NEWS Latest new members to join BHETA


Water filter and water purification company, Aquaphor has joined BHETA. A leading manufacturer of drinking water filters, filter jugs and whole house filters and softeners as well as a host of commercial filtration solutions, Aquaphor UK is based in Reading. It employs over 1,000 people in total, owns six manufacturing plants in Estonia and Israel and supplies product throughout the world.


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brand, Oregon has also joined BHETA. Known primarily for its long history in saw chains and professional grade precision cutting-tools, the company’s portfolio of brands now spans across an extensive product range for forestry, lawn and garden care, including concrete cutting and finishing. The Oregon Saw Chain Manufacturing Corporation was founded in 1947 with four employees and one product. Today, Oregon Tools UK is part of Oregon Tool, Inc, a corporation


Holden Décor Wallpaper MD joins BHETA DIY committee


Managing Director of Holden Décor Wallpaper, Neil Duerden has joined BHETA’s DIY and Garden committee. Duerden has over 25 years’ experience within the UK, European & US DIY industry, specifically in decorative paint, wallpaper, tiles and adhesives. Duerden is already a familiar face at BHETA, having been a regular contributor to BHETA Credit Forums in previous roles. Prior to joining Holden earlier this year, he spent seven years


as Sales Director of Gorilla Glue, helping to build what was then an unknown US brand into a market-leader in the adhesives and tapes categories. Holden Décor


Wallpaper, which has recently become a BHETA member is a specialist in premium quality wallcoverings. Its Darwen-based UK studio designs innovative wallcoverings following the latest home furnishing trends in colour, pattern and texture. The company is part of the Grandeco European Wallpaper Group.


with more than 3,000 employees and thousands of products. Another new BHETA member is paints and coatings company, Sherwin-Williams. It has one of the industry’s most recognised portfolios of branded products, including Valspar, Purdy and Ronseal.


Private label Sherwin-


Williams branded products are also sold exclusively through a chain of more than 4,438 company operated stores and facilities in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and


BHETA’s Stax meet the buyer event a great success


BHETA’s meet the buyer event with Stax Trade Centres which took place last month has been deemed a great success by both buyers and suppliers. A speed networking event, it allowed potential suppliers to meet with key garden and home improvement / DIY buyers in timed 20 minute appointments. Simon Wright, Commercial


Director at Stax said that this was of the most productive events of its kind and that his buying team were genuinely pleased


Latin America. Additional brands are sold through leading mass merchandisers, DIY stores, independent paint dealers, hardware stores, automotive retailers, and industrial distributors in North America, Europe, China, Australia and New Zealand. Sherwin-Williams has over 60,000 employees worldwide and also supplies a range of products for the construction, industrial, packaging and transportation markets in more than 120 countries around the world.


at the opportunities identified with suppliers. On the supplier side, Nigel Wheeler, Managing Director of Aquaphor described the event as “a great way to witness a refreshing approach to the buyer/seller relationship first hand!” Robert Winstanley, Director of Sales at Gleener said: “This was a really engaging way of getting our product range in front of a key buyer with no interruptions. As a relatively new brand to the market the help and support BHETA has given is fantastic and will go such a long way to helping establish Gleener as a new innovative brand in the home categories. I am pleased to say that our products, strategy and company were well


Iconic cleaning technology brand Kärcher is another company to join BHETA. Founded in 1935 by Alfred Kärcher, the company has a history of innovation with over 1,000 employees in research and development alone, hundreds of active patents and a worldwide reputation of new product launches.


The company has over 13,000 employees in 120 companies and seventy countries. Over 50,000 service outlets supply customers all over the world.


received. I look forward to other events like this!” Sharon Foster, Head of UK Sales, MPL Home added: “I was really impressed with the ‘meet the buyer’ event. It was a unique way to connect with the buying teams and discuss new and exciting opportunities and it gives the buyers an opportunity to meet new suppliers in a short but informative way.”


PEOPLE NEWS


Promotion for Peter Clayton to Group Sales and Marketing Director at Centurion Europe


Centurion Europe has announced that Peter Clayton has been promoted to the position of Sales and Marketing Director for the group of companies with immediate effect.


Clayton joined the company in September 2012 and has made


a massive contribution, starting as Area Sales Manager for Centurion, he quickly adapted to his new role and by September the following year was promoted to Key Account Manager for the Spectrum Industrial brand and then in 2016 was promoted to Head of Sales and more recently also became responsible for sales of Visual Group as well as Spectrum.


Paul Kantecki, Managing Director said: “Peter is a huge asset to the Centurion Group and this promotion is well- deserved. He has a great blend of knowledge across all three of the companies within the group.”


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Richard Claxton GP joins the Greenfingers Board of Trustees


The Greenfingers Charity’s Board of Trustees has further expanded with the inclusion of Richard Claxton, GP and therapeutic garden designer.


Claxton, who trained at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals Medical School has specialised in both


paediatrics and general practice medicine. After a long career that has spanned over 25 years, Claxton has now retrained as a garden designer, and specialises in creating garden spaces that focus heavily on the mental and physical wellbeing that gardening provides as well as placing biodiversity and the integration of wildlife at the heart of the garden. Talking about this new role, Claxton said: “I couldn’t be happier to be appointed as a Trustee of Greenfingers. As a charity it’s the perfect fit for me; harnessing the importance of nature through special gardens for children, their families and the hospice staff to spend precious time within.”


Toby Peacock is crowned Screwfix Top Tradesperson 2022


Toby Peacock, a Cambridge electrician, has proved he is the brightest spark and has been officially announced as the winner of Screwfix Top Tradesperson 2022. Peacock, 26, was presented with the award during Screwfix Live, held


at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, earlier this year. The electrician walks away with the prestigious title and ultimate trade bundle consisting of £10,000 worth of tools, £5,000 worth of technology and £5,000 towards future training. Taking part in the final against nine other high-calibre tradespeople from across the UK and Ireland, Peacock faced a panel of esteemed industry experts. Peacock was a stand-out winner, speaking to the judges openly about his own personal struggles with mental health and how that has driven him to want to become an advocate for mental health in the trade industry.


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