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Posted On - 26/04/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell has that retro feeling. Have you seen the trailer for the new BBC comedy, coming soon? It’s called White Gold and it’s about the double glazing industry in 1983, and you can see the trailer here . Damon Beasley (of The Inbetweeners fame) is the writer, who said he wanted to “to recreate the Essex...
Posted On - 19/04/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell weighs up Theresa May’s recent announcement. Yesterday’s general election announcement didn’t really come as a surprise, did it? It was always on the cards – the task of negotiating the Brexit procedure needs a leadership team that has a proper mandate, which the current government arguably doesn’t – May herself said a bigger majority for...
Posted On - 12/04/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell revisits the news that the quality of new homes continues to disappoint. New build homes have come under scrutiny again this week. For example, we report that the Federation of Master Builders has signed up to the new Consumer Code for New Homes (CCNH) which aims to provide protection for individuals and families who purchase...
Posted On - 05/04/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell discusses the connection between high stamp duty and the increase in high-end fenestration projects. Stamp duty increases to 10% on properties bought for more than £925K. There is a link between this and the increase in demand for high-end fenestration products, as discussed by Palmer Market Research and others, according to Origin’s marketing director Ben...
Posted On - 29/03/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell discusses how aluminium is taking market share. There’s something of an arms race between PCVU window systems and aluminium ones at the moment, especially when we regularly told that Palmer Market Research has predicted that sales of aluminium window and door products will reach a 17-year high by 2020. As aluminium has started to take...
Posted On - 22/03/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell considers the role of women in construction. As fantastic as many of the white middle-aged men that make up our industry are, I’ve always felt that the comparative lack of women can only be detrimental to the companies that don’t hire them. Thankfully, we have some great female ambassadors leading some great companies, and I...
Posted On - 15/03/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell discusses the proposed introduction of T-Levels. UK productivity remains stubbornly lower than desired. I visit several companies a month, and by investing in machinery and processes, most people I meet are playing their part in upping the UK’s productivity figures. However, while my understanding of the finer economic points that make industry tick is limited,...
Posted On - 08/03/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell responds to news that houses aren’t being built properly. I was in the pub before Christmas, and a mate of mine who had moved out of our village into a house on a new estate in Exeter was not on top form. Questioned more closely, he said that his new house was a disaster –...
Posted On - 01/03/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell discusses the news that Corgi Fenestration was launched last month. We have recently reported that Which? Trusted Traders and The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) have joined the National Home Improvement Council (NHIC), while The Chartered Institute of Trading Standards (CTSI) and TrustMark have been looking at ways in which they can deliver joint services to provide...
Posted On - 21/02/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell celebrates the recent glass and glazing acquisitions. Yes, there are cost pressures but the confidence to pursue courses of action that open new markets is something we are reading about time and again in 2017 – and the year is still young. In fact, the news dominating this week’s newsletter continues that theme. Polyframe’s acquisition...
Posted On - 15/02/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell revisits the recent Housing White Paper. It says something about the plight of the housing situation in the UK when, on the one hand, it has been the single constant area of growth in construction for several months now, while on the other it remains one of the hottest political topics because it is widely...
Posted On - 08/02/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell calculates the price of not looking after your customers. “The customer is king as far as I am concerned,” Peter Lambert told me when I interviewed him last week for an article that will appear in next month’s Glass Times. “They all have my number and I will get up at stupid o’clock to service...
Posted On - 01/02/2017
There’s something comforting about the news that Clayton Glass has launched Smartglass Dynamic, which is an automatically self-tinting glass for conservatories, orangeries and other glazing elements. First of all, it is reassuring that glass can be at the cutting edge of design and technology as homeowners and architects turn to the material to offer a modern focus to the home,...
Posted On - 25/01/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell wonders if it better to look closer to home when investing in your home. The UK is not alone in Europe for wanting to reduce the influence of non-nationals on their domestic affairs – the Brexit vote could easily set the house of cards tumbling across the continent as countries bring the ruling process closer...
Posted On - 17/01/2017
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell considers the latest review into energy efficiency that was recently announced by the government. Do you remember when improving the energy efficiency of our housing stock seemed to be the most important item on the government’s agenda? From a personal standpoint, I think I spent the first 15 years of my journalistic career talking about...
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