the product
and the product availability to confidently
state that the Avocet Hardware house is
well and truly in order.”
The Jain family has business interests
in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, China and
the UK, which in total employ over 5,000
people and turnover £416million per
annum. In recent years the family has
come to specialise in rescuing stricken
companies.
from being emitted, as a
result of energy saving
measures we have put in
place. 10,240 of that total
being saved in 2012/13
alone.
“Through the design and
implementation of various
measures we are now
saving 128.66kg of carbon
dioxide for every tonne of
product we manufacture
when compared to 2008’s
figures.
Subbies use domestic vacuum
to clean up asbestos
A North East glass
firm has been fined
after potentially
exposing nearly 200
workers and visitors
to dangerous asbestos
fibres at its Consett
premises.
Sunderland-based Romag
Ltd also ignored recommendations from its own
safety advisors to cordon
off a contaminated area
and arrange for an emergency clean-up by specialists.
The incident was triggered by two fire alarm
installers when they
started some work at the
firm’s Princess Building on
Leadgate Industrial Estate
in July 2011.
This latest investment is aimed at
ensuring stock levels across the
company’s door and window, ABS
high security locks, and builder
hardware divisions are high enough
to ensure complete customer satisfaction when it comes to product
availability and delivery.
UK Group works tirelessly
to minimise our environmental impact, so to win
this award is a fantastic
achievement for us.”
The award came following the company’s
demonstration of significant improvement in reducing its energy use via
innovative and exemplary
measures. “Since 2008
we have saved a massive
12,448 tonnes of carbon
Consett Magistrates’
Court heard that the two
subcontractors, who had
been told the building was
free from asbestos, unknowingly drilled through
an asbestos insulation
panel while installing fire
sensors.
They then used a domestic vacuum cleaner to clean
up the dust and debris
and later used it in several
parts of the building as
they put up the sensors,
spreading asbestos fibres
around the premises.
HSE found the firm’s
delay in taking action led
to 180 workers and 16
visitors being put at risk
of exposure to asbestos
fibres.
When the clean-up was
organised, a substantial
amount of contaminated
material was collected.
Romag Ltd, of Sunderland pleaded guilty to safety beaches and was fined
£20,000 and ordered to
pay £12,638 in costs.
Source: Construction
Enquirer
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Dr Tinkle Jain, director of
Brighouse-based Avocet Hardware
Visit www.avocet-hardware.co.uk or call
01484 711700.