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Posted On - 20/08/2021
Having recently led the management buyout of trade fabricator Glazerite UK Group, MD Robert Brearley reflects on the company’s offering, and shares his plans for the fabricator’s future. Joining a company and leading it through a management buyout during a global pandemic was certainly challenging, but that’s something I’m always up for. There is no doubt that this is one...
Posted On - 20/08/2021
By Certass chair Jon Vanstone. The public perception of our industry is one of my real bugbears. Despite our ever-increasing professionalism, fantastic energy efficient, and secure products – and the vast majority of our installation companies doing a great job of fitting products in line with regulations and offering good customer service – there are still complaints and issues which...
Posted On - 20/08/2021
With the glass and glazing industry seemingly careering from one challenge to the next over the last year and a half, Glazing Summit 2021, which takes place on October 21 at Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham, cannot come soon enough, says Andrew Scott, the summit’s founder and CEO of organisers Insight Data and Purplex Marketing. After 35 years in the glass and...
Posted On - 19/08/2021
By Claire Price of QMS International, one of the UK’s leading ISO certification bodies. With net zero deadlines looming closer, more emphasis is being put on businesses to pull their weight when it comes to cutting their carbon footprint. The UK’s commitment to the Paris Agreement means that we have to play our part in limiting the global temperature rise....
Posted On - 19/08/2021
Chris Brunsdon, founder and CEO of Tommy Trinder, explains how buying software has moved on, and why it’s a game-changer for window installers. Historically you needed a bag of cash and nerves of steel to invest in decent quoting software in our industry. You’d have to stump up £thousands upfront, only to be faced with the trauma of getting it...
Posted On - 19/08/2021
Selecta Systems’ sales director Andy Green talks about the strong and longstanding values and ethos of the family-owned business, which have become characteristic of the company, and have shone during recent events while standing the test of time. Over the last 12 months or so we have seen the way we live change considerably, with almost every person having to...
Posted On - 19/08/2021
Ten years ago, Edgetech was acquired by NYSE-listed Quanex, which is introducing a new four-pillar strategy, as Edgetech’s managing director Chris Alderson explains. One of the best things about being part of Quanex is that it constantly challenges us to do better. Back when it first bought the business, Edgetech was already a world-renowned spacer manufacturer with a decades-long legacy...
Posted On - 19/08/2021
The problem of disappointing hardware – of finishes that pit and peel – has scarred the industry, says Nick Dutton, CEO at Brisant-Secure, who offers a solution. Homeowners take pride in their front doors: no-one buys a front door with gleaming hardware to look beautiful for just two or three years. People expect their new door to age gracefully and...
Posted On - 19/08/2021
Andy Swift, sales and operations manager at ISO Chemie, considers how current foam tape sealants secure a decorative finish for doors and windows and better energy efficiency. As the UK continues to ease out of lockdown restrictions, and society slowly returns to a semblance of normality, many more homeowners who have been thinking about their homes during the pandemic will...
Posted On - 19/08/2021
Companies who fail to invest in sustainability will be locked out of retail and commercial sectors, with wastewater in glass processing representing a significant challenge, argues Bohle’s Dave Broxton. It’s not only about being seen to be green, it’s about the competitive commercial edge that introducing more sustainable business practices gives you. You can put your head in the sand...
Posted On - 19/08/2021
Steve Bond, customer support manager for fire protection at Pilkington UK, explains how the glass and glazing industry is undertaking research into the performance of laminated safety glass when subjected to fire to help the government consider an exemption for the use of laminated safety glass in balustrades on high-risk high-rise balconies. Architects like glass balustrades. They’ve been used for...
Posted On - 19/08/2021
Victorian Sliders’ marketing manager Geoff Bishop explains why the company has experienced record-breaking sales in the first half of 2021. Last March, I don’t think any of us could’ve predicted the situation our sector would be in nearly 18 months later. Back then, prospects looked bleak: society was on the brink of shutting down almost entirely. But Victorian Sliders, and...
Posted On - 19/08/2021
Active Windows’ managing director Norman Wood explains how Aluplast has given the company a competitive advantage. We manufacture and sell directly to homeowners and our business model is based on delivering quality not quantity, and working with the Aluplast system allows us to do just that. We know it’s a superior, more robust product than other PVC systems on the...
Posted On - 19/08/2021
Ultraframe’s marketing director Alex Hewitt explains how the company has enhanced its glass roof system with the addition of its Goalpost, which allows Ultraframe installers and builders to create grand designs without the need for additional costly steels. Over recent years we have seen our roofing systems being used more and more for Grand Designs-type extensions and orangeries – and...
Posted On - 19/08/2021
By Liniar. It’s finally summer and the trend for home improvements is still going strong. With the housing market booming and consumers looking to make improvements to their living spaces, there are lots of things for installers to suggest that’ll help boost both property values and quality of life – and Liniar has an entire range of stylish enhancements to...
Posted On - 19/08/2021
A free-to-download White Paper has been published by Deceuninck, which summarises detailed consumer research on colour preference and forecasts the top colour trends in 2022. Available now, the paper draws on data collected by YouGov as part of a Deceuninck-commissioned study. It also pulls in data on national sales of foils and statistics from its own sales, combining them with analysis...
Posted On - 18/08/2021
Victoria Brocklesby, COO at Origin, discusses the impact of the pandemic on demand for home improvements and how this demand will affect the fenestration industry. For many, the pandemic has been an incredibly challenging time, testing our economic and environmental resolve. Thankfully, slowly but surely, we are emerging out the other side. Over the past 18 months, we have seen...
Posted On - 18/08/2021
By Phil Slinger, CAB chief executive. With the ONS revising its dip in construction output in 2020 to a fall of 14%, and the CPA forecast for a growth this year of 13.7%, it seems that the industry continues to bounce back. On the downside, there is the shortage of materials and skilled labour followed by the inevitable rise in...
Posted On - 18/08/2021
When the longstanding timber windows at a local Gateshead primary school began to come to the end of their life, the installers and fabricators needed to work with minimal disruption. Rehau explains. Located in Low Fell, Gateshead, and built in 1896, Kells Lane is a mixed-sex primary school with 429 pupils. When the school needed new windows, Gateshead Council wanted to replace the old timber windows with...
Posted On - 18/08/2021
Andrew Charlesworth, technical director of profine UK and Kömmerling, talks about the widely anticipated changes to the building regulations to be announced later this year and how this has influenced their thinking with their new flush sash window. The new Approved Document L (conservation of fuel and power) and Approved Document F (ventilation) of the Building Regulations are on their way and...
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