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Howells Patent Glazing has launched its GQA-approved Rooflight Familiarisation Workshop; the first of its kind in the UK. Open to all, the six-hour, fully accredited workshop provides an insight into the construction of aluminium rooflights, and is designed to improve technical and practical understanding. Trainees will learn about the components, assembly and installation of the company’s slimline rooflight, with hands-on...
GQA Qualifications has become a member of the GGF. GQA is an awarding body for specialist sectors and occupational roles with its roots firmly in the glass, glazing and fenestration sector. Its mission is to work only with industries where they have access to in-house knowledge that gives them the ability to discuss specific qualifications with both training centres/providers and...
Total construction output in Great Britain is forecast to experience a slight decline of 0.3% in 2020, before a rise of 1.2% in 2021 according to the Construction Products Association’s latest construction forecasts. Political uncertainty and bad weather led to a slowdown in construction activity towards the end of 2019, but the forecasts show little evidence to suggest that the...
Veka Recycling has invested in its state-of-the-art Wellingborough facility, with a new silo that has been designed to hold a significant proportion of the old window frames that are delivered to the site, prior to the eventual recycling process. The new silo, which has a storage capacity of 130 tonnes, will ensure that Veka Recycling has a greater overall capacity...
The Glazerite UK Group is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. Group managing director Jason Thompson and chairman John Hewitt, who founded the company in 2000, are still at the helm of the Wellingborough-based business, which has seen rapid growth in size, customer base and its product portfolio. “It’s been our aim from the beginning to be a ‘best-in-class’ supplier...
Garnalex has been awarded the ‘Made in Britain’ mark of provenance. Garnalex CEO Roger Hartshorn said: “Currently 190,000 tons of extruded aluminium is consumed in the UK, but only 110,000 tons is made in the UK. We plan to make a big dent in those import statistics. The raw aluminium comes from Wales, so this really is your chance to...
Vantage Windows became an official Which? Trusted Trader in 2017, and has now passed a milestone 300 reviews, with ‘phenomenal feedback’, the company said. 2019 also saw the business named Best Window and Door Company at the Scottish Home Improvement Awards, for the second consecutive year. Vantage Windows is an Independent Network member based in Belshill, and the company has...
Fensterbau takes place this year; during March 18-21, architects, joiners, window and facade manufacturers and suppliers will be learning about fenestration innovations in Nuremberg, Germany. Around 800 exhibitors will provide information on the latest profile systems, the use of glass in architecture, hardware, fixing equipment, security technology, machinery, equipment and more. An extensive lecture programme completes the fair. Digitalisation will...
South east home improvement company Roofline Solutions has seen a 500% increase year on year in enquiries, thanks to a new website delivered by Purplex. The company saw 84 enquiries delivered in October compared to just 14 last year, while 2,057 sessions were also completed, compared with 653 across the same month last year – an increase of 215%. Ricky...
There will be no FIT Show in 2020. Instead, the show will revert to a biennial format, with the next event taking place on May 25-27, 2021, at the NEC Birmingham. The announcement came as Glass Times was going to press, and follows what the organisers called “continuing unprecedented political and economic uncertainty”. “The conditions that prompted the announcement of...
UAP has acquired the Newcastle-based company Locking Systems, an independent supplier that provides locking cylinders and a personalised masterkeying service to locksmiths and architectural ironmongery companies throughout the UK. Locking Systems operates in Gateshead and offers a range of cylinder solutions varied by the requirements of security and masterkeying; its cylinder solutions can be tailored to individual needs. David Jennings,...
GQA Qualifications has produced a new corporate brochure, which sets out the aims and culture of the organisation, and outlines what it offers to the industry. With a heritage that includes over 25 years of writing industry-relevant vocational qualifications, GQA’s ethos is that all qualifications should be wholly industry-relevant and should be delivered only by suitably structured and knowledgeable organisations;...
Lord Blunkett officially opened the new Building Our Skills academy in Sheffield in late 2019, established in association with GQA Qualifications. The academy is the first of a planned network of facilities designed to offer hands-on practical training in the fenestration industry. Training offered at the academy will include surveying, window and door installation, curtain wall and glass technology, in addition...
Some of the biggest names in the industry have already come on board for Glazing Summit 2020, and plenty more have expressed an interest in getting involved, the event’s organisers have announced. The 2020 summit will take place on Thursday, October 8 at Edgbaston Stadium and Conference Centre. The GGF has been announced as headline sponsor for a second year...
More than 35 GGF member companies met with the GGF technical team to discuss the impact of the government Future Homes Consultation proposals, and to finalise the GGF’s response to the consultation. The meeting was chaired by technical officer David Borland. Approved Document L (energy efficiency) was addressed, and to achieve the government’s zero carbon targets for new homes by...
CMS Window Systems received more independent recognition for its achievements in respect of environmental, social and economic sustainability in 2019 than ever before, the company has announced. CMS picked up gongs in six awards programmes as well as being named a finalist in five others. These awards successes came during a record year all around for CMS, with the business...
Pilkington UK has launched an online hub dedicated to keeping building design industry professionals informed on the latest developments from the upcoming changes to Part L (conservation of fuel and power) of the Building Regulations in England. Bringing together the knowledge of Pilkington UK’s own experts and involvement with key glazing industry bodies, the Pilkington UK Part L hub will...
The New York Stock Exchange welcomed Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE: NX) in celebration of the company's 55th year of listing, in addition to the recent appointments of its new executive management team. George Wilson, recently appointed president and CEO, and joined by Chris Taylor, vice president NYSE Listings and Services, rang The Opening Bell.
Improveasy has been named the 23rd fastest-growing privately owned company in the UK in the annual Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 report; the company has grown by 138% in the last year. Managing director Austin Barcley said: “With millions of pounds of finance being written every month by our network, it proves that point-of-sale finance has quickly gone...
Double R Glass and Roofing Systems has kickstarted 2020 with glass sales up 13% at the end of 2019 compared with the previous year. Overall company sales across glass and conservatory roofs increased by £half-a-million in the same period, and the company announced that eight new members of staff joined Double R in January. “The glass sector is in a...