News in Brief: Freeth Cartwright; Veka; and more
LAW firm Freeth Cartwright has advised Bedfordshire-based magazine printer Polestar Group on the sale of its Hungarian division, Révai Nyomda, to Infopress Group for an undisclosed sum.
Polestar prints a large number of national newspaper colour supplements and 23 of the UK’s top 40 magazines including Hello, Cosmopolitan and Grazia.
Corporate commercial partner at Manchester-based Freeth Cartwright, John McMuldroch, said: “Polestar Group has been a client of ours for over 20 years. This was a complicated deal involving parties from right across Europe. The Manchester office was well placed to advise given its growing international strength and expertise.
“This sale enables Polestar to continue investing in its core businesses within the UK.”
Hovarth & Partners DLA Piper advised Infopress Group on the deal.
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DELTA Plastics has landed a contract to fit 600 windows made at Veka’s plant in Burnley into the first “passive housing” estate built in the UK.
The estate, in Dorset, is based on a German concept where houses are triple-glazed and heated purely through body heat and that given off by possessions.
Delta’s MD Philip Chick said: “We have worked with Lomand Homes, the developer, on several smaller jobs in the past and they were always pleased with the quality of our materials and workmanship. It was on this basis that they asked us to tender for the project.
“The development is still in progress and, to date, we have fitted approximately 150 triple-glazed windows, a dozen French doors and several composite doors. Upon completion, we will have fitted in excess of 600 windows.”
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ANDREA Wilson-Brown, managing director of Manchester-based telecoms company BCH Digital has named tchnology businesswoman of the Year Award at the Forward Ladies North West business awards.
Starting out as administrative assistant at reseller Freetime Communications, Wilson-Brown worked her way up to MD in three years. She later went on to set up her own telecoms reseller, BCH Digital four years ago.
She said: “I’m delighted to have won the award, it is a real honour to be selected especially in a sector for which the region has seen such success.”
