British Ceramic Tile has completed the acquisition of a West Yorkshire business, to create one of the largest tile companies in the UK – in an expansion deal that has put up to 100 employees' jobs at risk.
Newton Abbot-based BCT has acquired Ceramic Prints, one of the UK's biggest importers and distributors of tile, stone and glass decorative products, in an undisclosed-figure share acquisition deal.
A spokesman said that the continued weak performance of the UK and export building material sectors, would necessitate both companies, which have a combined workforce of 430, streamlining their operations.
A 30-day consultation is due to begin over redundancies which will total "under 100" across both sites.
BCT, which earlier this year invested 2 million in a new kiln to streamline processes at its 40 million facility, reduced its 380-strong workforce by 83 staff in July. It also moved from a seven-day operation to a three-shift process Monday to Friday.
CP supplies DIY multiples and independent tile retailers across the UK via a 150,000 sq ft distribution centre. It also manufactures value added decorative tiles and borders.
A spokesman said the deal would see CP's extensive sourcing and supply chain experience boost the strengths of BCT's state-of-the-art manufacturing operation.
The enlarged business will be continue to be dual-sited in Devon and West Yorkshire.
BCT CEO Matthew Gazzard said: "The two companies make for a powerful combination. We bring manufacturing scale and CP brings additional product, marketing and supply chain experience as well as much valued customers and suppliers.
"The newly enlarged company now places us in a very strong position from which we can better service customers both in the UK and abroad."
The move will see CP's founder and CEO, Tony Taylor, stay with the group as its commercial director.
2011年6月22日星期三
Waves softball teams all finish second
All three Half Moon Bay Wave softball teams finished second in their respective age divisions at the Salinas Tournament, held over the weekend.
The 16-and-under team fell to San Carlos, 10-4, in the title game.
The Waves scored all of their runs in the sixth inning. Abbey Donovan knocked in one run with a triple. She scored moments later on Katie Carlevaris' single.
The Waves made it to the finals with a 3-2 win over Fremont. Fremont entered the game undefeated, including an 8-3 win over Half Moon Bay at the start of pool play Saturday. Harlee Donovan's run-scoring triple scored Carlevaris with the game-winning run.
Morgan Jones picked up the win. She retired the final five batters to get the win.
Half Moon Bay rolled San Jose, 10-2, in the quarterfinals.
Lead-off hitter Chandra Anderson was 3-for-3 with two runs scored. Stevie Hallgren singled twice and scored three runs.
Harlee Donovan hit a three-run homer. Cassidy Brazil doubled. Monica DiMartino scored twice.
Half Moon Bay went 1-2 in pool play. Its lone win was a 4-2 win over Cabrillo in the final pool game Saturday night. The Waves picked up three hits, but took advantage of five errors and two walks.
Half Moon Bay was limited to three hits in a 9-3 loss to Carmel. In the loss to Fremont, Harlee Donovan collected two hits, including a triple, and scored.
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Scotts Valley rallied for two runs in the seventh to beat the Waves, 8-7, in the title game.
Madison Rice paced the offense. She scored and drove in a run.
Allyson Sarabia singled and drove in two runs. Angela Brazil collected two hits, including a triple, and scored three runs. Olivia Hedding singled and scored twice.
Half Moon Bay knocked off Hollister in the semifinals, 7-3. Hedding paced the Waves with two hits. She scored along with Sarabia, Rice, Alexis Gonzalez, Willow Gelphman, Sophia Padua and Brigitte Canty. Padua keyed the five-run rally in the fourth with a two-run single.
Half Moon Bay powered past the Renegades, 10-3, in the quarterfinals.
Brazil was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs. Canty and Sarabia each collected two hits, with Sarabia driving in two runs. Carolyn Inglis scored twice.
Half Moon Bay went 1-0-1 in pool play. The Waves knocked off Spirit of Morgan Hill, 9-3. Brazil was once again 3-for-4 with three runs scored. Hedding and Sarabia both went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Sarabia tripled twice.
Half Moon Bay concluded pool play with a 6-6 tie with Cabrillo.
Gelphman got two of Half Moon Bay's nine hits. Grace Falvey hit a run-scoring triple. She scored on an infield out by Brazil. Sarabia added a two-run triple.
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Half Moon Bay's offense was in evidence until a 2-0 loss to Quicksilver in the title game.
The Waves were limited to a base runner in that game.
In the first four games of the tournament, Half Moon Bay had 38 hits.
Half Moon Bay picked up nine hits in a 10-0 win over the Chaos. Winning pitcher Grace Garcia helped her own cause with two hits, including a home run. Kathryn Caravalho added two hits. Lily Moffitt doubled. Garcia fired a no-hitter, striking out nine and walking one.
The Waves biggest explosion came in the quarterfinals, where they pounded out 14 hits and their way to a 16-0 win over Hollister.
