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Chilfen Group launches its first Apprentice Open Day

Chilfen Group recently held its first Apprentice Open Day at Chilfen Joinery facilities in Letchworth. The event, which was organised to support training opportunities for local youth and promote apprenticeship programmes within Chilfen Group, was launched in partnership with the Samuel Whitbread Academy in Bedfordshire.

A total of fourteen Design & Technology Resistant Material students, comprising twelve from Year 10 and two from Year 12, participated in the half-day event, which was also attended by representatives from apprenticeship providers, Hawk Training.

The students were presented with the opportunity to tour the Chilfen Joinery facilities, covering the design office, sales and marketing and the production areas of robotics, automation, CNC machining and hand finishing.

The tour was followed by an interactive session, where Chilfen Joinery employees, who had previously held apprenticeship positions within the company, shared their hands-on experiences and engaged in a Q&A session with the visitors. James Merry, who finished his two-and-a-half-year apprenticeship six months ago, and Danny Cockrane, who has been with Chilfen Joinery for over 20 years, starting out as an apprentice at the age of 16, lead the presentation and Q&A sessions and passed down valuable advice to those interested in applying for an apprenticeship.

The Apprentice Open Day, which was a huge success, demonstrated the importance of the manufacturing industry within the UK and opened the minds of the students to the vast opportunities that jobs in the fields of manufacturing, production and operations can offer.

Chilfen Group is keen to turn the Apprentice Open Day into a permanent annual fixture, in line with the group’s long-term commitment to supporting and nurturing growth across Hertfordshire and its surrounding areas.

Chilfen Joinery complete fit-out at No.1 Forbury Place, Reading

Chilfen Joinery have recently finished works at the new flagship headquarters for SSE at Forbury Place, Reading.

The fit-out included the delivery of a highly bespoke joinery package across eight floors and included joinery solutions for break out areas, tea points, restaurant, reception, lobby ares, conference rooms and offices. The job spanned over several months and included working alongside a number of third party contractors and independent specialists.

The result is a high specification and modern working space for SSE staff who have been brought together from a number of regional offices.

The Chilfen team really enjoyed working on this project and are thrilled with feedback from our customers.

A double win for the Chilfen Group at the Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards 2017

The Chilfen Group are thrilled to announce we were awarded two awards at the recent Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards that took place at the spectacular St Albans Cathedral on 8th June. Chilfen Group were announced winners of both the ‘Made in Hertfordshire’ award and the coveted ‘Inspiring Business of the Year’ award and were also named as finalists in the ‘Business of the Year, North Hertfordshire’ award.

The Made in Hertfordshire award recognised Chilfen as a manufacturer that could demonstrate an efficient, innovative and profitable business. Key investments in staff and manufacturing equipment were considered along with innovation within the company, sales performance, potential for growth and the markets we serve. We are pleased to be recognised for our hard work and commitment to building and growing the Chilfen Group, particularly over the last 12 months.

Now in its sixth year, this years’ ceremony was bigger and better than ever with businesses from all over the county competing in a record 19 categories. We are particularly honoured to have won the Inspiring Business of the Year award. All entries across the 19 categories were entered into this award, so to have taken this home is extremely humbling.

The Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards ceremony itself was developed in 2012 as a way to celebrate the achievements of local businesses and their commitment to Hertfordshire. The Awards are designed to be a testimony to Hertfordshire business success, both large and small, and to be an inspiration to others. Chilfen are incredibly proud and honoured to have won the two awards, showcasing our continued commitment to Hertfordshire where our business was founded and has continued to go from strength to strength.

Chilfen Group would like to thank the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce for hosting a fabulous evening at the awards ceremony, and of course congratulate all our fellow finalists and award winners.

For more information about the Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards, please visit the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce website.

Thank you for making our Open Day a big success

We’d like to extend a huge thank you to everyone that attending the Chilfen Joinery Open Day on Thursday 18th May. We had a big turn out and the day was a great success. Many of our customers who attended commented on how interesting they found the day. We were particular pleased that so many were able to take away a greater understanding of our business and gain a better knowledge of our systems for creating bespoke joinery.

If you would like any further information about anything discussed at our Open Day, or require help with your next project – please email David Sagnella at davids@chilfen.co.uk.

Join us for our Open Day – Thursday 18th May

The Chilfen Joinery team are looking forward to hosting another open day at our headquarters this May. The open day will take place at our Letchworth facility on Thursday 18th May. It will provide the opportunity to take a tour of our production plant, learn more about our capabilities and state-of-the-art equipment and discuss new and exciting opportunities for your business.

  • Tour of our premises including our production plant floor
  • The chance to learn more about our equipment and facilities
  • One-to-one Q&A with our team
  • Information about our services and what else we can offer your business
  • Refreshments
  • Morning and afternoon tour times

Morning and afternoon tour times will be available.

If you would like to attend, please email David Sagnella, davids@chilfen.co.uk who will be more than happy to book your place.

Congratulations to our Site Manager, KV Patel

Congratulations to our Site Manager, KV Patel. KV was recently recognised for his outstanding performance leading Chilfen Joinery to the top of Mace Group’s Health & Safety League for our latest project at SSE Forbury Place, Reading. KV’s role is to ensure that all work installed by Chilfen is completed to a high standard and on-time whilst coordinating with all other trades. The bespoke joinery package at Forbury Place consisted of eight floors across the striking building.

Jon Sharpe, Senior Construction Manager at Mace says “Chilfen have consistently performed very well in terms of Health & Safety and quality throughout this project and have been a real pleasure to work with”.

Chilfen Joinery’s Project Director, John Everett, was also highly praised by Mace for all his hard work. John played a vital role leading the Chilfen team, maintaining exceptional communication and ensuring the smooth running of the project.

Chilfen Joinery are extremely proud of KV, John and the rest of the Chilfen Joinery team who have shown such commitment and pride in their work during this challenging and prestigious project. We are honoured to be recognised by Mace for our commitment to Health & Safety.