BUSINESS NEWS
Air conditioning firm on the move
BY FRED BROMWICH
Whether it’s blowing hot or cold – it’s always fair weather at a Birmingham company, which has almost 50 years of experience in the air- conditioning and refrigeration sector. If it’s too hot, then Braywhite &
Co Ltd is able to provide the equipment to keep you cool. And if you’re feeling the cold, they can install the units to keep you warm. Now, on the back of increased
orders over the last few years, Braywhite is about to move from 11,000 sq ft of office and workshop space in Perry Barr, on the edge of the city centre, to larger premises on a trading estate in Duddeston. When the move is completed, it is expected that the company will be seeking to recruit additional experienced service, maintenance and install engineers.
‘Developed specific expertise in all areas of commercial air conditioning and commercial refrigeration’
Managing director Faisal Lone said that Braywhite was established in 1967 to provide specification, design, installation and maintenance services to both commercial and residential clients based within Birmingham and the Midlands area. Today, its client base has
extended to include contracts for West Midlands Police, Jaguar Land Rover, National Motorcycle Museum, hotel chains, hospitals and educational establishments. “During our years of continuous
operation we have developed specific expertise in all areas of commercial air conditioning and commercial refrigeration, as well as providing environmental control systems for computer rooms, and residential air conditioning for a domestic clientele,” he added. In order to facilitate the
implementation of drawing designs, the company also uses advanced computer-aided design software, enabling it to work effectively in unison with mechanical service consultants, architects and the end user. Over the last few years, there has
been an increasing demand amongst the residential marketplace for air conditioning units and systems – an area where Braywhite & Co Ltd provides its domestic clients with complete design and installation solutions.
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NEC reports record level of conference business
T
he National Exhibition Centre (NEC) has reported a record level
growth in 2014/15 for its conference and live events business. Conference revenue increased by
43 per cent year-on-year, whilst revenue from larger ‘experiential’ live events increased by 47 per cent. Adrian Evans, director of
conference and live at the NEC, said: “We are absolutely staggered by the level of growth we achieved in 2014/15. Our biggest challenge has been to raise the profile of the NEC as a conference venue but with 186,000 feet of covered space and 160 acres of hard standing ground we have the flexibility to host any kind of event no matter what size.” “We have worked hard to ensure
that our products and prices are in line with the demands of our clients and we are thrilled with the results.” The NEC said it has been given a
challenging growth target for 2015/16, but is already exceeding budgets in the first quarter in both the exhibition and conference live business areas.
Going for growth: Adrian Evans, the NEC’s director of conference and live
‘The opening of Resorts World at the NEC site would play a key role in the continued success of the NEC’s conference and live business’
Mr Evans said that the opening
of Resorts World, the UK’s first integrated leisure and entertainment complex, at the NEC site would play a key role in the continued success of the NEC’s conference and live business. He said: “Resorts World it set to
make the NEC a 24/7 destination which we are confident will make the NEC even more attractive to potential clients. This, coupled with the recent acquisition of the NEC Group by LDC, makes it an exciting time for our venue and we are looking forward to the next chapter.”
Chamber owl has the wit to woo
The time is ticking... as ‘Tick-Tock’, the Chamber’s owl, nears completion in readiness for The Big Hoot, a giant art exhibition set to descend on Birmingham this summer. ‘Tick-Tock’, being created by illustrator and painter
Illona Clark, will be unveiled shortly and at the end of the summer 100 owls – being positioned in various city locations – will be auctioned off with all proceeds going to Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
‘The Big Hoot will see the individually-designed 5ft 5inches tall owl statues appearing throughout the city’
Illona, who trained in graphic design and illustration at Norwich University of the Arts, currently works in a library making large-scale paper murals for children. She uses varying combinations of pen and ink drawings, photography, paint – and imagination – to create unique mechanical flying pigs, lost robots, shy aliens, book- loving dragons and, now, an owl that shares its clockwork heart with one of her storybook characters, a little robot named Bobot. Presented by public art specialists,
Wild in Art, in partnership with Birmingham Children’s Hospital, The Big Hoot will see the individually-designed 5ft
Illona Clark prepares the Chamber’s owl for The Big Hoot
5inches tall owl statues appearing throughout the city over a ten-week period from Monday, 20 July. Louise McCathie, director of fundraising at
Birmingham Children’s Hospital, said: “What’s wonderful is that The Big Hoot will also make tourists out of lots of Brummies who may never have explored the magnificent beauty and heritage of our city.”
To find out more about the project, visit
www.thebighoot.co.uk
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