Garcia picked up three hits with Myranda Rivera, Marissa Terra and Riley Donovan each getting two hits. Terra homered and doubled, Riley also doubled, as did Jerika D'Acquisto.
Garcia threw a non-hitter, striking out seven, while walking two and hitting a batter. Garcia caught a pop and threw to Caravalho at first for a double play.
Pool play began with an 11-1 win over the Pleasant on Phantom. Donovan paced the offense with two hits.
That was followed by a 7-2 win over the Chaos. Terra, Garcia and Moffitt combined to get seven of Half Moon Bay's nine hits.
The 16-and-under team fell to San Carlos, 10-4, in the title game.
The Waves scored all of their runs in the sixth inning. Abbey Donovan knocked in one run with a triple. She scored moments later on Katie Carlevaris' single.
The Waves made it to the finals with a 3-2 win over Fremont. Fremont entered the game undefeated, including an 8-3 win over Half Moon Bay at the start of pool play Saturday. Harlee Donovan's run-scoring triple scored Carlevaris with the game-winning run.
Morgan Jones picked up the win. She retired the final five batters to get the win.
Half Moon Bay rolled San Jose, 10-2, in the quarterfinals.
Lead-off hitter Chandra Anderson was 3-for-3 with two runs scored. Stevie Hallgren singled twice and scored three runs.
Harlee Donovan hit a three-run homer. Cassidy Brazil doubled. Monica DiMartino scored twice.
Half Moon Bay went 1-2 in pool play. Its lone win was a 4-2 win over Cabrillo in the final pool game Saturday night. The Waves picked up three hits, but took advantage of five errors and two walks.
Half Moon Bay was limited to three hits in a 9-3 loss to Carmel. In the loss to Fremont, Harlee Donovan collected two hits, including a triple, and scored.
12 Waves
Scotts Valley rallied for two runs in the seventh to beat the Waves, 8-7, in the title game.
Madison Rice paced the offense. She scored and drove in a run.
Allyson Sarabia singled and drove in two runs. Angela Brazil collected two hits, including a triple, and scored three runs. Olivia Hedding singled and scored twice.
Half Moon Bay knocked off Hollister in the semifinals, 7-3. Hedding paced the Waves with two hits. She scored along with Sarabia, Rice, Alexis Gonzalez, Willow Gelphman, Sophia Padua and Brigitte Canty. Padua keyed the five-run rally in the fourth with a two-run single.
Half Moon Bay powered past the Renegades, 10-3, in the quarterfinals.
Brazil was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs. Canty and Sarabia each collected two hits, with Sarabia driving in two runs. Carolyn Inglis scored twice.
Half Moon Bay went 1-0-1 in pool play. The Waves knocked off Spirit of Morgan Hill, 9-3. Brazil was once again 3-for-4 with three runs scored. Hedding and Sarabia both went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Sarabia tripled twice.
Half Moon Bay concluded pool play with a 6-6 tie with Cabrillo.
Gelphman got two of Half Moon Bay's nine hits. Grace Falvey hit a run-scoring triple. She scored on an infield out by Brazil. Sarabia added a two-run triple.
10 Waves
Half Moon Bay's offense was in evidence until a 2-0 loss to Quicksilver in the title game.
The Waves were limited to a base runner in that game.
In the first four games of the tournament, Half Moon Bay had 38 hits.
Half Moon Bay picked up nine hits in a 10-0 win over the Chaos. Winning pitcher Grace Garcia helped her own cause with two hits, including a home run. Kathryn Caravalho added two hits. Lily Moffitt doubled. Garcia fired a no-hitter, striking out nine and walking one.
The Waves biggest explosion came in the quarterfinals, where they pounded out 14 hits and their way to a 16-0 win over Hollister.
Garcia picked up three hits with Myranda Rivera, Marissa Terra and Riley Donovan each getting two hits. Terra homered and doubled, Riley also doubled, as did Jerika D'Acquisto.
Garcia threw a non-hitter, striking out seven, while walking two and hitting a batter. Garcia caught a pop and threw to Caravalho at first for a double play.
Pool play began with an 11-1 win over the Pleasant on Phantom. Donovan paced the offense with two hits.
That was followed by a 7-2 win over the Chaos. Terra, Garcia and Moffitt combined to get seven of Half Moon Bay's nine hits.
2011年5月18日星期三
Electric Sky sells in Australia, India
UK distributor Electric Sky has sold a package deal into Australia, and is reporting sales into Denmark, India and more.
Denmark terrestrial DRTV has acquired the current affairs documentary Secret Iraq (2 x 59 minutes) by Quicksilver Media for BBC2, which was recently nominated for a BAFTA. The doc gives a new look at the story of Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Fox in India has picked up Mercurio’s Menu series 1 and 2 (26 x 21 minutes) by WTFN Entertainment for the Seven Network Australia. The travel and cooking series is presented by Strictly Ballroom star Paul Mercurio.
