Posted On - 19/07/2022
Central Window Systems’ CEO Gary Morton shares how the company’s Central Hub, an online portal of marketing support material, can help installers get ahead of the game… Quality products need quality marketing support to back them up, and for Central Window Systems, supporting customers has always been paramount. That’s why in addition to an extensive product portfolio, the company also...
Posted On - 19/07/2022
This year, Central Window Systems is celebrating 40 years in business. We talk to CEO, Gary Morton, about the journey so far and plans for the future. Central Window Systems is celebrating four decades of manufacturing, a period in which the company has grown from a small PVC-U fabricator to a business with an annual turnover of over £13 million....
Posted On - 19/07/2022
Is it possible to start a new fabrication company in the middle of a pandemic? We catch up with Ashfen Windows & Doors’ Nick Ashford and Nat Weaver, who have done just that. According to the latest figures in the Insight Data Annual Report, we have seen a 50% reduction in PVC-U fabricators since 2008, most of which have been...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
Can analysis of Google search give us market insight into things to come? We report. A little time spent on Google can be enlightening. Google tracks interest in search terms over time. If you’re planning your next blog or new website copy, it gives you a steer as to where you should be going and what you should be including...
Posted On - 16/05/2022
Steve Winslet, group MD of Victorian Sliders, makes the case for high-performance 21st century vertical sliding sash windows. Did you know that millions of UK properties were specifically designed for sash windows? That’s partly why they’ve become one of the fastest growth opportunities in modern glass and glazing in recent years, as millions of homeowners seek to restore the style...
Posted On - 16/05/2022
Heritage windows were once a specialist product; today they’re an important part of most installer’s product suite. Roseview director, Mike Bygrave, describes how they have become an integral part of an evolving glazing industry. The heritage window is market growing, and that growth is accelerating. There are more heritage products from a wider range of manufacturers than ever before. The...
Posted On - 16/05/2022
Part L changes kick in from June but could rising energy costs be a bigger market driver? From 1 April, 22 million UK households will see their home energy bills skyrocket. Average bills for those on default direct debit tariffs will jump by more than 50% from around £1,300 to almost £2,000, a year. The increase is the product of...
Posted On - 16/05/2022
The Glazerite UK Group’s marketing manager, Michelle Wright, shares the fabricator’s plans for its heritage range, and how keeping it under constant review adds value for its installers. Glazerite investment is built around choice, quality and matching demand – and with sales of heritage-style windows and doors continuing to flourish, our heritage range remains under constant review. Sometimes it’s what...
Posted On - 16/05/2022
Reliability of IGU supply is a business-critical factor for fabricators and installers. Could energy price increases make for another year of uncertainty? Could the writing be on the wall? In 2021, 30 UK energy providers stopped trading, leaving more than two million domestic customers without a supplier. What caused the collapse and why is it relevant to IGU supply? It...
Posted On - 16/05/2022
The sector is steeling itself for another prolonged period of uncertainty, fluctuating material costs, and greater demands on the quality of products, but the challenges of 2022 will offer the opportunity to set the course and standards of the industry for the next decade, says Nick Roberts, CEO, Customade Group. The last two years have been a perfect storm of...
Posted On - 16/05/2022
Victoria Brocklesby, COO at Origin, explores the impact of sustainability and thermal efficiency during housebuilding and the importance of marrying the two during the construction process. With Part L of the building regulations becoming more stringent in June 2022 and the new Future Homes Standard beginning to emerge, there has never been a more important moment to ensure that homes...
Posted On - 16/05/2022
Glass Times editor, Luke Wood, visits Made For Trade’s new Billingham based HQ and learns more about the company’s latest Korniche bi-fold offering. Made for Trade’s growth over the last eight years has been phenomenal, accelerating significantly from 2016 when it made the decision to stop retail sales and installations so that it could concentrate fully on B2B operations. Six...
Posted On - 16/05/2022
As the upturn in demand for aspirational home improvement products continues, Steve Cross, director at Mercury Specialist Frames, discusses why aluminium sliding patio doors help installers capitalise on a growing market. Over the past two years, there has been a seismic shift in demand for aspirational living from the domestic sector, with consumers looking to maximise open plan living spaces...
Posted On - 16/05/2022
Lumi managing director, Asa McGillian, says that Lumi’s highly distinctive aesthetics still need to be backed by top performance With energy bills getting out of hand and the latest windows and doors meeting ever tougher performance numbers to comply with the revised Building Regulations, we have never been better placed as an industry to provide significant and worthwhile improvements in...
Posted On - 16/05/2022
By Russell Yates, MD, AluFold Direct We’re finally emerging from what I’ve seen described as a ‘polarising pandemic’ – one in which high-income households increased their savings and reduced their debts, while low-income families increased debts and reduced savings. According to the Resolution Foundation, 47% of those on the highest incomes saved at least 10% more during the pandemic than...
Posted On - 30/03/2022
How far should fabricators get involved in the installation process? Glass Times talks to Sternfenster’s technical trades manager, Kev Wallis, who argues that regular training is the only way to complete error-free projects. Call-backs have become a common feature of installations: unnecessary time spent on jobs that eat-in to your profit, which is difficult to price-in to a job because...
Posted On - 30/03/2022
Quicklide continues to improve its factory, website and employee initiatives as part of a new £2.7m investment plan. ‘Supply and demand’, that long-established economic model of price determination, succinctly sums up the pandemic-driven change in the fenestration industry over the past two years: increasing customer demands coupled with ongoing challenges in the supply chain. Quickslide is focused on continuing to...
Posted On - 30/03/2022
HWL is in the final stages of the rollout of its bar code tracking capability as part of a wider digital offer, something which Phil Gray, operations director, argues will drive a step change in service. HWL is an ‘artisan’ business. It took the decision to step away from volume manufacture last year, redirecting its offer to flush and higher...
Posted On - 30/03/2022
By Martin Nettleton, managing director, Euroglaze The most recent research from Insight Data suggests that there were 35% fewer PVC-U fabricators in the UK in 2021 than there were in 2011 (a decline from 1860 to 1195). There’s no single explanation obviously; some have switched to buying in, some have merged or retired and there have been some high-profile failures...
Posted On - 30/03/2022
CDW Systems is celebrating 30 years in business. Glass Times talks to its chairman, Jeremy Phillips. Gloucester-based CDW Systems, part of the East Manor Group, is said to be one of the UK’s most trusted and well-respected specialists in the trade supply of aluminium window, door, and curtain wall products. And this year the fabricator celebrates its 30-year anniversary. A...
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