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Posted On - 14/12/2021
By Ryan Johnson, managing director at Emplas. Omicron is the latest addition to our vocabulary. We came out of the high of the G-Awards at the end of November, into a return of face masks and growing concern as to how the new Covid variant will impact on the UK. For the window industry, it has the potential to be...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Danny Jones, technical director at Kall Kwik Machinery, discusses how the company works with customers to provide tailormade Schirmer machines. When it comes to your business, nobody knows it better than you. You know exactly what you do well, and you know the areas you need to improve. You also know when you need to invest in new machinery to improve the way you operate, and you know how...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
By Neil Parton, Elumatec MD. With certain issues, it can become the done thing to advertise your commitment to the cause at every opportunity; there is often more hot air than action. Sadly, sustainability is one of those issues. But it’s critical to our survival, and that of every other species on this planet, and we must take it seriously....
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Generally speaking, UK employment law protects those suffering from chronic illness or disability in the workplace, but how does this translate to women going through the menopause? Tina Chander, head of Employment Law at Midlands law firm Wright Hassall, explains. In recent times, there have been some high-profile menopause tribunal cases, and employers are becoming more aware of their legal...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
In a buoyant market the key to making hay while the sun shines is a fast and efficient quoting process, according to CEO of Tommy Trinder Chris Brunsdon. But what does it take to be efficient? And just how fast is fast? Chris put Framepoint to the test: quoting a houseful of windows against the clock. With demand in the...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
By Angus Mackie, Qualicoat UK and Ireland chair. The association’s first physical members’ meeting since lockdown, recently took place at the Arden Hotel and Leisure Club in Solihull. The event was well attended and included members who joined the meeting online. The event allowed all attending members to be in full communication while sharing screen presentations and important technical discussions....
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Andrew Scott, founder and CEO of the Glazing Summit, reflects on the event’s return to Edgbaston Cricket Ground. To some, glass and glazing is just a job: a place to work. But to me, it’s a passion. I’ve given decades of my life to UK fenestration, first as a fabricator, then as a marketing strategist and business consultant, and between...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
By Nigel Headford, director at Deceuninck Aluminium. The window and door industry doesn’t care about regulation. At least most of it doesn’t. Regulation is seen as a burden, and not an opportunity. Regulatory change is, however, coming and those companies that are simply waiting on either their systems company or their fabricator to deliver a solution, could be facing a...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Chair of Certass Trade Association Jon Vanstone talks about keeping workers safe. As the HSE continues to form the Building Safety Regulator, and the related Building Safety Bill is adopted into law next year, it will bring an increased focus on how we do things on site, whether it be a large tower block or a small domestic home. With...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Andy Ball, managing director of Balls2 Marketing, discusses the importance of embracing new technology and innovation. If you look back over the past few centuries, you can trace most of the major changes in our lifestyle to some form of technological innovation. The industrial revolution and the invention of the steam engine were the original gamechangers, but we’ve also gone...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
By Adrian Toon, director of a2n. A central library is perhaps not seen today as an important knowledge hub – as this mantle has been taken by the internet – but we should consider that idea when we think of a central storage of images within our businesses. Why is this important? Using social media, an image captures attention and...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
The entrance door market continues to evolve as homeowners personalise their doors. Kerry Blackford, head of product at ERA, explores the revival of heritage style entrance doors and the latest products and finishes. For homeowners, achieving real kerb appeal is more important than ever before. Where once the interior of a property presented itself as the main opportunity to embrace...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
In the fast-growing smart technology market, demand for smart home security is booming. But some smart locks aren’t as clever as you’d think, says Nick Dutton, CEO of Brisant-Secure. With almost 4,000 smart products on sale in the UK, and almost half the population owning four or more smart devices, it’s clear there’s widespread demand for smart products in smart...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
With Cop26 and the growing climate crisis, is it time for installers to open their doors more widely to timber? Tom Wright, managing director at George Barnsdale, discusses. According to the Office for National Statistics, households in the UK remain the highest contributors to the country’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. Long before things like Cop26 became headline news, people had...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Dave Broxton, managing director of Bohle, explains how sedimentor technology represents an effective way for glass processors to demonstrate a genuine commitment to greener manufacturing. As we emerge from Covid, sustainability has returned to the top of the news agenda, and in the wake of Cop26, organisations are coming under even greater pressure to demonstrate how green they are in...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Edgetech’s managing director Chris Alderson argues that, for IGU manufacturers, automation is the only long-term solution to the ongoing skills crisis. It’s been looming for decades, but it looks like it’s the painful combination of Brexit and coronavirus that will finally tip Britain’s skills shortage into a full-blown crisis. Back in January 2019, the British Chambers of Commerce released a...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Sam Bamforth, manager at MP Glass, discusses a recently installed bespoke glass walkway and balustrade using the VetroMount system from Bohle. Over the course of the pandemic, we’ve noticed a big upturn in the volume of enquiries from the retail sector. A lot of homeowners have found themselves with additional savings thanks to Covid; they’ve not been able to spend...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Window and door smart home technologies are going to need to offer more to secure consumer buy-in, according to Emplas. Smart home tech is dominated by the entertainment sector: according to The State of the Connected Home 2021 report by techUK, smart TVs, speakers and personal devices continue to dominate the smart tech sector. Things, are, however, starting to change....
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Apeer’s Asa McGillian confesses that the success of the firm’s Silka door range was not entirely down to his genius. I have a confession to make: our best-selling range of composite doors ever, Silka, was a bit of an accident. Or, rather, its success took me by surprise. Silka outsells every other door we make, and this popularity shows no...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Ultraframe has launched its goalpost, which allows Ultraframe installers and builders to create open-sided grand designs with clear openings in excess of 6.5m, and doors in excess of 10m. Marketing director Alex Hewitt explains. Homeowners are becoming ever-more adventurous when adding a conservatory or glass roof extension to their home, and the designs that were once classed as ‘grand designs’...
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