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FEBRUARY 2016 PRO INSTALLER
PRO PRODUCTS
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National Plastics’ annual conference
celebrates company’s achievements
National Plastics’ annual company conference at Celtic Manor
Resort on 9 January 2016 was a mixture of fun and business with
an overall message of celebration following another successful
year for the UK’s largest independent trade counter network.
Over 100 representatives
from National Plastics’
depots attended the day’s
events at Celtic Manor
Resort with many of them
joined by their partners
for the gala dinner in the
evening, when numbers
swelled to nearly 200.
The gala dinner was the culmination of the day’s events and
celebrated the highest achieving
depots in the network.
The highest growth depot was
awarded to the Cheltenham depot,
and highest sales to the Swansea
depot. The highest profit contribution was by the Pyle depot and top
average sales were in the Wales depots. Depot of the Year was Portsmouth with the ru nner up being
Swansea. The biggest prize of the
day was the draw to win a brand
new Ford Fiesta 1.2 car. This was
a national competition where any
depot or regional manager who
achieved a sales target got a single
raffle ticket and entered into the
draw. The lucky winner was
Gareth Edwards from the Merthyr
Tydfil’s depot who was handed the
keys to his new car.
Earlier in the day there had
been a key supplier exhibition,
which gave people the chance to
meet representatives from National Plastics’ suppliers. Delegates
had then attended the conference
itself, where Geoff Foster, National Plastics’ Managing Director,
and his team presented a review
of 2015 and unveiled plans for
2016.
Throughout the day, there were
opportunities to relax like a
Scalextric competition and a golf
competition. One key supplier,
Floplast, ran a competition to win
£9 million to its turnover in the
past few years. 2015 was another
bumper year for the company and
with plans to take the total number of stores to 50 by the end of
2017, 2016 looks set to be a good
year too.
www.nationalplastics.co.uk
LAUNCH OF
NEW ONLINE
COMMUNITY
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wards
off
winter
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Developed and proven
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Its design combines dry
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waterproof seams that prevent moisture penetration.
Snickers’ winter jackets,
trousers and accessories
provide European Standard
EN343 protection against
foul weather - not just
a 40” television, won by Craig
Bailey from National Plastics’ Tamworth store.
National Plastics’ company
conference is an opportunity for
the company to thank its staff and
suppliers – and there has been
plenty to thank them for in recent
years. The company has added
How about going to
your day’s work wearing
‘hi-vis camo’ workwear?
That’s a top idea for the
month on a new online
community.
the fabric but the entire
make-up of the garments
- to ensure outstanding
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comfort however bad the
weather is.
Visit the website at www.
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call the Snickers Helpline
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‘will keep
you dry and
working well
when the
weather is
at its worst’
The Hultafors Group has
launched the community –
MyCrowdCraft – in which
Hultafors is continuing its
mission to make sure trades
people get the most and
best out of their workday.
MyCrowdCraft is a wholly
interactive forum where
news and views can be
discussed and exchanged.
The month’s best idea or
discussion topic will be
recognised and rewarded
with prizes from Hultafors
Group.
David Clark, MD of the
group in the UK said:
“MyCrowdCraft is a community in which we want
to increase discussion and
interaction between the
Hultafors Group brands
with professional tradesmen
and women around the
world.
“Posts and dialogue can
cover everything – directly
or indirectly - to do with
working on site. From
training and skills development to how to stay safe,
healthy and strong, through
product design, usage and
improvements, to how we
can expand our services to
better support our users.”
The overall concept is that
professionals or DIY users
face challenges every day
and often find their own
solutions. These solutions
could most likely be improved further or commercialised.
Recent discussions on the
forum include the best kind
of stabilisers for leaning
ladders, hi-vis precision
gloves, the optimal length
of a folding rule and ‘better
looking’ hammers (one contributor asked for a ‘flower
power’ hammer). Also on
the agenda was information
on sharpening tools, and
interchangeable outer knee
protection.
Register and share your
creative ideas at www.
mycrowdcraft.com