The Fileturn team are skilled and qualified in all aspects of construction, as well as fit-outs and refurbishments. We have an exemplary Health & Safety record and ensure that all legislation is complied with fully, and we have a total commitment to sustainability and the BREEAM international benchmark system.
Fileturn are conscious of our clients’ need to continue trading while work is being carried out, and have made it a specialist skill to undertake our work with minimal disruption to the client’s customers and staff.
Andrew Hart
Chairman
Andrew has been at the head of Fileturn since 1994 and has managed its growth and development from a small construction company into one of the country’s leading specialist interior fit out companies. He has overseen a growth in turnover from start up to approaching £50m, and has developed Fileturn into a trusted partner to many major blue chip brands in the restaurant, hotel, banking and commercial sectors. Andrew is currently working on the next stages of Fileturn’s expansion, following relocation to enable the business to meet the ever-changing requirements of the market.
Andrew has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Building since 1989
Jim Cunningham
Managing Director
Jim has worked as a PQS and consultant for many years, and has a wealth of qualifications in his industry. He became a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1989 and regularly acts as a counsellor, supervisor and mentor to trainee Quantity Surveyors as they progress to full membership of the Institution. He became a main board director at Fileturn in 2007.
He has overseen the growth of the Fileturn business since his arrival in 2002 as Commercial Director with responsibilities for the commercial management of all projects, from competing for business - whether via traditional tendering, negotiation or based on agreed prices - through the duration of the project until its delivery on time and to budget.
Appointed to Managing Director in 2016 Jim overseas a large number of projects concurrently, across all sectors for major blue chip and high street brands.
Richard Dray
Director of Hotels & Leisure
Richard’s role is to manage projects specifically within the hotel and leisure sector, ensuring that this key sector has the focus and specialist knowledge that it demands. Richard oversees the planning and management of all projects, from estimating, through commissioning and progress to the final delivery - on time and to budget. He maintains communication between the team and the client, ensuring that standards of their blue chip, high profile brands are maintained. Richard has a background in contracting, joining Fileturn in 1997, and became a main board director in 2009.
Bryan Edwards
Contracts Director
Bryan is an experienced Contracts Director who has worked with Fileturn for more than 15 years, and has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2007. In addition to his role of Contracts Director he also has specific responsibility for Health and Safety throughout the company. He has been in the construction industry for three decades, having started his career with John Laing Construction and gained experience across all disciplines through their Management Training Scheme. He spent a number of years building his own family construction business, before moving into the specialist fit out and refurbishment sector as a contracts manager and surveyor undertaking projects in the retail, commercial and leisure industries. He joined Fileturn in 1999 and in his role as Contracts Director continues to work across all the company’s sites.
He has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Building since 1980.
Derek Dighton
Financial Director
Derek has been with Fileturn as Financial Director and Company Secretary for 15 years, witnessing the growth of the company to take on larger and more complex projects. Derek has had a very varied career, working in senior financial positions in businesses ranging from a UK importer of Italian wine to a technology firm specialising in safety devices for workers at nuclear reactors!
Shirley Jenkins
Business Development Manager
Shirley has a background in the interior design industry, working on the design, implementation and oversight of projects for the hotel sector, working with many of its key players. Her role at Fileturn is client liaison - ensuring that all the client’s requirements are met by each project, particularly delivery, - as well as setting overall strategic marketing plan with the ultimate goal of ensuring Fileturn becomes the leading interior fit out business in the UK.
Andrew has been at the head of Fileturn since 1994 and has managed its growth and development from a small construction company into one of the country’s leading specialist interior fit out companies. He has overseen a growth in turnover from start up to approaching £50m, and has developed Fileturn into a trusted partner to many major blue chip brands in the restaurant, hotel, banking and commercial sectors. Andrew is currently working on the next stages of Fileturn’s expansion, following relocation to enable the business to meet the ever-changing requirements of the market.
Andrew has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Building since 1989
Jim has worked as a PQS and consultant for many years, and has a wealth of qualifications in his industry. He became a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1989 and regularly acts as a counsellor, supervisor and mentor to trainee Quantity Surveyors as they progress to full membership of the Institution. He became a main board director at Fileturn in 2007.
He has overseen the growth of the Fileturn business since his arrival in 2002 as Commercial Director with responsibilities for the commercial management of all projects, from competing for business - whether via traditional tendering, negotiation or based on agreed prices - through the duration of the project until its delivery on time and to budget.
Appointed to Managing Director in 2016 Jim overseas a large number of projects concurrently, across all sectors for major blue chip and high street brands.
Richard’s role is to manage projects specifically within the hotel and leisure sector, ensuring that this key sector has the focus and specialist knowledge that it demands. Richard oversees the planning and management of all projects, from estimating, through commissioning and progress to the final delivery - on time and to budget. He maintains communication between the team and the client, ensuring that standards of their blue chip, high profile brands are maintained. Richard has a background in contracting, joining Fileturn in 1997, and became a main board director in 2009.
Bryan is an experienced Contracts Director who has worked with Fileturn for more than 15 years, and has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2007. In addition to his role of Contracts Director he also has specific responsibility for Health and Safety throughout the company. He has been in the construction industry for three decades, having started his career with John Laing Construction and gained experience across all disciplines through their Management Training Scheme. He spent a number of years building his own family construction business, before moving into the specialist fit out and refurbishment sector as a contracts manager and surveyor undertaking projects in the retail, commercial and leisure industries. He joined Fileturn in 1999 and in his role as Contracts Director continues to work across all the company’s sites.
He has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Building since 1980.
Derek has been with Fileturn as Financial Director and Company Secretary for 15 years, witnessing the growth of the company to take on larger and more complex projects. Derek has had a very varied career, working in senior financial positions in businesses ranging from a UK importer of Italian wine to a technology firm specialising in safety devices for workers at nuclear reactors!
Shirley has a background in the interior design industry, working on the design, implementation and oversight of projects for the hotel sector, working with many of its key players. Her role at Fileturn is client liaison - ensuring that all the client’s requirements are met by each project, particularly delivery, - as well as setting overall strategic marketing plan with the ultimate goal of ensuring Fileturn becomes the leading interior fit out business in the UK.
