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News - December 2007

Manchester – Mark Willoughby was appointed branch manager in October 2007. Mark joined Orion Trent for just over 2 years ago as a sales executive and prior to that worked for Protec, another member of SIG 

He is joined at Manchester by Lisa Keeling, area sales executive and Kym Abbott, who replaces Chris Nicholls as the acoustic sales representative.
 
Chris Nicholls has been appointed as the Regional Acoustic Manager responsible for training and managing the acoustic representatives in the northern region. He is also taking responsibility for recruiting and training acoustic representatives at Orion Trent Branches in the southern region.
 
Burton – Louise Philpotts has joined the team as the new Acoustic Sales Executive, this is her first position in the construction industry and she is very keen to compliment the existing team at Burton through success in this specialist field.
 
Bradford – Chris Damant has taken on the role of acoustics manager at the Orion Trent Bradford – Chris has been with Orion for over 15 years and is keen to build on what has been a very successful acoustic performance at this depot.
 
Sheffield – a similar picture at Sheffield where the very experienced Mick Wragg who has been with Orion Trent for many years has become the acoustic manager at this branch. Mick’s knowledge and expertise will be invaluable as Orion Trent look to grow acoustic sales in the Sheffield area.
 
Bristol – Nigel Fish has joined the Bristol team as External Sales Representative, Nigel has many years experience in the industry most recently with Jewson


News - June 2007

Following recent management reorganisation, Richard Walker has been appointed Operations Director for Orion Trent; building on his existing regional role in the north Richard will have responsibility for implementing the new IT system into Orion as well as restructuring the external sales management process throughout the group.


News - April 2007

Neil Drinkwater appointed Dry Lining Manager at Manchester
Neil Drinkwater has been appointed Dry Lining Manager at Orion Manchester. Neil joins us from Knauf Drywall and so has the ideal experience to advise and guide new and existing customers around innovative dry lining solutions.

Thermafleece arrives at Manchester
The Manchester depot is also now a distributor of Thermafleece manufactured by Second Nature, made from wool it is a natural fibre from a fully renewable source, consequently the life cycle of the product has an ideal energy balance.


News - February 2007

Manchester branch extends car parking facilities
Orion Trent at Manchester has extended the car parking facilities at the branch to create more space for customer parking, allowing easier access to the trade counter and ensuring a safe environment for the loading and unloading of vehicles.

 
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