Posted On - 24/09/2021
Andy Ball, managing director at Balls2 Marketing, explains what lessons businesses can learn from the Olympics. When the Olympics comes around every four (or five!) years, it’s always amazing to see how much of a special occasion it is: it’s an event that captures the attention of everyone across the world. Even those who will never watch any sport in the...
Posted On - 24/09/2021
By Adrian Toon, director of a2n. When I first started this column a few years ago, Smartphone cameras offered an OK picture quality, but not really good enough for print use. How that has changed in a few years. It has nothing to do with the pixel count, it is all down to the quality of the lens and sensor,...
Posted On - 08/09/2021
By Phil Slinger, CAB chief executive. There has been quite a bit of speculation in the press recently with regard to the impending changes to Document L and how it will affect the industry. The Council for Aluminium in Building has been actively asking its members what it means for them and how they will cope with the substantial shift...
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 - 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
Does your company use case studies and testimonials for self-promotion? While collecting them may not be at the top of your to-do list while business is booming, maybe it should be, argues Liniar, which said they can have a positive impact on your business for years to come. In this context, a case study is a story. It tells readers...
Posted On - 29/07/2021
By Phil Slinger, CAB chief executive. It should come as no surprise that the UK is experiencing a serious workforce and skills shortage in the construction industry. The current situation is a result of a workforce laid off at the beginning of the pandemic taking up alternative employment, the loss of a significant amount of European construction workers who have...
Posted On - 26/07/2021
Andy Ball, managing director at Balls2 Marketing, explains the benefits of returning to normal for the glazing industry. With ‘Freedom Day’ upon us, and the lifting of the restrictions which have changed our lives for so long now, it seems we are finally returning to a sense of normality. Of course, the pandemic is far from over, and should be treated...
Posted On - 26/07/2021
By Adrian Toon, director of a2n. Taking images of your own installations for promotional purposes using smartphones can look very professional, given a little time and thought before arriving on site. Obviously, key is making sure that the installation is complete with all groundworks and any planting done. Placing pot plants so they appear at the edge of the image,...
Posted On - 22/07/2021
By Liniar’s Simone Sangha. This is a topic that has crept up quite a lot in the past, and it seems many people have strong opinions on the matter: the way in which you build, host and manage your website. There are definite pros and cons to both in-sourcing and outsourcing, so I thought I’d dissect these in this article...
Posted On - 22/07/2021
Chair of Certass Trade Association Jon Vanstone talks about the department for Building, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) and how its work relates to our sector. It is hard to believe that Beis is only five years old given how much coverage it has had due to Covid, Green Homes Grant, UKCA Marking, and Climate Change. Born on July 14,...
Posted On - 22/07/2021
Andy Ball, managing director at Balls2 Marketing, explains how companies can use events like Euro 2020 to improve internal and external relationships. A year after it was due to kick off, Euro 2020 got underway and there was a clear uplift in the mood of the nation. These events bring everyone together and the proof is in the thousands of people celebrating as one – in...
Posted On - 22/07/2021
By Adrian Toon, director of a2n. Our phones have become exceptional image-capturing devices, and where the content taken from impossibly small cameras do lack in quality, they certainly make up for this on the software front. For example, HDR (high dynamic range) capture is built in today, which offers very good balances between sky and subject offering natural-looking images. There...
Posted On - 22/07/2021
Restrictions on travel and seeing people indoors are finally easing. But many installers who made the move to selling remotely over the last year, aren’t about to get back in the car anytime soon, according to Chris Brunsdon, founder and CEO of Tommy Trinder. “Many customers prefer a remote demo,” Mark Ramsay, MD of Kent based installer Kestrel Home Improvement...
Posted On - 22/07/2021
For your audience to recognise your business, engage with you, build a relationship, and ultimately buy from you, then consistency is a superpower for your marketing, according to Chris Ashton, director at Time54. The construction and interiors sectors are crowded markets: every day, there are lots of marketing messages out there fighting for attention, whether it’s over social media, press...
Posted On - 20/07/2021
By Build Check’s Richard Bate. Various impacts from the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire disaster of June 14, 2017 where 72 people died and a further 74 were hospitalised, are beginning to make themselves felt in the construction sector as the various responsible bodies set about implementation of the recommendations from the inquiry’s report and Dame Judith Hackitt’s subsequent...
Posted On - 13/07/2021
By FIT Show. Now that the Euros are over, FIT Show fever is taking over; after what feels like an eternity of restricted face-to-face interaction, and with no industry platform since 2019, FIT Show 2021 is officially coming home. FIT Show is the UK’s number one, award-winning showcase for the glass, glazing, window, door, hardware and components industry. It will...
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