Clearview National June 2016 - Issue 175 | Page 17

INDUSTRYNEWS TOP GEAR DAY FOR ARCHITECTS »»CONTINUING ON FROM LAST year’s R-Cuisine, this year Reynaers is holding six events over the Spring and Summer. Each event will see guests taken to the Top Gear race track to take part in the ‘Star in a reasonably priced car’ experience. This full on day of driving fun is followed by exquisite fine-dining at the Michelin star ‘Matt Gillan at The Pass’ restaurant, at the stunning 5* South Lodge Hotel in Sussex. Around 50 guests from 40 companies will be attending the R-Cuisine events, which will see participants battling it out on the race track against industry peers to earn a place on the leader board. Paul Duffy, Sales Director at Reynaers, said, “The R-Cuisine events represent a significant investment for us and last year’s results show our commitment to building lasting relationships with architects. “Our guests hear about the ongoing successes that Reynaers has enjoyed over the past 25 years in the UK and all the steps we are taking in research and innovation, and also delivering some fantastic building solutions in the global arena. “As well as introducing new people to the Reynaers brand, we also improved brand awareness and market presence across the industry.” ‘last year’s results show our commitment to building lasting relationships’ www.reynaers.co.uk/en-UK/rcuisine2015 “CENTRAL TO OUR MARKETING STRATEGY” »»ONE OF THE UK’S LEADING TRADE fabricators, Glazerite, has embraced a new approach to sales and marketing since it introduced Insight Data’s Salestracker system. The Veka fabricator partnered with Insight 4 years ago, and immediately saw the benefits of rolling out Salestracker across its entire business. Chris Thompson, Sales and Marketing Manager at Glazerite, explains, “Salestracker is far more than just a prospect database. The software provides in-depth market intelligence and is a full CRM system that helps us track and manage prospect and customer activity, provides a financial summary and can be used both in the office and on the road by our sales team, using the smartphone version.” “Using Salestracker means we focus on targeting just the companies we want to work with. It’s definitely about working smarter. With Salestracker we know who our target customers are and precisely what they do, preferred suppliers and more, with full contact details of all the decision makers including their email address and often their mobile number” added Chris. Insight Data developed Salestracker as a sales and marketing tool. The system incorporates the Insight prospect database updated live in real-time. www.insightdata.co.uk THE TRADE COUNTER THAT INSTALLERS WANT »»EARLIER THIS YEAR, NATIONAL Plastics launched a campaign asking people to nominate where they’d like new National Plastics’ trade counters to open. To date, the company has 123 recommendations for new locations, a clear demonstration of how popular the trade counter network is. Geoff Foster, the company’s Managing Director, celebrated the success of the campaign and said, “We’re delighted to have received so many nominations so far. It shows that our offering of a one stop shop, experienced staff and competitive pricing is exactly what people want.” The ‘We Want Better’ campaign is part of a wider strategy by National Plastics to have 50 stores in the network by the end of 2017. Geoff commented, “Our campaign gives us feedback straight from the market and will be incredibly helpful in choosing priority new store locations. To be receiving so many nominations is a huge endorsement of our company and proves to us once again that our expansion plans are exactly the right thing to do.” ‘exactly what people need’ If you’d like to nominate a location and be in with a chance of winning £5,000 of building plastics if a store opens in your nominated location go to www.wewantbetter.co.uk C L E A RV I E W-U K . C O M » J U N 2016 » 17