Notts County seal deal with Interiors Group

Last updated : 15 August 2002 By Official Site & Stevo (Pics)
From the Official Website...

Nottingham-based Paragon, one of the fastest growing companies in the UK,
specialises in corporate refurbishment and space utilization. The agreement
places the company's name on home and away strips for the year and ensures
they will be a significant presence in the Meadow Lane stadium, on the club
website and in the match programme.

Alan Hardy, the group's managing director, said he is excited by the
arrangement, part of the club's community partnership initiative. Hardy said "Combining the tradition, experience and ambition of the World's
oldest football club with Paragon's vibrant and dynamic team culture will
produce a relationship of perfect synergy."

Paragon Interiors, with a nation-wide workforce of more than 100, has been
listed among "Finance Midland's Fastest 50" because of its rapid growth and
was runner-up for last year's "Nottinghamshire Company of the Year Award"
from the Nottingham Evening Post.

Albert Scardino, chairman of the club, said the agreement extends the Notts
County community partnership programme announced earlier this month. "We
want to be Nottingham's football club. Paragon is an energetic organisation that exhibits the same sort of ambition about the future that we do. We can learn a great deal from them. We look forward to sharing in their success and having them share in ours."


This will be the first time in several seasons that the club has had a local
company as its sponsor. Over the summer the club shifted its kit
manufacturing to a Nottinghamshire company. Last week the club announced a
new partnership with BBC Radio Nottingham to extend coverage to all home and
away matches and to provide commentary on the club's website.

Scardino added "With these new relationships with Nottingham organizations, we are looking to extend our roots ever deeper into the local community. Together with our pricing initiatives - sharp cuts in season ticket prices, admission of juveniles for free, markdowns in the club shop - we are seeking to revive community participation in the oldest league club."

Hardy, a successful five-a-side footballer himself, added, "I am both
delighted and honoured to have secured this prestigious sponsorship and look
forward to building this relationship over the coming season."

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