Posted On - 19/12/2017
Strictly Come Dancing may almost be over for another year, but the show must go on for the folks at North Leeds Dance Academy (NLDA). To help keep them warm before, during and after rehearsals, Morley Glass and Glazing has funded new personalised hoodies for the team featuring the new NLDA logo. An award-winning Ballroom and Latin Dance Academy, NLDA...
Posted On - 19/12/2017
Seventy-five Swish installers have become Excellence as Standard members, the programme that was launched at FIT 2017 and aims to drive and promote excellence at every level of member businesses. Gerald Allen, Epwin Window Systems’ marketing manager, said: “I’m delighted that so many Swish installers have already become Excellence as Standard members because it reflects the powerful value the programme...
Posted On - 19/12/2017
Architectural ironmongers will benefit from 35 new BIM product data templates (PDTs) launched this month. The templates, released by the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI), will help ironmongery and hardware manufacturers to create product data sheets (PDS) in a simple and structured manner. Manufacturers can quickly and easily complete product data sheets so the information is available to architects and...
Posted On - 19/12/2017
Epwin Window Systems has won the Sustainable Business Award from Business Environmental Support Scheme Telford (Besst) 2017, for Carbon and Energy Management. Paul Nelms, Epwin’s group environmental manager, said: “We are delighted to have won this award. As a business we are committed to ongoing energy reduction throughout our Telford extrusion plant and to collect a sustainable business award proves...
Posted On - 19/12/2017
Conservatory Outlet has marked its best year ever with an award ceremony at its 2017 employee christmas party to recognise the dedication and hard work of its team. In the 12-month period that has seen the company join forces with retailers Clearview Home Improvements and Pennine Home Improvements to form the Conservatory Outlet Group, Conservatory Outlet staff have stepped up...
Posted On - 15/12/2017
Spectus trade fabricator Universal Trade Frames has joined Spectus’s Excellence as Standard membership programme. Brian Kruger, Universal’s managing director, said: “Excellence as Standard … advocates excellence at every stage of a project and aims to set the benchmark for the home improvement and construction industries. It’s a commitment we share and we’re proud to be part of the scheme.” Universal...
Posted On - 14/12/2017
CDW Systems is celebrating what directors at the business have described as “its most eventful year ever”. In September 2017, the existing senior management team of Richard Smith, Angela Phillips, Jeremy Phillips, Allan Little, Martin Rowe and Mike Davis purchased the company from group chairman Jerry Webb, who remains involved as non-executive chairman. East Manor Group was formed by the...
Posted On - 14/12/2017
Camden Group explains its strategic decisions to stamp its mark on the trade industry across the UK and Ireland. Supplying to trade over all of Ireland, Scotland and the United Kingdom, with a 30,000 weekly capacity, we are fortunate to say we are continuously evolving at Camden Group. Having 34 years trading experience, like any organisation, our mark in the...
Posted On - 14/12/2017
Club Wembley offers exclusive membership and access to some of the biggest sporting and entertainment occasions throughout the year, including the Carabao Cup Final, The Emirates FA Cup, and some of the biggest global music acts. Customers can choose from a range of Club Wembley memberships, each designed to provide the best experience at the most prestigious fixtures in the...
Posted On - 14/12/2017
Camden Group has announced that 20% of its manufacturing workforce is made up of women. The manufacturing industry is traditionally a male dominated workplace with women in the minority, the company said. However, trends are changing and more and more woman are joining the manufacturing workforce. Camden Group employs more than 700 employees across six manufacturing facilities and 12 trade...
Posted On - 14/12/2017
Glass and glazing companies could be better off offering finance to customers than taking payment by credit card, according to Consumer Credit Solutions. UK businesses will be banned from charging fees when taking payment by credit or debit card from early next year. At present, businesses are allowed to charge customers what it costs to process payments, typically around 2%....
Posted On - 14/12/2017
The composite door sector will see significant growth through to 2021, according to a new report from Palmer Market Research. According to ‘The Market for Domestic Entrance Doors’, composite doors now account for 54% of the market, the share rising to 56% by installed value with the inclusion of PVC/ABS faced doors. This follows an above-market forecast – 9% increase...
Posted On - 13/12/2017
Glass and glazing companies could be better off offering finance to customers than taking payment by credit card, according to Consumer Credit Solutions. UK businesses will be banned from charging fees when taking payment by credit or debit card from early next year. At present, businesses are allowed to charge customers what it costs to process payments, typically around 2%....
Posted On - 13/12/2017
The two main industry forecast providers appeared to give contradicting analysis this month, with the residential building sector either the champion or the loser depending on which you read. There was a moderate rebound in UK construction output, with business activity rising at the strongest rate since June, according to the IHS Markit/Cips UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). However,...
Posted On - 13/12/2017
A family-run window company is hoping to spread some Christmas cheer by releasing a video in which staff don Santa suits and belt out a festive hit. Employees at Target Windows attached fake beards, grabbed inflatable guitars and adjusted their Santa hats at the firm’s Meir Heath factory to record a version of Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody. They were joined...
Posted On - 13/12/2017
Timber window manufacturer Cardinal Windows has signed up to the 2019 FIT Show. The company offers bespoke windows to specifiers and installers who seek traditionally styled, timber sliding box sash windows with the latest standards of high performance. Having seen demand grow for real wood windows, the firm now sees the FIT Show as the best shop window to reach...
Posted On - 13/12/2017
An 18-year-old apprentice who helped land a six-figure business deal, a trainee cabinet maker with a mayoral bench to his name, a mass-market fire door, and a previously unsung health and safety hero have all been recognised in this year’s British Woodworking Federation awards ceremony. One of the highlights of the night was the Project of the Year award, which...
Posted On - 13/12/2017
More than 90% of MPs think that converting empty spaces above shops could help reverse the current housing shortage, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The survey results, which have been published alongside a new research report by the FMB entitled ‘Homes on our high streets’, shows that MPs believe converting empty spaces above shops...
Posted On - 13/12/2017
The New Window Company has been acquired in a management buyout, led by Roy Wakeman OBE. The New Window Company, which operates out of historic offices and large showroom facilities in Caythorpe Lincolnshire, was formed in 1995 by Darren and Tracey Elmes, and has grown into a leading provider of windows and doors in the east Midlands with installations in...
Posted On - 07/12/2017
Callum Alton, digital marketing executive at Balls2 Marketing, is a finalist for a top award in the EEF manufacturing photography competition in the Young Photographer category. Sarah Ball, client strategy director at Balls2 Marketing, said: “Callum is a gifted photographer. We asked him to take some photos for Frame Fast, a window and door fabricator in Derby, and he came...
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