KIRKLEES BUSINESS NEWS Daniele Graham
Faith PR BIRSTALL-based Faith PR has welcomed a junior designer to its team. Danielle Graham (pictured) joins the agency where she will be working across all accounts to provide creative support in areas such as branding, newsletters and corporate brochures. She is currently on her placement year from Huddersfield University where she is studying for a degree in graphic design. Ms Graham brings a range of experience from working with Radicon Transmission, a leading supplier of custom-engineered gear boxes, as well as freelancing in design. She said: “I am extremely excited to be a part of this great team and very much look forward to what the future brings at Faith PR. “To join at this stage while the agency is still relatively small presents me with a real opportunity to develop and grow. “I am looking forward to the challenges ahead and the chance to work with such a broad range of clients in both the B2B and consumer sectors. “I believe I will be able to use the skills I have gained through university and enhance them in my role here.” Faith PR founder and director, Stefanie Hopkins said: “Danielle is joining the team at an exciting time as our PR and communications offer continues to expand to cater for the design requirements of our growing portfolio of regional and national clients. “Danielle’s experience in graphic design will prove a valuable addition and I can see real potential in her abilities and the contribution she will make to our clients and the team.” Danielle’s appointment follows the company’s recent relocation to new larger offices at Centre 27 Business Park to accommodate the rapidly expanding team.
Peter Harper & Steve Price
Polyseam SEALANTS and adhesives manufacturer Polyseam has appointed Peter Harper (top) and Steve Price (also pictured) as sales executives. Mr Harper and Mr Price bring with them more than 40 years knowledge and experience of the sealants market and have been given the task of opening up new opportunities and markets for the Aspley-based firm. Polyseam chief executive Kjetil Bogstad said: “We are delighted that Peter and Steve have joined the company and their knowledge and experience will undoubtedly help take our business to the next level. There are a lot of exciting developments in the pipeline for the next six months and this is just the first step.” Mr Price, a former key accounts manager at Soudal, takes up the role of UK sales manager with Polyseam, which is based at Shaw Park, Silver Street. Mr Harper is a former area sales manager from Bostik. Polyseam has been developing and making sealants and adhesives for the own-brand market for 20 years and employs more than 30 people. The company is known for a range of sealants, collars, wraps and boards that help to ensure that new builds and refurbished properties meet requirements for air, sound and fire insulation. Polyseam is also market leader in that field in Northern Europe.
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It’s celebration time for Fusion A COMPANY providing IT support and advice has marked 10 years in business. Fusion IT was founded in 2003 by managing director Jamie Watson – since when the firm has expanded to employ 13 people, including a dedicated development team and boast an impressive list of clients. Said Jamie: “The last three years has been very challenging for many UK businesses and Fusion are pleased to have been able to work with local and national businesses – helping them become more efficient and able to work in a way that matched their evolving requirements. “During the last 10 years, we have had to adapt to ever-changing technologies and it is this flexibility and commitment to delivering exceptional service for all our clients which has been key to our success.” The company and its employees celebrated with a party at the firm’s Edgerton offices. Fusion IT shares the same building as Ramsdens Solicitors. Paul Joyce, managing partner at Ramsdens, said: "It is great to be able to celebrate business success – especially in the current market – from a company created locally in Huddersfield, which employs local people and now operates on a national basis.
■ IT CROWD: Jamie Watson (far right), managing director of Fusion IT, celebrates with colleagues and guests at the firm's 10th anniversary party Jim Houston, service manager at Fusion, said: “I have been with Fusion since 2008 and have seen so many changes within the industry. “At Fusion, we are at the forefront of Cloud technology and VOIP telephony
and we want to keep pioneering new technology and making it work for our clients!” Fusion supports a number of local charities and raised more than £400 at its birthday party for The Laura Crane Trust.
He’s making a meal of things AWARD-winning ice cream producer Yummy Yorkshire has showcased its produce at a meal celebrating the benefits of wind energy attended by chef and broadcaster Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. The Great British Wind Meal event, which took place at the chef’s River Cottage Plymouth Canteen, was organised by RenewableUK and energyshare to showcase products where the ingredients come from sources powered by the wind. Alongside a talk about the importance of wind power to farmers and food producers, a three-course meal, featuring Yummy Yorkshire’s vanilla ice cream as part of the
desert, was served to the 50 guests. Yummy Yorkshire installed a wind turbine in 2012 with the aim of providing all of the electricity needed to power Delph House Farm, Denby Dale, where the firm’s 50-strong Friesian Holstein herd is based. Jeremy Holmes, of Yummy Yorkshire, said: “We are delighted to have been invited to be part of the ‘Great British Wind Meal’ showcasing the best food and drink from the British countryside produced with the help of the wind. “We are in a windy spot at Delph House Farm and installing a wind turbine made sense to reduce our carbon footprint and boost our income.”
■ ICE MAN: Yummy Yorkshire’s Jeremy Holmes (left) and chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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■ CLOSE SHAVE: Duncan Smith, of Clough and Company, bids goodbye to his beard after 40 years
AN ACCOUNTANT from Cleckheaton-based Clough & Company has shaved off his moustache and beard for the first time in 40 years as he joined 12 of his colleagues who reached for the razors as ‘Movember’ drew to a close. Duncan Smith initially promised to remove his facial hair if he raised £500 for the charity, but he managed to almost double this raising nearly £1,000. Combined with his colleague’s efforts the total raised by Clough &
Company is now more than £2,600. The accounts manager said: “This was my way of participating in Movember, but I never expected it to generate so much support. “I was certainly apprehensive because I’d had the beard and moustache for such a long time but my colleagues had bought me a razor and shaving foam and even my wife came into the office to see whether I’d go through with it so there was no backing out.”
He said: “It’s fantastic to raise such a significant amount of money for a great cause, so it’s definitely well worth it. Everyone’s been very complimentary about my new look, so I don’t know whether I’ll grow another beard –although I certainly feel the cold more than I did before!” Movember is a global charity that encourages men to grow moustaches during November to raise funds and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer and mental health.