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With over 200 million active websites running, having an online presence for your business is now more crucial as ever. While a new website can seem like a daunting task, there are so many tools available that can make the process more efficient. Liniar’s Simone Sangha explains. This month, I’ve put together a checklist highlighting some areas to focus on...
With the COP26 climate conference, and the first stepping-stone on the road to the UK government’s Future Homes Standard, 2021 is likely to be a big year in the fight against climate change. Carlos Negreira, Exlabesa’s building systems global director, gives his thoughts on how this will affect fenestration. At the moment, it’s hard to imagine anything other than coronavirus...
Ian Cocken, director of sales and marketing at Aluplast, discusses how consumers have intensified their focus on green issues and green products, and companies that can demonstrate a real commitment to sustainability are going to be well placed to benefit as a result. The failure of the Green Homes Grant scheme may have left the industry feeling a little off...
By Rob McGlennon, managing director of Deceuninck. Supply chain security, surcharges and end-user demand: it’s a heady mix of opportunity and challenge. Covid, furlough, the stamp duty holiday, and the plethora of bounce back loans and tax breaks unveiled by the chancellor Rishi Sunak, have created a unique environment for business and, closer to home in our own sector, a...
What would you do if your PVCU systems company suddenly discontinued the window system you've been manufacturing for years? Richard Handyside, managing director for Addspace Construction, faced this daunting prospect in 2019 and knew it was time to make a change. Change is rarely easy, especially when you're changing the very product you've been selling for a number of years,...
As supply to the window industry is still facing problems, including long lead times and product shortages, how has Liniar found itself in a position where it can capitalise on the increased demand? Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell spoke to managing director Martin Thurley and sales director Nigel Bishop to find out. Turn the clock back a year, to the...
As the government unveiled its latest lockdown roadmap, the signs point to a home improvement boom. Mark Austin, sales director (Aluminium) at Epwin Window Systems, explains why Stellar can help you make the most of the market opportunities. As we emerge from lockdown once more, there is clear evidence that the market is ready to fly. Many homeowners are in...
Has a rise in home insurance claims created additional opportunity for a patio door that can deliver enhanced security? Ian Cocken, director of sales and marketing, discusses. With Covid restrictions forcing more people to stay at home for longer, it would be logical to assume that there has been a decline in opportunistic burglaries over the last 12 months. However,...
By Liniar’s Simone Sangha. In the past, I’ve spoken about search engine optimisation (SEO) and the importance of adapting your strategy regularly for this developing channel. With algorithms popping up as frequently as monthly from Google, this won’t change in 2021. However, the way we search most certainly will change over the next 12 months. Future data predications suggest search...
Russell Hand, head of product management and technical at Rehau Windows sets his expectations for the rest of the year, while exploring the role of suppliers in supporting installers, fabricators and consumers. Due to travel limitations and other restrictions through 2020 there was a significant change in consumer spending, and homeowners have been investing heavily in home improvements. However, as...
Russell Hand, head of product management and technical, discusses how the Connect platform is becoming a fundamental part of growing fabricator and installers’ businesses. The events of 2020 have accelerated many modern trends; for example, daily life has long been nigh-on-impossible without a smartphone in hand, and the pandemic has accelerated this trend. In fact, TeleGeography reported that Europe’s international...
Safeseal Frames managing director Phill Pluck explains why, three years ago, he switched to Liniar, and what has happened since then. At Safeseal Frames we really do love Liniar, and we're not just saying that. It all began in 2017 when I was working with then Avantek managing director Nigel Bishop to replace some worn-out machinery. During our discussions, Nigel...
Are aluminium windows and doors difficult to fabricate? Many in our industry think so, and shy away from a hugely lucrative market as a result, according to Kevin Warner, sales director at Exlabesa Building Systems, who points to his company’s components range, 75% of which is compatible with multiple products, to prove it. In glass and glazing, aluminium has the...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell attended Deceuninck Aluminium’s open day just before Christmas, albeit virtually. A year ago, Glass Times met Deceuninck Aluminium’s managing director Nigel Headford to discuss the launch of the company’s new aluminium system, Decalu, starting with the bifold door. It was an ambitious project, aiming to carve a niche within an expanding specialist market. However, Deceuninck...
By Aluprof. High rise apartment living is on the increase in our cities and one of the fastest growing cities to live in is Manchester where the population has increased to 2.9 million. The city is widely recognised as being the capital of the northern powerhouse. Always at the forefront of innovation, Manchester was the world’s first industrial city and,...
The UK’s relationship with Europe may now be decided but did it simply serve as a distraction from far more fundamental vulnerabilities in the window and door supply chain? Aluplast’s director of sales and marketing Ian Cocken discusses. You can draw a line down the middle: companies manufacturing and extruding in the UK are publicly promoting the virtues of ‘buying...
By Liniar’s Simone Sangha. This month I'm focusing on customer experience and how website optimisation can improve customer satisfaction, loyalty, return on investment (ROI) and much more. When it comes to a customer’s experience of your brand, a big part of what they see is online. That’s why it’s vital to ensure that your digital presence is always optimised. I...
By Liniar’s Simone Sangha. The Covid pandemic upended how businesses operate, including the way marketers target consumers. We’ve seen those who have put time into planning and strategising are much better than those who failed to do so. During the whirlwind of 2020, customer habits have inevitably evolved with a particular focus on time spent online. With this, marketers have...
Since homeowners are spending twice as much time on home improvements than they did before lockdown, Russell Hand, head of product management and technical at Rehau Windows, says it is vital installers educate homeowners on frame materials available, and adapt their portfolios to best suit their demands. Following disruption caused by the pandemic, the fenestration industry is experiencing something of...
Gareth Jones, managing director of Profine UK, looks at the year ahead for their Kömmerling brand and welcomes the move of the FIT Show until the end of September. 2020 was an unprecedented year, yet at the beginning of 2021 we look to the months ahead as the variables in the form of Covid, raw material supply, and accelerated consumer...