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Team Development & Exploring Innovative Product Ranges

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Team Development & Exploring Innovative Product Ranges

It’s been an interesting month, with a particular focus on our team development: a new people advisor, promoting team success stories and the latest set of prize-winners!

Inside Kortec

Saying A Temporary Goodbye To Rebecca!

Rebecca will be going on maternity leave on the 31/10/2023 and we hope all goes well for her! Rebecca is responsible for accounts administration, debt management and also supports the Client Care team when required – while she is away our new Finance Controller Jodie will be covering any accounts queries.

Change Of People Advisor

A few months ago we introduced our advisor from People Puzzles, Adele MacDonald, who has now decided to take up another permanent HR role – congratulations to her! Adele has done some great work for us this year, bringing a fresh focus to our People strategies and how we care for our team.

We are continuing our growth in this area including a strong focus on wellbeing and awareness of our company values, so as part of that, we were glad to meet with our new contact Ben Birchall. Welcome Ben, and we look forward to what we can continue to build together!

Research & Development - New Potential

This month our Sales & Development team took a trip to Europe to investigate a new and innovative product range. 

Reece and Paul had a riveting time on their trip and have come back with numerous concepts and ideas on how to expand our range further - it's always great to exchange experience and expertise with new contacts especially when the coatings industry is developing all the time!

We look forward to sharing more on this and other developments in the future.

Heroes Of The Month

We are glad to announce the top scorers for our four values (Respect, Innovation, Dynamism and Expertise) for the month of October are:

Congratulations to all who won! 

A Quick Recap

Looking back at our recent LinkedIn updates:

Thank you Andrew Crossland for the invite to Grand Designs Live! It's always great to see our Varlaq products showcased on top-class workmanship. 

Reece and Paul had a great time looking at developments across the market and catching up with some of our key clients - see you next year!

Know of a coatings business for sale?

We’re always on the lookout for new ways to expand our offering and expertise, potentially including acquiring small to medium businesses in coatings-related markets – if you know of anything coming up in this area we would be very glad to hear of it!

Paint Industry News

British Coatings Federation have announced the winners of the 2023 BCF awards - congratulations to Sherwin Williams who has been awarded the Diversity and Inclusion Award! It’s great to see our partnerships achieving great heights within the industry, particularly in this area which is a current focus for Kortec.

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Keep an eye out for our next edition, with more news and updates!

  • PEAK strategy/end of year review.
  • Update on Christmas Opening times

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Jodie Gray

Finance Controller

Describe your background/role....

After working in Finance for all of my career I have had the opportunity to cover all aspects within the accounts function.

My main focus at Kortec is Accounts and Finance as well as striving to improve efficiency, strategy and achieve the long term business goals alongside my colleagues.

What do you enjoy about work?

I enjoy a challenge and the satisfaction when you complete them, as well as working with a great team!

What do you appreciate about Kortec?

The team culture, peer support and values.

What are your personal interest?

I love spending time with family, friends and dog. I also enjoy cooking and reading a good book.