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Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell reports on last Friday’s G Awards. Congratulations to all the winners of the G19 Awards, which took place on Friday at London’s Park Lane Hotel. They were: Commercial Project – Slimming World Headquarters, Pilkington UK Component Supplier – Deceuninck Customer Care Initiative – Ultraframe Fabricator – Sternfenster Window Systems Glass Company – Crystal Units Installer...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell congratulates deserving winners. Five stories this week are about companies winning individual awards, which has got to be a record for the Glass Times bulletin. CMS has been named the winner of the Best of Vibes Award, recognising the long-term contribution it has made to Scotland’s sustainable development; Swisspacer has won a Passive House Innovation...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell reports on the latest Glazing Summit news. The 2020 Glazing Summit will take place on Thursday, October 8 at Edgbaston Stadium and Conference Centre, according to the latest news to cross my desk just as we were about to email out this week’s newsletter. Organisers Insight Data and Purplex Marketing said they moved quickly to...
Glass Times editor reports on the latest G-Awards-related news… Marcus Brigstock has been announced as this year’s G-Awards host. Marcus is regarded as a major comedy, writing and acting talent, performing stand up to sell-out audiences on tour nationally, and he will no doubt hit the right note on November 29. If you are struggling to place him, Marcus can...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell wonders if the election will address some of the other issues concerning the construction and home improvement industries. So, the general election campaign is in full swing, and the fear is that it will all be about Brexit, and other domestic issues – such as the construction industry – will be sidelined. It’s too early...
Glass Times editor wonders if the market is as bad as everyone thinks it is. News in this morning, as a general election is called: builders remain nervous about hiring due to continued political uncertainty. According to a recent survey conducted by the Federation of Master Builders, small building companies remain nervous about hiring new staff and are reducing the size...
Glass Times editor reports on the latest news to come from the GGF. Two stories landed in my inbox this week, both of which concern the GGF. The first was about a £50,000 government fund that the federation had received to help companies in the glass, glazing and fenestration industries tackle the effects of Brexit. It is part of £10.1...
Glass Times editor nathan Bushell responds to news that one of the industry’s favourite employees has moved on to pastures new. Alan Fielder, Edgetech’s sales and marketing director, is leaving the company after 12 years. Here are a few words from him that went out to the industry yesterday. “My time at Edgetech has been an absolute blast, and I...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell welcomes the latest winner of the Stirling Prize. A council housing development in Norwich has won the Stirling Prize, beating off stiff competition from prestigious projects including: London Bridge Station, The Macallan Distillery, and Nevill Holt Opera. I think this is strikingly important for the construction industry, primarily because energy efficiency is going to be...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell talked to FIT Show event director Nickie West about her decision to stage the exhibition every year instead of every two. The FIT Show’s annual proposition is the best way serve the industry, and not because its owners are greedy. That is the main thrust of an interview event director Nickie West gave me when...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell considers how the G Awards really affect our industry. Congratulations to all of the shortlisted companies in this year’s G Awards. With all of the doom and gloom surrounding Brexit, and the impact that it is having on the wider economy and investors’ confidence, it is more important than ever that we don’t lose sight...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell reflects on a successful event at Edgbaston last week. The Glazing Summit, which took place at Edgbaston last Thursday, took what succeeded at last year’s event and improved on them. That was the overwhelming response I got from delegates who attended from across the UK, who were interested to learn more about the key topics...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell looks at the latest news concerning this week’s Glazing Summit. If you are heading to Edgbaston tomorrow [Thursday September 12, 2019], then you would have probably been keeping a close eye on all of the latest news regarding the day’s offerings. We’ve made sure that as much as possible has made its way into the...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell surfs the channels. Marketing strategies in today’s tech savvy world is all about digital and online, right? If you want to get in front of people with money to spend, you have to have your finger on the pulse of Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, and Houzz. Having a website is no longer good enough. At...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell reports on the latest news from Vitrum. Vitrum 2019 promises to be a sold-out event, its organisers have announced, with more encouraging numbers than for the previous show. “The numbers are overwhelmingly positive,” Vitrum’s president Dino Zandonella Necca said. “The confirmed space for this edition is 8% higher than in 2017 and there has been...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell welcomes the latest news from the Department for Education regarding the new T-Levels. The Department for Education released fresh details yesterday (August 20, 2019) about the new T-Levels that will be launched next September. I’d like to say “better late than never” but to be honest it sticks in the throat a little bit. The...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell considers the persistent attraction of glass. Following on from my comment last week, where I flagged up a news story that called for glass skyscrapers to be banned, I think it would be fair this week to highlight an area where glass is demonstrating its strength and flexibility. News that all timber doors tested for...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell reflects on a recent story that called for a ban on glass skyscrapers. Should glass skyscrapers be banned? According to Simon Sturgis, chairman of Riba’s sustainability group, and an advisor to the government, whose opinions featured in a recent Guardian story, all-glass skyscrapers should be banned because they are too difficult and expensive to cool....
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell focuses on the efforts being made to attract and train the talent the glass and glazing industry needs to flourish. “The recruitment and retention of shop floor staff combined with a failure to attract younger workers into the industry, threaten the long-term sustainability of the glass and glazing sector, according to commentators. “The warning was...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell responds to news that BA will receive a record-breaking fine for a massive data breach. In the same week that Facebook users were reportedly handing over significant amounts of personal date to an app that aged them, we learned that British Airways will be fined £183.39 following a sizeable breach of the General Data Protection...