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Kudos Shower Products has announced the appointment of Mark Batley as senior business development manager for the company. He will be focussed on working with distributor partners and growing the number of Kudos retailers and its displays, including those approved for Premium Collection products. Sales and marketing director at Kudos …

Burdens has announced that one of its apprentices, Jay Clarke, has been nominated for Apprentice of the Year award at this year’s Lifetime Learner Achievement Awards in the Customer Support and Administration category. Clarke is one of only three apprentices out of 280 across the UK who have been selected …

Codelocks has appointed Paul Campbell as its new technical, quality and sustainability manager, he has over 30 years’ experience in architectural ironmongery and brings a wealth of knowledge to the role. Codelocks has been in business for over 30 years and as sustainability has become more important for the company; …

PermaRoof – part of PermaGroup – has continued its growth by securing two senior sales team hires, Mick Coulson and Tracy Bray bring more than 50 years of combined experience. Coulson joins PermaRoof as area sales manager covering Yorkshire and the Northeast, and Tracy has been appointed as area sales …

Grant UK is pleased to announce that Steven Paton is the company’s new sales support engineer for the North of England and Scotland, providing technical sales support to customers and assisting their renewable heating projects. Paton first joined Grant UK in May 2022 as the area sales manager for the …

Minster has announced that colleague Sophie Jenkins-Downes has been awarded the IFE Level 3 Certificate in Passive Fire Protection. The qualification follows months of hard work and study, attending training delivered by the Institute of Fire Engineers and recognises Sophie’s specialist technical understanding of fire safety, fire science and passive …

Grant UK has appointed two Area Sales Managers, Jim Moody and Terry Townend, the former for central and southern Scotland and the latter for the Midlands. Moody has a background in plumbing and in 2017 he stepped away from the tools after two decades to join a heating manufacturer as …

Kerry Wilson, learning and development manager at the Builders Merchants Federation, will take part in an important panel discussion at the RCI Show discussing how we close the skills gap and recruit new blood into the industry – the show takes place on October 19 at the MK Stadium in …

E.Tupling has announced it has appointed Charles Pearce as its new strategic finance director, this is a newly created role within the company. Pearce previously worked at Polypipe Building products in their commercial department and was responsible for managing the merchant division of their sales channel, he has also led …

Fernco, the designer and manufacturer of flexible couplings for the civils and drainage sectors, has announced that David Millward, who joined Fernco in 2021 as national sales manager, will take up the role of sales director from 1st October 2023. Joining the business in 2021, and with a 30-year career …