PRO INSTALLER OCTOBER 2016
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PRO NEWS
NEW SHOWROOM MARKS MOVE INTO RETAIL
Epwin Group paid a visit to Flintshire-based home improvement company Flintshire Windows recently in celebration of a 20-year partnership. A commemorative plaque was presented to director Dennis Hynes by Epwin’ s Katrina Earl and Total Glass’ sales and marketing manager Phil Creswell. The gesture was to thank him for being a customer for more than two decades and to promote the company’ s time with Profile22. Flintshire Windows is also celebrating the opening of a new showroom at its north Wales site. Director Dennis Hynes explains:“ Up until recently we had mostly worked with local councils and a showroom wasn’ t really necessary for us. As part of our plans for growth, we are starting to focus more on the retail side of the business and decided a showroom would be a good place for our customers to come and see who we are and what we can offer.“ With displays of windows and composite doors, we are hoping to‘ officially’ open the showroom in the next couple of months, but from customers we have had coming in to the office and seeing it so far, we have had great feedback. We are also really grateful to have the support from Total Glass and Epwin providing banners and advertising for the new showroom once we open.” With more than 28 years’ experience, and 20 years with Profile22, Dennis has found a profile he likes and is sticking with it:“ Backed with the stability you get from having a large business like Epwin behind you, for a small business like ours, it means we can offer the full package to our customers and give them complete peace of mind.” Since opening the doors to Flintshire Windows in 1989, Dennis has seen firsthand how the industry has changed:“ Products have moved on massively since I started and what was once a simple product designed to let light in and the weather out, the industry has now moved on so much with the technology that is available today.”
For more information visit www. chesterbifoldingdoors. co. uk or call 01352 730055. To find out more about Profile22 call 01952 290910 or visit www. profile22. co. uk
Kestrel targets aluminium fabricators
Kestrel Aluminium Systems has joined forces with Insight Data to target aluminium fabricators and form effective marketing strategies. These strategies will be formed in line with the comprehensive information available within the Insight prospect database.
Kestrel Aluminium Systems is a nationwide fenestration systems house, based in Birmingham, that designs and develops commercial and domestic architectural aluminium products to meet the needs of the ever changing modern customer. The business has chosen to implement Salestracker into its operations to provide market intelligence on aluminium fabricators as part of its marketing strategy. Steven Shute, managing director at Kestrel Aluminium Systems commented:“ The detailed information on Salestracker is exceptional and the fact that it is updated 24 / 7 means we should never waste a minute again. The highly detailed and in-depth market intelligence was a major influence when deciding to partner with Insight Data.”
The cloud-based Salestracker platform has detailed information on over 15,000 fabricators and installers, as well as 45,000 other contacts in the building and construction industry. The data is updated in real-time by Insight Data’ s research team and enables companies such as Kestrel Aluminium Systems to produce detailed, accurate market analysis to aid its sales and marketing teams.
For more information on Salestracker, call 01934 808 293 or email info @ insightdata. co. uk
STARTUP CLINCHES FIND A PRO DEAL
Fast-growing proptech( that’ s property technology) startup Plentific has secured a partnership with the Planning Portal. This portal provides clear, accessible information to guide homeowners through the planning process for home improvement projects.
Following the highly-competitive tender process, Plentific’ s‘ Find a Pro’ platform will be available via the Planning Portal website. It will allow homeowners seeking planning advice to use a platform that hosts over 75,000 professionals, spanning 350 services. This is the latest partnership for Plentific, which already powers the Find a Pro search function for Zoopla. By working in partnership with local authorities across England and Wales, the portal delivers content that clarifies planning and building regulations and is considered the home of the national planning application service. The Planning Portal currently receives over 30,000 visits every day and more than 85 % of all planning applications in the UK are submitted via the website( more than 522,000 in the last 12 months).
‘ We are delighted to have partnered with the Planning Portal- they mirror Plentific’ s values by striving to make processes clear, informative and simple. This partnership is a further boost to our home improvement marketplace and will deliver high-quality leads to our trade professionals’
Cem Savas, co-founder of Plentific, commented:“ We are delighted to have partnered with the Planning Portal- they mirror Plentific’ s values by striving to make processes clear, informative and simple. This partnership is a further boost to our home improvement marketplace and will deliver high-quality leads to our trade professionals.” Sarah Chilcott, commercial director at Planning Portal, commented:“ The UK’ s national Planning Portal works to transform the planning and building system across England and Wales. We are delighted to be working with Plentific on our new‘ Find A Trade Professional’ service which will make it easier for our homeowner customers to get their home improvement project designed and built.”
commercial @ planningportal. co. uk