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Geneva Group consolidates presence in the UK

The Geneva Group enhances its UK presence with shop and showroom location.

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  The move brings a centralised point of display and showroom presence for Geneva Group

The Geneva Group is to reconfigure its Head Office in Stokesley near Middlesbrough to incorporate its shop and showroom which is at present located in Stockton.

Full range

4BR has been informed that the company is also now near the completion of a full range of brass band instruments and has received positive feedback from artists and critics to designs that have been formulated by Tim Oldroyd and David Walker.

The instruments are manufactured using skilled artisans at impressive facilities in Kraslice near Prague in the Czech Republic before coming to the UK to be finished by experienced craftspeople.

The centralisation of activities in one location will allow customers to see the full range of instruments and activities that take place at Geneva GroupGeneva Group General Manager, Brett Baker

Customers

Geneva Group General Manager, Brett Baker told 4BR: "The centralisation of activities in one location will allow customers to see the full range of instruments and activities that take place at Geneva Group.

It will also enable customers to meet more of our growing number of international performance artists as part of our proactive promotional activity."

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