Appointments: Cheadle Glass gets new MD; Brandspace appoints CEO
STOCKPORT glass specialist, Cheadle Glass, has appointed Gerard Hickie as managing director.
Hickie has been brought in by the board to deliver the next stage of the company’s development as it enters its 43rd year. Owner Keith Flowers takes up the new position of chairman.
A qualified engineer, Hickie also holds a post graduate degree in business administration and has more than twenty years’ experience in consumer goods and manufacturing.
He said: “Cheadle Glass has a strong track record of delivering quality glass products and glazing services through a highly skilled and dedicated workforce. I am excited to have the opportunity to grow the business further, part of which will involve expanding our area of operations beyond the North West.”
Cheadle Glass has its origins in the domestic glazing market. It is also a major processor of glass and has a commercial glazing division.
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BRANDSPACE Group has appointed Paul Soanes as its new CEO.
The Wilmslow-based group, which was previously known as Promotion Space, sells advertising space for specialist displays in shopping centres, airports and other venues.
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t is backed by private equity firm Octopus, and in the year to March 31 it declared a pre-tax loss of £951,000 on sales of £5.5m.
Mr Soanes replaces the outgoing Steve Hughes, who has left the group to pursue other interests.
He said: “On behalf of everybody at Brandspace, I would like to take the opportunity thank Steve and we wish him well for the future.
“The hard work of the team has put us in the very enviable position of being the UK’s leading shoping mall commercialisation specialist, as well as the leading out of home provider of experiential media, which represents some fantastic opportunities for our future.
“To that end, we have a very clear strategy to increase our media portfolio and to deliver growth opportunities to our venue partners. This will be supported by investment in key areas that will maintain our growth and, we believe, further the success story of Brandspace.”
Soanes was the founder of the Brandspace business, which was acquired by Wilmslow-based Promotion Space in March 2008, although the group was later renamed.
