Mike Gentle
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Experience
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Brownings | Trade Sign makers
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United Kingdom
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Retail Office Equipment
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Director
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2001 - Present
The owner and managing director of Brownings ltd, a sign manufacturing business based in Hull. Brownings manufactures all manner of signage for other sign companies throughout the UK. The company is the largest converter and only distributor of Signcomp flexfaced signage products. It also produces troughlights, acrylic-faced lightboxes, snap frames, slimlocks and textile light boxes and frames. All of these products are manufactured using extrusions from their own dies laid down in British extruders' works. The business turns over over £2.5m and employees 25 people in its Hull operations. We pride ourselves on our ability to give a fast and efficient turnaround of projects no matter how large or complex the job. Indeed, customer non-standard size or shape requirements are our speciality. Continued investment, combined with experienced dedicated design professionals, ensures that Brownings Ltd remains at the forefront of flexible face tensioning system technology.
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Managing Director
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Apr 1998 - Nov 2000
Managing Director of an aggregate recycling business with a turnover in excess of £20 million and employing over 300 people. Managing Director of an aggregate recycling business with a turnover in excess of £20 million and employing over 300 people.
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Forterra
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Wholesale Building Materials
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Development Manager
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1991 - 1998
Mergers and acquisition manager for Hanson Construction Materials Mergers and acquisition manager for Hanson Construction Materials
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Education
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The Open University
MBA, business administration -
The University of Hull
MSc, Industrial Mineralogy -
The University of Hull
BSc, Geology