Also in India, Discovery has acquired Trishna & Krishna: Separate Lives (1 x 52 minutes) by WTFN for Seven (pictured). The documentary focuses on the separation of Siamese twins, and has also been picked up by UKTV’s channel Really.
In Australia, Seven picked up a package of programming, including green Olympic games documentary Going for Green: Britain’s 2012 Dream (1 x 48 minutes) by Darlow Smithson; HD two-parter Building Sea City (2 x 44 minutes) by Furnace for the Discovery Channel and architecture special Bridging the World (1 x 48 minutes) by Title Role Productions for History.
Seven also picked up a number of racing series including Racing Green (8 x 26 minutes) by Von Planta Productions for BBC World News; Great Grand Prix Racing Heroes (12 x 52 minutes) and Le Mans, Battle of La Sarthe (1 x 52 minutes) both by Brunswick Films.
Elsewhere in Australia, XYZnetworks’ LifeStyle HOME channel picked up A Place in the Sun – Home or Away series five (55 x 48 minutes) by Freeform Productions for Channel 4. Nine Network Australia has licensed World’s Fattest Man (1 x 60 minutes) by Electric Sky Production for Discovery TLC/Channel 4.
Electric Sky also announced other recent deals with E! Entertainment, which has licensed more than 40 hours of fashion and design series including Big Boutique series one and two (52 x 24 minutes) and Big Boutique In the City (13 x 24 minutes) and Fashion Avenue series 1 – 3 (32 x 25 minutes) which is presented by supermodel Jodie Kidd.
In New Zealand, Sky Network acquired HD special Looking for Lowry (1 x 78 minutes / 1 x 60 minutes) by Foxtrot Films, featuring Ian McKellen. The doc celebrates British artist L.S. Lowry.
Lastly, French broadcaster Planete has picked up a package including Crime Scene Insects (1 x 47 minutes) by Crocodile Media for the Crime and Investigation Network; Partners in Crime (6 x 25 minutes) by Very! for Crime and Investigation Asia and The Second Coming (1 x 50 minutes) by UK producer Wild Dream Films for National Geographic USA. This one-hour documentary special features three men who claim to be the second coming of Christ.
Denmark terrestrial DRTV has acquired the current affairs documentary Secret Iraq (2 x 59 minutes) by Quicksilver Media for BBC2, which was recently nominated for a BAFTA. The doc gives a new look at the story of Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Fox in India has picked up Mercurio’s Menu series 1 and 2 (26 x 21 minutes) by WTFN Entertainment for the Seven Network Australia. The travel and cooking series is presented by Strictly Ballroom star Paul Mercurio.
Also in India, Discovery has acquired Trishna & Krishna: Separate Lives (1 x 52 minutes) by WTFN for Seven (pictured). The documentary focuses on the separation of Siamese twins, and has also been picked up by UKTV’s channel Really.
In Australia, Seven picked up a package of programming, including green Olympic games documentary Going for Green: Britain’s 2012 Dream (1 x 48 minutes) by Darlow Smithson; HD two-parter Building Sea City (2 x 44 minutes) by Furnace for the Discovery Channel and architecture special Bridging the World (1 x 48 minutes) by Title Role Productions for History.
Seven also picked up a number of racing series including Racing Green (8 x 26 minutes) by Von Planta Productions for BBC World News; Great Grand Prix Racing Heroes (12 x 52 minutes) and Le Mans, Battle of La Sarthe (1 x 52 minutes) both by Brunswick Films.
Elsewhere in Australia, XYZnetworks’ LifeStyle HOME channel picked up A Place in the Sun – Home or Away series five (55 x 48 minutes) by Freeform Productions for Channel 4. Nine Network Australia has licensed World’s Fattest Man (1 x 60 minutes) by Electric Sky Production for Discovery TLC/Channel 4.
Electric Sky also announced other recent deals with E! Entertainment, which has licensed more than 40 hours of fashion and design series including Big Boutique series one and two (52 x 24 minutes) and Big Boutique In the City (13 x 24 minutes) and Fashion Avenue series 1 – 3 (32 x 25 minutes) which is presented by supermodel Jodie Kidd.
In New Zealand, Sky Network acquired HD special Looking for Lowry (1 x 78 minutes / 1 x 60 minutes) by Foxtrot Films, featuring Ian McKellen. The doc celebrates British artist L.S. Lowry.
Lastly, French broadcaster Planete has picked up a package including Crime Scene Insects (1 x 47 minutes) by Crocodile Media for the Crime and Investigation Network; Partners in Crime (6 x 25 minutes) by Very! for Crime and Investigation Asia and The Second Coming (1 x 50 minutes) by UK producer Wild Dream Films for National Geographic USA. This one-hour documentary special features three men who claim to be the second coming of Christ.
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