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HOPPE (UK) has appointed Rob
Thomas as business development
manager for the Midlands.
» » WITH OVER 30 YEARS IN
the door and architectural
ironmongery industry, Rob
has extensive experience in
dealing with steel, timber and
aluminium door sets. Rob
also completed his Guild of
Architectural Ironmongers
(GAI) Diploma and is currently
working towards becoming
a Registered Architectural
Ironmonger (RegAI). As a
fully qualified DipGAI, Rob
will not only help HOPPE
(UK) customers choose the
right products but also give
them technical advice, while
making sure the project meets
the relevant standards and
regulations.
Rob said: “After working
in this industry for so many
years, I’m excited to have
the opportunity to provide
a far better quality of
product and service to our
customers and ultimately
the people who work, live,
play and shop within the
as-built environments we
help create and sustain.
HOPPE is market leader in
the field of door and window
hardware and it’s a pleasure
to be working with such
experienced ironmongery
experts.”
www.hoppe.co.uk
No excuses – fire
safety has to be
highest priority
» » GRENFELL WAS ONE OF
those traumatic moments
that scar a generation, and
ensures that, for better
or for worse, things will
never be the same again.
Now we face a once-in-
a-generation chance to
drastically improve fire
safety standards.
It’s frighteningly common
for manufacturers to fire
test their door components
separately, rather than
testing the completely
assembled door set. At West
Port, we’ve come across
manufacturers offering
FD30 fire doors that fail in
under 15 minutes.
In a fire, seconds count
– and that means every
manufacturer has a moral
responsibility to make their
fire door products as good
as they can possibly be.
Subjected to rigorous
testing by both Cambridge
Fire Research and BRE,
our own FD30 fire door
managed to withstand
temperatures in excess
of 800°C for 42 minutes 7
seconds, or 40% longer.
We’re also now able to offer
an FD60 door.
We want to encourage
other manufacturers to
follow suit – to dedicate
themselves to producing
fire safety products that
offer the most outstanding
fire safety performance,
and give people the best
possible chance of escaping
fires unharmed.
http://www.west-port.co.uk
AIR AMBULANCE LIFTS OFF WITH HELP FROM ERA
» » WOLVERHAMPTON-BASED ERA, THE
home security expert, has chosen
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity as
its 2018 charity. Money will be raised
throughout the year via a programme of
activities.
Darren Waters, CEO at ERA said, ”We
are proud to support the Midlands Air
Ambulance Charity, which was voted
for by our employees and look forward
to helping them to continue to provide
this essential, life-saving service. They
receive no National Lottery or government
funding so all the work they do is funded
by corporate and public donations, so
anything we can do to help means they
can continue to save lives.”
Jon Cottrell, corporate partnerships
coordinator for Midlands Air Ambulance
Charity said, ”We are responsible
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for funding and operating three air
ambulances across six Midlands counties,
namely Gloucestershire, Herefordshire,
Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire
and the West Midlands. With over 2,000
missions per year, we are one of the
busiest air ambulances in the UK.
”With each air ambulance mission
costing £2,500 on average, and requiring
a pilot, two paramedics or flight doctors
as well as full life support medical
equipment, we are extremely grateful
for the generous support that we receive
from organisations such as ERA, which is
essential to our lifesaving operation.”