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Posted On - 17/02/2020
By Ben Brocklesby, director at Origin. We’ve kicked-started the new decade with something that, as a business, we are extremely proud of: receiving our ISO 45001 accreditation, the international standard for health and safety at work. This achievement demonstrates our compliance with health and safety law, and in many respects, goes beyond what the law requires. Everybody within the fenestration...
Posted On - 17/02/2020
By Lee Jones, head of manufacturer solutions, NBS. Construction is clearly high on the new government’s agenda and its ambitious plans are cause for optimism. However, until the March budget is announced we can’t be clear exactly what is involved. Regardless of the exact amount, having £billions earmarked for schools, hospitals, infrastructure and annual targets for hundreds of thousands of...
Posted On - 17/02/2020
By Jon Vanstone, Certass. Every installation business within the glazing industry is supposed to ensure that the consumer has financial protection when replacing windows in a property. The residential sectors handle this differently depending on the market, but such is the failure rate of work done and of glazing businesses that insurance-backed guarantees (IBGs) are the current sensible solution within...
Posted On - 17/02/2020
New building housing offers major opportunities for the window industry argues Ryan Johnson, managing director of Emplas. It is now time, according to commentators, for government to focus on delivery and key infrastructure priorities, including the delivery of new homes. The shortage of supply of new homes is acute; a generation is locked out of the housing market and house...
Posted On - 17/02/2020
Michelle Wright, group marketing manager at Glazerite, explains how the company’s composite door offering has been transformed with support from Doorco. While the size of a brochure isn’t necessarily significant, it can actually tell a story. And if you look at our door brochure – which 18 months ago was just 24 pages, and is now 64 pages – this...
Posted On - 17/02/2020
Andy Ball, managing director of Balls2 Marketing, talks leveraging trends and annual events in marketing campaigns. 2020 has already seen some pretty impressive marketing campaigns delivered, with many of them taking advantage of big lifestyle trends. As is the norm for January, after months of being encouraged to indulge, we’re hit from all directions with diet and fitness products and...
Posted On - 17/02/2020
By Adrian Toon, director of a2n. Looking back at the need for a DSLR over a high-end specification smartphone, it is clear that the two options of kit for general photography are beginning to blur and the trend is set to continue in 2020. As a professional photographer, I am often asked what camera I would recommend to budding photographers,...
Posted On - 17/02/2020
Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager for Pilkington UK, explains why glass and glazing sales teams should emphasise the wellbeing benefits the right windows can deliver. As we become more conscious as a society of living healthier and happier lifestyles, the amount of natural light in the workplace – something that affects millions every day – is too often overlooked....
Posted On - 17/02/2020
Is it the ease of installation, the sleek design, that minimal ‘all glass’ look, or safety assurance that makes a great glass balustrade system? OnLevel’s Gary Dean explains. Glass balustrading is everywhere; across towns, cities and suburban developments, it is well established as the go-to solution for contemporary screening, prevalent on most new-build apartment blocks with outdoor areas and balconies....
Posted On - 17/02/2020
Why is glass such a popular option for commercial premises such as offices, and can its use really help improve employee wellbeing? Simon Boocock, managing director of CRL Europe, takes a look. Glass is increasingly being specified for a variety of commercial situations, from offices and restaurants to hotels and hospitals. This is unmistakably a material that is being chosen...
Posted On - 17/02/2020
The wrong choice can cost you £thousands, while the right one will put them straight onto your bottom line. Dennis Kampmann, director of Industrial Glass Cutting, Bohle, asks: where should you start when choosing industrial glass cutting wheels? It’s about physics and chemistry – and probably just a little alchemy. Get your cutting table set up with the right cutting...
Posted On - 17/02/2020
Ultraframe’s marketing director Alex Hewitt discusses how the company’s product range has evolved over the last 35 years from traditional white PVC conservatories to a range of glazed extensions, modern conservatories, and skylights. It’s over 35 years since Ultraframe was established, with our founder John Lancaster creating a conservatory roofing system that still lives on today: our Classic system. It’s...
Posted On - 17/02/2020
Liverpool-based TuffX has been a leader in the conservatory roof glass sector for more than a decade. But staying there takes a lot of time, effort and cash, explains MD Graham Price. As news of yet more failures among flat glass processors spreads, Graham Price and John Tierney are blessing the day they took the decision take their company TuffX...
Posted On - 17/02/2020
Second time replacements, plus new build demand, are generating new growth opportunities for inline sliding doors – in PVCU as well as aluminium – argues HWL’s Mark Haley. The impact second time replacements, foils and flush casements, are having on window sales has been widely discussed. The opportunities generated by the replacement of inline sliding doors has not received anywhere...
Posted On - 07/02/2020
FIT Show director Nickie West discusses why the FIT Show has reverted to a biennial format. Sometimes in life and business we have to accept that no matter how much we believe in a decision, no matter how much work, investment and effort we put into making it a reality, there are forces out of our control that will prevail....
Posted On - 16/01/2020
By Adrian Toon, director of a2n. The pixel race has all but stopped over the last couple of years with smartphone companies and camera manufacturers are now concentrating on camera sensor quality not pixel count. The misconception that a higher pixel count offers a better image quality, just does not add up. There are many other factors to take into...
Posted On - 16/01/2020
Andy McDowell, commercial director at Pilkington UK, reflects on the year gone and what lies ahead for Pilkington UK and the wider glass and glazing industry. In another year where England came at arm’s length of victory in a World Cup, you’d be forgiven for thinking not a lot has changed since 2018. Indeed, the glass and glazing industry has...
Posted On - 16/01/2020
It’s the start of a new decade, and that brings with it an additional sense of optimism and excitement on top of the natural feeling that comes with a new year. By Doorco’s chief doork and creative consultant Jeyda. I always think this is the perfect time of year to take stock, reflect on what’s come before and enter the...
Posted On - 16/01/2020
By Simon Sangha, Liniar. This month, I’m going to explore the five key marketing trends of 2019 for the fenestration industry based on my own research, and discuss my predictions for 2020. Keywords. There has been an increase in searched keywords and phrases of terms such as ‘lean-to conservatories’, and ‘orangeries’, whereas keywords that were popular in previous years, such...
Posted On - 16/01/2020
By Jade Greenhow, operations director at Insight Data. It will come as no surprise to those within the industry to hear that we’ve seen a rapid rise in M&A activity in recent years. For some businesses, it has proven to be a fast-track way to scale up, enter new markets and to secure both customers and supply chains. For those...
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