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ALUMINIUM

FREE ACCESS TO SOFTWARE
1st Access UK was the lucky winner of
the prize draw hosted by Business Micros
Aluminium to win a month’s free access
to its LogiKal aluminium processing
software.
The specialist fabricator of aluminium
shopfronts and curtain walling entered
the draw by sponsoring Business Micros
Aluminium’s Managing Director Dean
Hodges in the epic Hope 66 charity bike
ride; and that donation towards Dean’s £7000
grand total has helped to kick start a valuable
relationship between the two companies.
1st Access UK fabricates in the Kestrel
aluminium system which announced in July
this year that its databases would be made
available in LogiKal for the first time. This
prompted 1st Access to examine the LogiKal
system to see whether it was more capable
than the software they were previously
using.
The Willenhall based business liked the
features and ease of use of LogiKal so much
that it has become one of the first Kestrel
customers to start using the new database.

SPECIFIED
FOR RETAIL
PARK
PROJECT
Business Micros Aluminium’s team installed
the software at 1st Access during September,
delivered training to the company’s estimating
and processing staff shortly afterwards and, in
line with the company’s prize, provided the
first month’s access to LogiKal for free.

2014 Programme
announced
One of the many highlights of CAB’s 20th
Anniversary will be the Regional Members’
Meeting to be held at the Concorde
Conference Centre, Manchester on 27
March 2014.
The mini-conference and dinner will both
take place under the wings of a British icon,
the legendary Concorde G-BOAC.

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The dinner will be preceded by a miniconference, which will continue CAB’s
specification theme and amongst the guest
speakers will be Neesha Gopal, Associate
Director of Façade Engineering at Meinhardt
(UK).
The first event in 2014, however, will be
held on Wednesday 12 February, where
CAB will be offering a half day Essential
Business Services series of seminars and a half
day Contractual Awareness seminar at the
Grimstock Country House Hotel located at
Coleshill, Birmingham.
The 9th CAB Technical Conference will
take place at Holywell Park, Loughborough
University on Thursday, 15th May and offers
members topical presentations by leading
industry experts, followed by a Q&A forum.
The AGM and Annual Dinner, will be held
at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield on Thursday
3 July. In addition to the well-attended
annual golf competition, CAB will be offering
alternative daytime activities to non-golfers.

AluK (GB) doors and curtain
walling systems have been supplied
for the refurbishment of an
existing retail unit for Debenhams
at the Withybush Retail Park in
Haverfordwest, Wales. Specified by
Holder Mathias, in collaboration
with Kier Group, AluK’s aluminium
building systems were installed
for the new shop front and display
windows.
“The Debenhams store was the last
phase of a complete refurbishment
of the 7 units at the site, which has
transformed what wa