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Stax Birmingham win Wholesaler Branch of the Year at the Mica Exchange

The end of March saw the Mica Exchange return for its fifth gathering, this time in the historic cit

Published 8th May 2015

The end of March saw the Mica Exchange return for its fifth gathering, this time in the historic city of York.  Suppliers, Mica retailers and staff came together for business and pleasure and to celebrate success. 

The co-operative is celebrating twenty years since its inception in the UK and the event began with the Annual AGM followed by a presentation by Paul Bagnell of Henkel UK, this was then followed by a supplier exchange, which saw 24 suppliers meet MICA members and was the followed by the Gala Dinner and Awards presentations.

Stax Birmingham won the Wholesaler Branch of the Year at the annual Mica Hardware Awards.  The award was presented to Stax Operations Director Tim Ball by David Morris of Morris Mica Hardware, Ashbourne and Michael Ball, Marketing Manager of Mica comments,  “Competition for this Award is always very competitive.  Our Awards are based on Members votes and the results reflect not just who is the biggest, more who has made the most effort and made the best lasting impression with the members.”

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