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Posted On - 28/09/2023
By Stuart Dantzic, managing director, Caribbean Blinds UK. Despite the current cost of living crisis in the UK, the home improvement sector is ripe for continued growth, with research revealing that British homeowners are predicted to spend a total of £217 billion on renovations and extensions before the end of 2024. The most popular type of renovation expected to be...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
We all keep count of the leads coming in, but they need to be understood in context, argues managing director of Business Pilot, Elton Boocock. For the last four years, we have published the Business Pilot Barometer, a monthly summary of the window and door market in the UK, using data gathered from users of the Business Pilot CRM system....
Posted On - 28/09/2023
At a time when feeling overworked and undervalued is almost the norm, businesses need to work on achieving a better balance between profitability, productivity, and spreading the workload. Rhonda Ridge of Ab Initio’s installer management system, AdminBase, explains how the right software can help. Not that long ago the idea of ‘big brother’ watching us at any time –...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
Since Winkhaus introduced the first hooked autoLock almost 20 years ago, its AV autoLocking range is said to have delivered a timeline of industry firsts. According to Winkhaus, the new autoLock AV4 is no exception and continues to innovate, introducing a host of new features and improvements suitable for multiple markets and applications. Mike Rushen, Winkhaus UK sales director, said:...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
Liam Kelleher, Unity Doors’ commercial director, and Daniel Openshaw, UAP’s internal south account manager, discuss the drivers behind their evolving partnership and the importance of collaborative working. For more than 25 years, Unity Doors has been manufacturing composite doors for a wide range of clients, including housebuilders, housing associations and distributors. The company began working with UAP eight years ago,...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
ToughGlaze, a family-owned glass processing specialist that’s fast approaching 30 years in business, has come a long way since it first opened its doors in Kingsbury, North West London. Now, with a new, state-of-the-art 100,000ft2 facility in Bedfordshire, the company has its sights firmly set on becoming the UK’s leading glass processor. Glass Times editor, Luke Wood, talks to Bhavik...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
It’s been one and a half years since German giant, Stürtz Maschinenbau – leading supplier of machinery for the fenestration industry in the EU & the USA – acquired Stuga Machinery, the Great Yarmouth based manufacturer of CNC sawing and machining. We catch up with Stuga’s managing director, Ed Williams, to see what’s been happening behind the scenes and what’s...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
Heritage aluminium doors transform the external appearance of traditional builds while delivering quality and performance. And internal aluminium doors can do the same inside, says Quickslide’s managing director, Ben Weber. Forget the aluminium doors of the past, because with the right design, today’s aluminium doors appear virtually identical to steel ones. But with the added benefit of being lighter, easier...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
With more than 30 years’ experience in marketing for the glazing sector, Andrew Scott, MD of leading full-service marketing agency Purplex, explores the best marketing approach companies should take to cut through the noise in an increasingly digital world. Rewind the clock to more than 15 years ago and the first Apple smartphone was released and not long after, the...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
Kömmerling’s re-brand is now 12 months old, and the strapline ‘Today for Tomorrow’ has never been so pertinent, as Robert Thiroff, managing director of Profine UK and executive director international markets explains. Our global brand was a radical change to the traditional branding for Kömmerling that had served so well for decades. Gone are the safe colours of deep blue...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
After manufacturing Liniar 70mm profile for over 10 years, fabricator and installer, Rooms & Views (R&V) has now won a major contract to supply Liniar’s 90mm Passivhaus-capable Zero 90 range for the first time. CEO, Kevin McClure, discusses the benefits he believes it will deliver to R&V customers. We decided to begin fabricating Zero 90 as soon as we could...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
According to figures from The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), fewer than half of new engineering recruits have either the necessary technical or soft skills needed for work within the industry. Josh Goodwin, technical director for KallKwik Machinery, discusses how the sector can promote the next generation of engineering talent and invest in the future of the industry. The...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
Jack Aluminium has donated products for a project undertaken by Sherwood Stainless Steel & Aluminium, which saw a sensory room built for a five-year-old boy living with SWAN Syndrome. When Simon, one of Sherwood’s shift managers, wanted to create a sensory room for his disabled son, the company stepped in to help in whatever way it could. Sherwood reached out...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
By John Park-Davies, group managing director, Ikon Aluminium Systems. For architects, specifiers, contractors, and installers operating across private developer, commercial and social housing contracts there is always demand for high-performance, proven fenestration products. Usually, these must carry necessary and appropriate certification backed by independent, third-party testing to meet the specification requirements. PAS 24 certification Proven security is often a key...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
Glass specialist Go Glass is using Artificial Intelligence to improve efficiencies and add value to the business. Glass Times editor, Luke Wood, talks to managing director, Tracy Saunders, to find out more. Established in 1978, Cambridge based Go Glass has a long and distinguished reputation as a supplier of high-quality bespoke glass products. From unique, etched glass door designs, to...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
New regulations for Part O, designed to prevent overheating in buildings, came into effect on June 15, 2022. Jon Crohill, Sheerline’s roofing and lantern specialist, looks at the most frequently asked questions surrounding Part O, while putting forward workable solutions. What is Part O? Put simply, the role of Part O is to consider how overheating in new residential dwellings...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
Latest research has identified 30% of individuals in the UK own smart home devices for building safety and security. As the appetite for automated systems continues to increase, where does this leave traditional hardware systems? Here Sumier Foster-Shah, smart security product and customer support manager at ERA, explores the benefits for fabricators to combine both types of systems together to...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
Dan Sullivan, DoorCo MD, discusses with Glass Times how a customer-centric approach to developing the business, from teams to marketing and technology, is helping to enhance the customer experience. DoorCo is a customer-centric organisation, meaning our customers are at the heart of everything we do. Our products, services and innovations are driven by their feedback to ensure that anything we...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
Are you ready for the renewed interest in aluminium, asks Deceuninck Aluminium’s director, Nigel Headford. The rise in popularity in aluminium as a profile material has been steady over the last decade and a half, driven by factors including easier access by the domestic market, improved thermal performance, and the popularity of bi-folding doors – to name a few. But...
Posted On - 28/09/2023
By Gary Dean, managing director of strategic consultancy, The Truffle Pig Consulting Co. So far this year I have written quite a lot of articles on key strategic tools. This article is certainly also built around a strategic tool in that sense, though I struggle a little with this description in the case of business ethics as it shouldn’t be...
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