UPON reading the letter ‘New life for Phone boxes’ (Guardian, June 3), I believe I can be of assistance.

As Managing Director of HMG Paints Ltd, the largest independent paint manufacturer in the UK, situated in Collyhurst, Manchester, and acting president of The British Coatings Federation (BCF) who are partnering with the Community Heartbeat Trust and BT to promote the installation of defibrillators in BT phone boxes across the UK, I believe that I can be of help. HMG Paints Ltd have already contributed by supplying paint for many of these telephone kiosks under the ‘Adopt a Kiosk scheme’ in destinations from Norfolk to Somerset and Nottinghamshire to Oxfordshire.

Through The British Coatings Federation, HMG will be pleased to arrange the supply of red gloss, undercoat and primer free of charge to Holmes Chapel and any community that adopts a phone box from BT with the intention of installing a defibrillator.

As a local resident in nearby Knutsford I would be more than happy to help our neighbours in Holmes Chapel and offer the supply of gloss and undercoat to give the phone boxes a new lease of life back to the iconic symbols they are, as part of the BCF initiative.

Should you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact myself or Gracienne Ikin, gikin@hmgpaint.com John Falder President of the BCF HMG Paints Ltd