Nottingham Post - 07 April 2014
THE opening celebration for East Midlands Ceramic's (EMC) new centre of excellence for the tile trade raised more than £3,000 for charity.
The event, at the centre on the Southglade Business Park, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, was attended by more than 100 guests.
It featured a fundraising darts competition with prizes donated by suppliers and manufacturers – as well as by EMC Tiles itself.
Players included tile professionals who qualified to take part by collecting bonus points during a special week of trade events.
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| Picture: From the left, Phil Slawson, of EMC, tiler Craig Ashford and MC Mel Stanley |
Prizes not claimed after the match were auctioned to raise cash for charity. The amount raised by the auction was matched by donations from EMC Tiles and Weber Tile Adhesives Ltd.
The total raised was more than £3,000, which has been donated to Step Out for Stroke, the Seacole Ward at Nottingham City Hospital and Jon's Rehab Fund, a charity founded by the wife of a customer who suffered a stroke.
The new £500,000 centre of excellence is next to the company's showroom and warehouse and is designed to be a focus for the sale, delivery and promotion of tile industry products and services.
It has been redeveloped as a flagship unit featuring 5,000 sq ft of warehousing, a state of the art trade service area and a computerised resource centre for education and training.
EMC Tiles' managing director Barry Slawson said: "It was a fantastic evening and we were delighted to share this event with so many industry figures, along with their partners and families.''
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