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Police escort for pressing matter of machine delivery


A state-of-the-art aluminium extrusion press ordered by Garner Aluminium Extrusions, trading as Garnalex, has made its way from Immingham with a police escort. The route for the specialised


heavy haulage took the machinery to its new temporary home at The Firs Works in Heage. The total investment in Garnalex


is £9m to date, including the delivery of the aluminium press, and is planned to increase further. The main body of the machine weighs 170 tons, and the machine is so large it has to be assembled onsite by technicians from the manufacturer’s facility in Germany. Trading at Garnalex is due to start when the equipment is commissioned during August. Garnalex has been formed by


local businessman Roger Hartshorn, having been involved with HL Plastics for over 42 years. He was one of the founders of local company Eurocell PLC, going on to develop the successful Liniar window system and associated


Building Society in line for awards


Hinckley & Rugby Building Society is in the running for a quartet of awards for its savings and mortgages. The mutual is a finalist in


four categories of the Moneyfacts Awards 2019 for Best Building Society Mortgage Provider; Best Notice Account Provider; Best Cash ISA Provider and Best Building Society Savings Provider. Chief Executive Colin Fyfe


said: “For Hinckley & Rugby to be shortlisted in four Moneyfacts Awards categories is a real achievement. It’s the most nominations we’ve had in these prestigious awards. “That the four categories


cover both our savings offer and our mortgage provision shows what an all-round performer Hinckley & Rugby is. Savers and borrowers are, first and foremost, our members and that’s why we strive to serve them.” The winners will be announced at the Tower of London on 11 June.


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product ranges with his team. He retains links with both


companies and intends to develop this relationship by supplying aluminium extrusions to them, among others. The companies he has started now employ over 2,000 people in Amber Valley. The new business already


employs five full-time experienced directors. There is planned further recruitment as the equipment approaches completion, with employees expected to reach 35 by the end of the year. Mr Hartshorn said: “Garnalex is a


really exciting new business and this machine is just the start. The extrusion service will initially supply local companies and then branch out into our own range of products, creating opportunities and employment for local people. “In 2018 the UK consumed


190,000 tons of aluminium extrusions, but only 110,000 tons were produced in the UK. The benefit we will have is speed of response to supply customers from


The Garnalex team with the aluminium press


‘Garnalex is a really exciting new business and this machine is just the start’


a UK source from the highest quality, latest technology SMS low energy plant, within an industry and a customer base that we have supplied for over 30 years. “We plan to install a second machine and specialised paint finishing equipment when we have sufficient space and facilities to


further develop the new business. “I’m delighted we’ve been able


to remain in Derbyshire. The Amber Valley region in particular is a successful location for innovation and development in manufacturing and we’ve attracted some of the best people in the area to join the team.”


Brand new start for recruiters


A leading Midlands recruitment specialist, SF Group, has vowed to ditch all single-use plastic and turn to a more sustainable material – bamboo. In what is believed to be a first for a recruitment


agency in the area, SF Group has made the pledge as it launches its new name, brand and values. Now called SF Recruitment, the company, which


covers the entire Midlands region, has chosen the natural resource of bamboo to represent the values a recruiter needs to be successful and its drive to replace a wide variety of plastics being used throughout the business. The new tagline for SF Recruitment is ‘a natural fit’ –


chosen to highlight the business’ philosophy on finding the perfect match between people and companies. Marketing Director Daniel Meredith said: “Similar to bamboo, successful recruiters need to be strong and flexible. We have made the decision to step forward and be leaders in our field in being environmentally aware. We believe this is an industry first certainly for the region and bamboo is a resource that provides many answers to a number of the world's environmental problems. Our employees speak to hundreds of business decision makers a week, and perhaps we can inspire and influence them to be more actively environmentally aware too. “We didn’t want to just tweak our name and logo,


but closely associate our internal behavioural values, which we work so successfully by, with something meaningful while standing for something pictorially and ethically.” CEO Saira Demmer added: “We believe businesses


need to be more aware of what they do and the effect on their surroundings. It needs a joined-up effort to


Daniel Meredith at the launch of SF Group’s new branding


make any difference. At SF Recruitment, it’s time that we became known for being green by name, but also now green by nature.” There have been big changes for SF Recruitment,


which has Dragons’ Den James Caan as an investor. Last autumn it celebrated reaching 20 years and placing 40,000 professionals throughout the region. It has also expanded, with 120 employees now recruiting across multiple sectors for all sizes of company and across all industries, and now solely focused on the Midlands area.


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