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Success Builds and Builds for Space Contracts Team
substantial surge in orders that’s with Stena, Premier Oil, Marathon, throughout the project and the
seen it exceed its annual sales Taqa, BG Group and Petrofac. security of a guaranteed cost.
targets within four months. A series Mark said while Space Solutions’ “This has been a particularly
of major contract wins, fuelled by excellent reputation and potent tool for us. Clients are
the success of the division’s commitment to deliver projects on welcoming the opportunity to know
specialist procurement services, time were key, he believes the major exactly how and where their money
has seen the 13-man team pull in factor behind the success is their is being spent. In these challenging
£6.3 million worth of business. innovative approach to budgeting times, where every penny is a
The bumper order book means the and work planning. prisoner, this is clearly a major
Contracts Division is already He said, “Before the recession factor. As well as our open-book
£1.5million ahead of its annual took hold, the main concern from tender approach, the one-stop-shop
budget forecast after the first four clients was timescales, mainly to offering is of significant benefit to
months of its financial year, with that ask questions on how long it would our clients. Having an in-house
figure expected to grow as further take to complete a job. design team, we can offer design,
new contracts are secured over the Now, although this is still very contracting and relocation services,
remainder of the year. important, the emphasis has very providing one point of contact for
The division, lead by Contracts much moved to focus closely on the project delivery. This means we
Director Mark Wilson and including cost considerations. We have can start work on-site before the
The Aberdeen-based contracts a team of quantity surveyors and adapted to this change by final designs are completed,
division of Space Solutions, one of project managers, has won a raft of implementing an ‘open-book’ reducing lead-in times and
Scotland’s leading workplace work with leading North East of tender approach. It means that therefore reducing the overall
design specialist, is celebrating a Scotland clients, including projects clients get total transparency project duration.”
The Tile Association Speaks
SEE A CANVAS,
for the Industry
NOT JUST
A KITCHEN
because of impassable
A new concept in kitchen
roads, and
design is set to revolutionise the
• Tile consumer cannot get to
look and feel of the heart of the
retail outlets for the same
home. It will allow you to truly
reasons.
personalise your space and make
your kitchen totally 'you.'
Exclusive to Magnet in the UK
In effect our industry has been
for 2010, this brand new design
brought to a stop. The Tile
concept called 'MagnetMe' allows
Association would like to call on kitchens to be truly personalised
Government to completely review by printing favourite images,
its current contingency planning
designs or photographs direct onto
on severe weather to ensure that:
the cabinet doors.
•Local authorities have sufficient
Customers can choose from a
salt and grit levels for several
wide range of stock images or
weeks of severe weather,
upload their own photographs to a
virtual online kitchen and create
together with a system to
the perfect personalised design.
supplement levels when they fall
Whether it be children, pets,
to critical levels
favourite food or even yourself, find
•Public transport operates in all an image or design that truly
weather conditions brings your kitchen to life like
•Schools remain open
never before. MagnetMe images
We also consider that specialist
are printed on to Neve cabinets
funding should also be available to
fronts, but can be used to accent
support small businesses that are
any kitchen range including Studio
The Tile Association is lobbying represents just under badly affected by extreme weather.
White and Urban Gloss Noir.
A three-step-laser process,
Ian Lucas MP, Minister for £1billion per annum. The current crisis comes fast on
which takes place in Italy, ensures
Business and Regulatory Reform Following weeks of bad weather the heels of the worst recession for
that the images are scratch
about the lack of planning for our industry has lost £millions per many years which has also badly
resistant and durable. And like all
severe weather and to inform the day because affected our member companies, Magnet kitchens, Magnet Me units
government of just how much this • Staff cannot get to work through and is such that it could cause come with a 15 year cabinet and
is costing our industry. This is a road closures more tile industry businesses to
one year frontal guarantee.
summary of the issues facing us: • Staff cannot get to work through close or fail. A situation that is
All personalised MagnetMe
“The Tile Association is the trade lack of public transport simply not acceptable. TTA is
cabinets come with a plain
association that represents • Staff cannot get to work looking forward to hearing that
replacement door frontal in
manufacturers, suppliers and because their children’s schools Government is looking at ways to
case you ever want to
de-personalise the kitchen,
contractors in the wall and floor tile are closed ensure that measures are set in
for example if moving home.
industry. The Association has just • Tile contractors and suppliers place to prevent this situation
over 600 members whose turnover cannot get to their customers arising again.
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