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Community News Plus Finance marks its 21 st Birthday Steve Pullen and Nicki Matthews started Plus Finance 21 years ago to specialise in financing fit-out and furniture. Nicki Matthews, Director at Plus Finance said: “I can’t quite believe that it’s been 21 years since Steve and I started Plus Finance. We had no idea what was ahead of us - thank goodness! - but I’m immensely proud of everything our team has achieved over that time. Today definitely feels like a milestone. It’s been an amazing 21 years and I’m thankful for everything we’ve experienced. I’m looking forward to celebrating Plus’s 21st birthday over the next 12 months. Thanks to everyone for your support”. www.plusfinance.co.uk CGR crowned winners of FIS Fit Out World Cup To celebrate theWorld Cup, FIS hosted its own Fit Out World Cup Tournament for members and the wider community earlier this month at Sutton Coldfield Town Football Club. The event raised a fantastic £1,200 for the Lighthouse Club, a Construction Industry Charity that provides emotional, physical and financial wellbeing support to construction workers and their families. Eight teams took part in the competition, battling it out in seven, ten-minute matches to produce the top two teams. Midlands Mafia (DCL) and CGR (CG Reynolds) went through to the final game, with CGR holding on to their early goal and winning 1-0. A huge thanks to everyone that took part, and congratulations to CGR on lifting the Fit Out World Cup! You can see more pictures of the day on the FIS Facebook page. www.lighthouseclub.org 28 www.thefis.org RobPowell, CGR teamcaptain accepting the trophy fromFISChief Executive, IainMcIIwee A successful night for FIS members at the CMA awards The Construction Marketing Awards showcase the construction industry’s creativity, innovation and effectiveness in marketing. It was a great night for FIS members Etex (Refresh PR), Pexhurst and James Latham who all won awards. Best use of Content Marketing - Winner Etex (Refresh PR) Melanie Davies, Market Manager: Demand Generation and Head of Marcomms at Etex said: “This was the category I really wanted to win! I am very proud of team Etex and team Refresh Public Relations. Great work, great ideas, and great execution comes from great teamwork”. Best Contractor Marketing Campaign and Best Budget Campaign –Winner Pexhurst Pexhurst won ‘Best Contractor Marketing Campaign’ and ‘Best Budget Campaign’ for its 45th Anniversary Campaign. Nick Tagliarini, Director at Pexhurst said: “We are thrilled to have won and are extremely proud of TeamMarketing for this amazing achievement in taking home two of the most prestigious awards in built environment marketing! Big thanks to our partners at Fabrick.” Best Distributor Marketing Campaign and Best Big Budget Campaign (£50K+) - Winner James Latham Stuart Devoil, Group Head of Marketing at James Latham said: “We’re proud to be winners in the Best Big Budget Campaign and Best Distributor Campaign categories for our Digital Showroom and Carbon Calculator respectively, as well as highly commended in the Best Use of Website Category for our Digital Showroom platform. “Marketing is a team effort, and a huge amount of work went into the projects that we were recognised for. Thank you to the very talented people at The Think Tank London, Cyon Agency, Ginger Digital, and Feed Me Content for their exceptional work. Also, everyone in the Latham’s team who worked on the projects and helped to bring them to life.” www.pexhurst.co.uk www.etex-bp.co.uk www.refreshpr.co.uk www.lathamtimber.co.uk aask us expands business with key hires aask us, has appointed two new starters to support its business growth. Daniel Bird joins as Production Supervisor to help increase capacity and productivity at its Bicester- based facility, while Kelly Palmer joins as Sales Office Support to help with the increase in sales. Kelly will help handle client enquiries and process orders alongside Tanya Chulova and Beverly Cammidge. aask us is also pleased to announce Kelly Walton will be returning to the company following her maternity leave. www.aask.us Daniel Bird, Production Supervisor Kelly Palmer, Sales Office Support (L-R) Andy Mudie, Melanie Davies and Elizabeth Zbaraska celebrating winning an award Members of the Pexhurst team winning two prestigious awards