TRADA signs up 350th new member this year

Since the TRADA website was launched nearly three years ago, more than 1,100 new Corporate and Professional members have joined TRADA.

TRADA has signed up its 350th new member since the start of the year - and membership income for January -September had already exceeded last year's impressive total.

Since the TRADA website was launched nearly three years ago, more than 1,100 new Corporate and Professional members have joined TRADA.

This, according to Jeremy Vibert, Manager - Information and Business Services, 'is testimony to the high regard in which TRADA and the wider TTL Chiltern group are held.

To grow membership at such a rate in the current economic climate is no mean feat'.

He added, 'Membership, however, is for the long term and with this in mind, the TRADA Board some months ago initiated a strategic review to identify possible areas for investment, to extend the range of services and benefits to members'.

The outcome of this review has been the appointment by TRADA of Rupert Scott, formerly Group Marketing Manager, in the new role of Regulations, Codes and Standards Consultant, to develop a major new information service for members.

'TRADA will thus take a proactive role in communicating planned and actual changes in Regulations and Standards and any other significant initiatives that affect timber specification,' Jeremy Vibert added.

Further new initiatives, particularly in the area of Training and Education, are under consideration for 2007.

To replace Mr Scott, Karen Tipping has been appointed Marketing Manager, Construction for the TTL Chiltern Group, which encompasses TRADA.

Her responsibilities also extend to TRADA Technology, Chiltern International Fire and Chiltern Dynamics.

Formerly Corporate Communications Manager for Fortune 100 global technology company NEC, Karen brings with her 15 years' experience in consumer and business-to-business marketing.

At NEC she managed the centralised marketing division, with responsibility for advertising and branding, as well as website development, corporate sponsorship, corporate PR and exhibitions/events.

She has worked with all media, including press, radio and television.

Karen also has experience of working with government departments, having managed NEC's relationship with the National B2B Centre, a DTI-funded organisation set up to promote the use of B2B technologies within the UK.

Her role included overseeing technology demonstrator projects, assisting with marketing and jointly promoting the centre within the UK's SME market.

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