Posted On - 29/11/2022
Glass Times catches up with Jon Palethorpe, co-director of A Plus Aluminium, who explains more about the company’s recent investment in a new manufacturing and storage facility and the creation of A Plus Midlands. Starting out as a trade only manufacturer servicing the residential market back in 1986, A Plus Aluminium has gone through several periods of careful and consistent...
Posted On - 09/11/2022
Steve Winslet, group managing director of Victorian Sliders, describes the philosophy that’s helped the company become one of glass and glazing’s most exciting, fastest-growing businesses. From the start, Victorian Sliders has been a business dedicated to constant improvement. We’ve not always got it right – no business has. But the commitment to constant improvement has seen us go from humble...
Posted On - 09/11/2022
As the market changes and demand slows, Glass Times speaks to Roseview director Mike Bygrave about the role of heritage windows in a more difficult economic climate. It’s now clear that the extraordinary levels of demand we’ve seen over the last two years are falling back. Across the home improvement and glazing industries enquiries and sales are dropping to pre-pandemic...
Posted On - 09/11/2022
Sales and marketing are vital drivers of organic business growth. Which is why Quickslide’s marketing support extends way beyond supplying a pull-up banner and a window sample for their customers’ showrooms, as marketing manager, Sandra Berg, explains. As one of the industry's leading manufacturers and trade suppliers of windows and doors, Quickslide understands the importance of quality not only when...
Posted On - 09/11/2022
We talk to Listers MD, Roy Frost, who explains how rising energy costs have primed owners of period properties for energy efficient home improvements. Period appeal is one thing. The cost of maintaining and heating an older property is another. While we may love period features, open fireplaces, high ceilings – and often original single-glazed windows – rising energy costs...
Posted On - 09/11/2022
Ideal Window Solutions made the decision to back Emplas in a new three-year deal on the strength of its support for its work in commercial markets. The figures tell a story. The Government has targeted the commercial sector with delivering 300,000 new homes a year by the middle of this decade. In England between 1 April and the 31st of...
Posted On - 09/11/2022
Glass Times talks to AJ Hassanali, director of aluminium trade supplier, Direct Trade Windows. In an increasingly competitive market, a quality product offering matched with competitive prices and quick turnaround times – as well as dedicated customer support – is a valuable offer. And suppliers who can offer ‘the full package’ are understandably in high demand. “There’s been massive disruption throughout...
Posted On - 28/09/2022
Summer Vincent, daughter of Emplas sales director, Jody Vincent, was born with a tumour so rare that it was one of only three recorded in medical history. Now aged 11, there is nothing to distinguish Summer Vincent from any other happy and active 11-year-old. She’s into gymnastics – in fact, is a former county champion – is at secondary school...
Posted On - 28/09/2022
HWL Windows has adopted a proactive approach to the skills crisis through a highly successful college outreach programme. We talk to operations director, Phil Gray, to find out more. UK manufacturers are facing the largest shortage of skilled workers since 1989 (PWC). The sector struggles with image, a perception that wages are low and working conditions are poor. And that’s...
Posted On - 07/09/2022
Tradeglaze began trading in 1995 as a team of three installers but grew quickly and within a couple of years the company had opened its own manufacturing factory. By the mid-2000s, Tradeglaze outgrew its premises and in 2009 the company opened a new 12,000ft2 factory at its current location on Bishops Road in Lincoln. Today, Tradeglaze employs over 90 staff...
Posted On - 07/09/2022
Installation companies need an exciting online presence, even if all restrictions on movement have been lifted. Sternfenster’s sales director, Nathan Court, believes you are missing a trick if a virtual showroom isn’t part of that mix. Glass Times (GT): Now that we have returned to normal after the restrictions imposed on us during lockdown have been lifted, is it still...
Posted On - 07/09/2022
In a post-pandemic era, the industry is facing a market like never before. Thanks to a strategic acquisition, Rapid PVCu Systems has weathered the storm… No one could have predicted the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact it had, nor the ensuing rollercoaster ride that UK businesses, including those in the fenestration industry, faced as a result. With the impacts of...
Posted On - 07/09/2022
We talk to Quickslide’s managing director, Ben Weber, who explains more about how the fabricator has ensured its Legacy window meets the latest Building Regs requirements. For any business to be successful it needs to have a business plan, and it needs to be sure that those it relies on are doing the same. For installers, this means having a...
Posted On - 07/09/2022
With a unique product offering that saves customers time and hassle, Premier Arches certainly stands out. Managing director, Sean Greenall, explains… As the UK finally returns to normal, the industry still faces the challenges of supply chain issues and subsequent price increases which were borne from the pandemic, and as a result, all fabricators are looking for reliable suppliers who...
Posted On - 07/09/2022
Ben Brocklesby, director at Origin Since the Part L changes were initially proposed back in 2019, the world has changed quite dramatically. In the last three years, Brexit, the pandemic, and major supply issues have affected the industry. The latest update to building regulations took effect in June, and state that all new homes built from now on must produce...
Posted On - 07/09/2022
The new Sheerline aluminium system from Garnalex certainly turned heads when it was launched in 2020, which is why Listers’ managing director, Roy Frost, was first in the queue… Sheerline is a modern aluminium window and door system designed from the ground up, which promises to offer fabricators, installers and homeowners warm, slim and ultra-secure products. “As soon as I...
Posted On - 07/09/2022
By Dennis Sumner, managing director, Force 8 Arched and round frames are an anomaly for the average fabricator and are typically subcontracted out to specialist profile bending companies such as Force 8. We have 30 years of experience, there is very little we cannot cope with when it comes to profile bending and we pride ourselves on the quality of...
Posted On - 07/09/2022
Glass Times talks to Distinction Doors’ customer services team leader, Jo Fisher, one of the company’s most valued employees. Jo Fisher starts each working day with her ‘golden half-hour’. “I’m here around half an hour before my day officially starts at 8am. I like to get in and make the most of the quiet time before the phone starts ringing...
Posted On - 19/07/2022
The changes to Part F of the Building Regulations have largely been discussed in relation to aesthetics and energy. But have you thought about the ability of fabricators to efficiently incorporate the necessary design changes into their work flow? We talk to Roy Frost, Listers’ managing director, to find out more. Whether you are a Part F convert, or someone...
Posted On - 19/07/2022
Michelle Wright, group marketing manager for the Glazerite UK Group, shares how the fabricator is helping installers win business. The swift arrival and slow departure of the pandemic changed everything for UK industry, and the fenestration sector was no exception. Unlike many other sectors however, we faced pent up demand post-lockdown, which altered how we approached business. As the industry...
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