Business Micros is the main sponsor of the 2010 GM Fundraising Rome 2 Home cycling challenge.

Three members of our team – Managing Director Graeme Bailey, Operations Director Keith Aspinall and Sales Manager Chris Bailey – are all taking part in the 1500 mile ride to help raise valuable funds for the Hope House Children’s Hospice in Oswestry.

Business Micros has long been a supporter of the GM Fundraising charity and both Graeme Bailey an.... LogiKal Gives Harrier Aluminium A Competitive Edge - 26nd Jan 10

Newark based fabricator Harrier Aluminium has built its reputation on its independence and its flexibility – two key strengths which it says enable it to supply customers from across the UK with exactly the products and systems which they require.

Harrier’s independence comes largely from its ability to fabricate windows, doors, shopfronts and curtain walling using any one of the leading aluminium profile systems including Smarts, Senior, Schüco.... Rome 2 Home Up Next... - 8th January 2010

Following on from their epic ride across the USA in September 2008, GM Fundraising is launching Rome 2 Home which will take place in June 2010, with grateful support by Business Micros Limited. To add a little spice to the event, the riders will be tasked with Mont Ventoux, one of the Tour de France’s most feared climbs.

This is the fourth cycling challenge for the charity in the last 5 years and there’s been no diminish in interest from prospect.... Business Micros Announces Passing of Founder - 4th January 2010

It is with a great deal of sadness that Business Micros has announced the passing of its founder Des Sharratt in late December 2009.

Des was the man whose vision established Business Micros in 1979 when software in manufacturing was in its infancy, and who was instrumental in the company’s growth first in the aluminium window and door sector and later in timber and PVC-U.

He worked closely alongside current managing director Graeme Bailey.... Business Micros (Aluminium) Strengthens Team - 16th Dec 09

BM (Aluminium) Ltd has appointed Slawomir Heyduk as a Programming Support Technician based at its Tewkesbury HQ.

With a Masters Degree in IT and extensive programming experience, Slawomir is programming databases for sixteen profile companies which utilise the LogiKal software.

Previously, this programming was done at Orgadata in Germany but with Slawomir’s appointment, the company now says that it can offer a quicker, more flexible and mo.... Ride4Hope Book - 4th December 2009

You’ve Heard All About It, Now Read The Book

Ride4Hope was the 2008 challenge undertaken by the GM Fundraising Team to ride 3000 miles across America in aid of the Hope House Children’s Hospice.

The highs and lows of the event have now been captured in a 150 page hardback book written and published by Business Micros MD Graeme Bailey.

Graeme kept a journal throughout the seventeen days of the ride and his thoughts, together with con.... New Dataset Helps Universal Improve Service To Customers - 22nd Oct 09

Fabricators and installers using the Universal Aluminium profile system all now have access to the latest version of the LogiKal software from Business Micros (Aluminium) Ltd.

In August, Business Micros released the latest dataset for Bristol based Universal which includes both complete fabricated products and bar lengths of profile, enabling customers to produce quotes and drawings which are appropriate to their specific business needs.

.... Logikal Delivers Fast Payback For CDW Systems - 16th Sept 09

Gloucester based CDW Systems started using the LogiKal software from Business Micros (Aluminium) at the start of 2008, and claims that the system has already paid for itself.

CDW, which is one of the UK’s leading fabricators of aluminium doors, windows and shopfronts, is so far using the software for all of its order processing, estimating and quotes and says that the efficiencies it has delivered in terms of staff time has already repaid its in.... It's a LogiKal Show - 27th May 09

Business Micros Aluminium has just returned from Elumatec’s hugely successful Aluminium Open House event, having demonstrated their LogiKal software solution to a number of the industry’s leading fabricators.

The three day event was hosted by Elumatec and was represented by a number of companies from within the aluminium industry, alongside the Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB). Given BM Aluminium’s specialist nature, it was an important o.... Beaufort's Software Partnership - 12th May 09

Business Micros Aluminium has been working in partnership with Beaufort Secure Design to implement what is regarded as the aluminium industry’s most advanced and effective software solutions.

The LogiKal software package has now been launched to Beaufort’s nationwide network of fabricators who manufacture windows, doors and screening systems primarily for the commercial market. Given the nature of the commercial work undertaken by these fabricat.... Software on Show - 6th March 09
Business Micros (Aluminium) will be taking part in Elumatec’s Aluminium Open House event on the 12th-14th May 2009 as one of just 15 specialist partners from the aluminium fabrication industry.

Some of the industry’s biggest names will be in attendance and BM Aluminium will be the only specialist software company attending and will be running live demonstrations throughout each day of their highly regarded LogiKal software solution. As a speci.... Smarter Efficiencies - 29th Jan 09
Dean Hodges, sales and marketing director of Business Micros (Aluminium) Ltd, suggests that the future in fabrication for aluminium windows, doors, shop front systems and curtain walling lies with smarter operational efficiencies through investment, training and better software.

The UK is the world’s sixth largest manufacturer measured by output amounting to £150 billion per annum to the economy and this is around half of all UK exports. When .... The Logikal 100 - 20th Jan 09
Business Micros (Aluminium) Ltd has just signed up its 100th customer to their flagship LogiKal software solution for aluminium fabricators, after a big year of growth in 2008.

3D Aluminium Plas, part of the Eynsham Group, was the 100th customer to come on board since the specialist company was established in 2007 to satisfy the specialist needs of the aluminium window, door, shop front and curtain walling sector. As a fabricator using several....