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Proctor Group supports construction academy training apprentice roofers
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collaboration between Proctor Group and one of the north-east’s leading independent training providers is helping
to share knowledge about up-to-date roofi ng products and practices. Optimum Skills Ltd, based in Gateshead, operates three construction academies
training young people in slating, tiling and fl at roofi ng (as well as bricklaying, joinery and groundworks). They work with all major roofi ng contractors in the north-east, helping apprentices through pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programmes. Collaboration with construction product manufacturers is a unique aspect of their approach. Proctor Group is working with Optimum Skills on an ongoing basis, donating rolls of their BBA-certifi ed air permeable underlay, Proctor Air®, and delivering a mix of theory and practical sessions to the apprentice intake. “As an independent training provider, we
have the fl exibility to off er something diff erent,” said Rachel Armstrong, Partnerships Manager at Optimum Skills. “The number of apprentices in pitched roofi ng is so high, and we really appreciate the willingness of companies like Proctor Group to support and celebrate what we’re doing.” Giving apprentice roofers the chance to get hands on with the latest products is essential to developing their knowledge, and giving them the chance to share what they learn with their colleagues on site. “I’m very against ‘death by PowerPoint’!” said James Brown, roofi ng tutor at Optimum Skills, who is developing the course. “We’re tradespeople, we want to be hands on. When
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Vent-Axia has published an eBook ‘A Guide to Meeting Part O with Confi dence’. Aimed at UK housebuilders, the publication provides guidance on overheating, helping to identify solutions that balance comfort, compliance, and performance. As new residential properties have become more thermally effi cient, to improve energy effi ciency and reduce carbon emissions to help meet
the 2050 Net-Zero target, they are increasingly prone to overheating. Recognising the seriousness of the issue, the UK government introduced Approved Document O of the Building Regulations in 2021. Vent-Axia’s eBook aims to provide an understanding of the regulation and how and when ventilation can be applied to help mitigate overheating.
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Proctor Group demonstrate the bubbler that shows how air passes through the Proctor Air underlay, you see faces light up.” Keira Proctor, managing director at Proctor
Group, commented: “We’re delighted to support Optimum Skills in their mission and looking forward to delivering more sessions about physics in roofs. As a fourth-generation family business, nobody understands better than Proctor Group the importance of passing on knowledge and skills to the construction professionals of the future.”
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www.proctorgroup.com Reginox UK announces National Sales Manager
Reginox UK has announced Jessica Hitch as its new national sales manager. Jessica joins the business from luxury tile and home interiors brand Fired Earth, where she headed up specifi cation sales for commercial and residential projects for 12 years. Jessica, who will also serve as area sales manager for the South East and London, steps into a role held by Rebekah Tomkinson, who has left Reginox after 12 years to pursue a long-
held ambition to work in education. Dave Mayer, Reginox UK commercial director, says: “Jessica’s experience in specifi cation sales, and contract and project management, will be invaluable as we continue to build on the excellent work we’ve done in this sector, particularly over the past 10 years.”
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