Barrett Steel has appointed 20 year old Emily Mitchell to the position of marketing assistant on a one year industry placement from Leeds Metropolitan University. Originally from Thornton in Bradford, Emily has already completed the first two years of a BA Honours degree in Marketing and Advertising Management, and will return to the University to complete her third and final year of study in September 2012.

The rental team at Movetech UK has successfully completed the first phase of a project for English National Opera, supplying and installing a revolving stage at the Young Vic for the world-famous Opera’s annual residence at the theatre. This year’s production, the rarely performed Monteverdi opera, The Return of Ulysses, has enjoyed rave reviews for its staging.

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NetConstruct’s WebVU video team has produced a compelling video series for the Great Yorkshire Show’s website in the run-up to this year’s event which takes place from Tuesday 12th to Thursday 14th of July.

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Barrett Steel has increased capacity and reduced lead times at the company's C. Roberts facility in Rotherham by investing in a £500k upgrade to cutting operations with the installation of a Ficep Tipo A31 automatic CNC drilling and thermal cutting line for steel plate.

Movetech UK turned up at the Le Mans Motorsport Festival in Bolton at the request of the event’s main sponsors, the University of Bolton, to help attract attention to a Keating Supercar by revolving it on an automotive turntable in the main show arena in front of the Town Hall. Held during the Le Mans 24 Hour Race weekend, the Festival is one of the largest free motorsports shows in the UK and was initiated to celebrate the town twinning links Bolton and Le Mans have enjoyed since 1973.

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Responding to changing customer needs to combine steel stockholding and processing, Barrett Steel has made further investment in state of the art flatbed laser cutting equipment by installing a Bystronics Bystar 4025 at the Group’s Woodberry Chillcott facility in Bristol. The £500k total investment will allow the company to provide better cutting tolerances on mild steel, stainless steel, aluminium, titanium and yellow materials, while the large bed size will lead to time and cost savings for customers.

When the rental team at Movetech UK was asked by Equinox TV to provide a revolving stage for a new CSL TV commercial, little did they realise that it would involve a 21 hour working day building the stage outside mostly in sub-zero temperatures. But the team showed they were no couch potatoes and stepped up to the plate, fulfilling all the client’s requirements, and more, leaving Equinox to produce a stunning commercial that broke the mould of traditional furniture store advertising.

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Fastec Handrails, which specialises in the supply and delivery of a fully comprehensive range of modular handrail systems, has launched as an autonomous company to meet the needs of architects and designers that require design solutions that are aesthetically appealing, functionally practical and visually dramatic.

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