The final piece in the jigsaw has been put in place at Sunflower Framing. The appointment of assistant manager Hazel Coward has been well recieved by the staff and customers alike. Hazel has bought with her a number of years experience after working as a manager at the busy branch of Bouville Wrights in Uxbridge.

Melanie Bird Sunflowers manager said " Finding good staff to work in the gallery has been difficult, but Hazel is proving to be a great all rounder, and her happy relaxed attitude is a hit with the customers."

Duncan McDonald Sunflowers owner says " We have a great team here now all compliment each other perfectly, i believe we have the best framing business in the area bar none, both our customer service and quality continually improve."

Further trainning for the staff is planned over the coming months, with exams to attain Commended guild framers and advanced guild framers Standards. This will continue to keep Sunflower Framing in the forefront of picture framing in Buckinghamshire.

Since the extension and alterations have been made at Sunflower framing, business could'nt be better.

People have been astonished at the transformation of the gallery with the addition of the new work shop.

It's no more working in a cold workshop for Sunflower Framings experienced framer Paul Bryant anymore. Paul has been at Sunflower for 5 years and has been involved with most of the moves, now totalling 4 from one drafty workshop usually on a farm to another.

Paul said " I'm really pleased with the new extension, we have designed it to incorporate all the latest machinery, including a Hotpress and wall mounted cutter, now everything is at hand and the time saving has been tremendous"

At one stage it was thought that Sunflower was going to loose the reclaimed timber frame business that had gained the company such recognition on the interiors market, customers such as Conran Shops have been buying the products for years. At the last minute it was relocated to the Isle of Wight where a new team are preparing the wood and continuing to make the beautiful Barnoak Frames unique to Sunflower Framing.

Plans for the Future? well a teaming up with Sunflowers sister company Diyframing Ltd is on the cards as plans are in hand to operate a diy framing mail order and internet business from the flat above the shop. Courses will also be held in the new year offering a new dimention to the business.

The go ahead has been given by the South Bucks District Council for the construction of a workshop and storage at the rear of Sunflower Framings Gallery in London End , Beaconsfield. Work is planned to start in the New Year and building is expected to take up to 8 weeks.

The extension will create sufficent space to move the existing workshop in its entirity to one locataion which will increase efficency and speed up order time.