TWO employees at Classic Hardware in Leeds, which
is owned by Jackson Building Centres, have been awarded with
specialist diplomas by the Guild of Architectural Ironmongery at a
prestigious awards luncheon at The Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington,
London.
The annual luncheon, which took place on Thursday 1 November, is the
highlight in the Guild’s calendar and is a chance to celebrate the
excellence of its training and education programmes with the
presentation of the Guild Diploma to all students who complete their
level 1, 2 and 3 exams. This year’s VIP guest speaker was former
cabinet minister, the Rt Hon John Redwood.
Among this year’s recipients were Neil Furness, assistant branch
manager and Claire Furness, accounts supervisor of Classic Hardware
in Leeds, which specialises in the sale of ironmongery products.
Both Neil and Claire came top in the country in their level 1 and 2
exams.
Neil said;” I am delighted to have completed level 2 of the diploma,
and I am looking forward to completing level 3 next year. The
qualification has proved very useful, as I now have a good level of
technical competence which has enabled me to offer our customers
professional advice about our range of ironmongery products.”
Claire said: “I am really delighted to have received my certificate,
it makes all the hard work and effort worthwhile, and coming top in
the country for level 1 is an achievement that I’m particularly
proud of.”
Classic Hardware Limited is a distributor of ironmongery products to
house builders in the Yorkshire and East Midlands area and has been
under Jackson Building Centre’s operation since April 2007.
Email:
nick.hann@isgplc.com