Door Industry Journal - Winter 2018

32 THE door industry journal winter 2018 Industry News Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Two new appointments at Garador The UK’s leading manufacturer of garage doors, Garador, has just announced Paul Eddleston as their Marketing Manager. Paul joined Garador in 2012 as a Marketing Coordinator and has worked hard to modernise Garador’s approach to marketing with a successful digital marketing strategy and improvements in other areas across the board. Neil Discombe, Garador’s Managing Director commented, “Over the years, Paul has delivered excellent results in his marketing work at Garador and I am delighted to have promoted him to the position of Marketing Manager.” Neil continues, “We endeavour to support the brightest and best in our team and I am confident that with Paul’s efforts we will keep delivering great outcomes in our marketing long into the future.” Neil believes that to have a strong commercial department, it is important for sales and marketing to work in harmony and so Paul will continue to work closely with Garador’s National Sales Manager, Roy Sargant, who has over 25 years’ experience in the garage door industry and outstanding expertise in this field. Following a steady strengthening of sales across Scotland and northern England, Garador has also appointed James McCartney as their new Area Sales Manager. James, who is from Lanarkshire in Scotland, has a solid background in the local building trade, including time with Cheshire Mouldings and Woodturnings, Intatec bathroom, heating and plumbing and with Croydex bathroom hardware products. James will now play a key role in Garador’s plans to develop further growth across Scotland and the North of England. Garador is recognised as one of Britain’s leading garage door manufacturers with its own purpose-built factory and head office in Somerset. It offers a full range of modern and traditional garage doors and front entrance doors for every type of domestic build. Garador was established as part of Westland’s Engineers Limited in 1948, as part of a diversification strategy away from military products. Since manufacturing its first garage door in 1948, Garador has gone from strength to strength, moving to a purpose-built site in 1984 and implementing a continued investment plan to stay at the forefront of modern garage door manufacturing. For more information on Garador and their range of garage doors, please visit www.garador.co.uk Garador Raises Money for Macmillan Cancer Support Garador, recognised for its leadership in the design and manufacture of domestic garage doors, has now shown it can handle oven doors as well! Garador employees recently gave their time to cooking the best possible cakes for a coffee morning to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. The results, including some unique recipes and designs, raised £300 for the charity. The array of cakes on offer was quite incredible with everything from sweet treats like Lemon Drizzle cake through to savouries like delicious home-made sausage rolls. The staff thoroughly enjoyed the event and raised some money for such a worthwhile charity. Organiser, Garador’s George Aldred, said he was very impressed with the culinary talents of his colleagues. “It was a great morning and what could be better than eating cake for a good cause,” he said. Garador’s Paul Eddleston has been appointed Marketing Manager