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Freefoam Building Products has released guidelines for PVC installers on how to get ahead with all things digital. As a consequence of the recent pandemic homeowners are spending more time at home and inevitably more time online, so having a visible online presence has never been more important, the company said. Freefoam produced an Installer Digital Toolkit document with five...
Forecasts from the CPA (Consumer Products Association) hint that brighter times might be just around the corner for the construction industry. While expecting that UK construction output could drop by 25% this year, it also predicts the sector will bounce back by 26% in 2021, raising the prospect of a dramatic V-shape recovery for our industry. These forecasts offer hope...
Freefoam has launched a series of Fireside Chat, videos designed to open up discussions about important industry topics. Covering all things roofline, the videos feature Colin St John, Freefoam’s commercial director, as he talks about issues such as the changing roofline market, the complexities of the supply chain, colour and innovation, and the importance of forging strong ties with customers....
BM Aluminium has released the software dataset for Epwin’s Stellar aluminium window and door system, giving fabricators the freedom to use its LogiKal software to price and process jobs in Stellar for the first time. The programming team at BM Aluminium worked with Epwin’s design and technical team over several months to create and launch the dataset, so that it...
Jotika was recently chosen by Morley Glass & Glazing to integrate its software and deliver business efficiency improvements. Leeds-based Morley Glass and Glazing is a leading manufacturer and distributor of Uni-Blinds/ ScreenLine blinds, sealed glass units. Recently, the company identified several business challenges, and identified three specific improvement aims. The first was blind price calculation. The aim here was to...
Rolltech has launched it revamped website, and updated an app that calculates the Psi value of IG units. Optimised with a responsive layout that ensures convenient, versatile cross-device navigation, the new Rolltech website caters to glass specialists who need to evaluate information crucial to producing high-performance insulating glass. It displays warm edge solutions from Glass Alliance, the international network that...
Haffner Murat now offers live demonstrations of a range of machinery to potential customers from the company's showroom in Staffordshire. Dave Thomas, managing director of Haffner Murat, said: “We promote our machines through various digital, video and offline platforms but for potential customers to truly appreciate how our machine technology makes a difference to the quality of their fabrication businesses,...
The range of marketing tools offered by Epwin Window Systems’ marketing portal Brand Hub 360 was recently extended to include a new range of corporate clothing, product posters, and window vinyls. Gerald Allen, marketing manager of Epwin Window Systems, said: “Our customers are busy people, and our Brand Hub 360 was designed to help them save time and gives them...
Window Widgets has added new dual-branded vehicle livery, which also includes graphics for The Residence Collection, on to one of their trucks, as it looks to roll this new design across its delivery fleet of 18 tonne lorries. The new vehicle livery has been designed to make a strong statement, with the work carried out by local company Motus Commercials....
UK Doors Online chose The Consultancy to create the company’s web presence www.ukdoorsonline.co.uk and to help launch the business and start to generate leads. From its factory in Wakefield, UK Doors Online is fabricating aluminium bifolds and lift and slide patio doors on a five-day turnaround, alongside aluminium entrance doors and roller garage doors. The company’s focus is on winning...
UAP has launched a new customer platform, the UAP Trade Portal, to complement its existing trade customer channels. The purpose of the Trade Portal is to improve the efficiency of the ordering process, save time for customers, and to give them more control. It performs a variety of benefits, the company said: the sales process is streamlined, replacing a call...
Issue 2 of My Residence magazine is now available, and is available as a download or in print on recycled paper. Sarah Hitchings, sales and marketing director of The Residence Collection, said: “The first issue of My Residence has been a revelation, with trade partners and consumers enthusing about the style and content. Some of our most respected manufacturing partners...
Masterframe has launched the first of three new websites. The new retail facing website at www.masterframe.co.uk signals a change in strategy for the company, with all products brought together under the Masterframe brand. Managing director Carol Slade said: “We have engaged the services of experts to create a user friendly, lead generation site that promotes all our products, while primarily...
Endurance Doors has launched a new website platform, which is designed to bring in more homeowner leads, along with a new trade portal. The new website (endurancedoors.co.uk) has been developed with digital marketing partner Icaal, and it appears in the top five organic rankings for Google for over 50 search terms, and number one for 14 of them. The Quick...
Endurance Doors and digital marketing partner Icaal have published a 24-page brochure for installer that details a range of online marketing packages. Tools that make up the packages include a bespoke quoting engine, Door Designer and CRM system, along with a chat bot, virtual appointment booking page, and the facility to have the latest customer reviews updated directly to a...
AdminBase is now available as a web-based version, including the AdminBase data export service and an improved dashboard feature that allows installers to create and manage contract ‘to do’ lists at a company level. The new web service also integrates sales leads from an installer customer’s own website, directly into the AdminBase system, and includes a copy of the Canvassers...
Business Micros continues to invest in the people and the product development for it to remain market leader, group managing director Graeme Bailey has announced. When Dave Boaler joined Business Micros as a software technician in May, he brought the total number of staff in the group up to 60. That includes all of the group companies: Business Micros, BM...
Biesse Group will host a hybrid online/face-to-face event – Inside In Action – in October 2020. The first event will bring together all the divisions of the Biesse Group, from wood processing to the machining of advanced materials, to glass and stone. Inspired by Inside Biesse, a long-running popular marketing event, Inside In Action will run from October 5 to...
Freefoam Building Products and JR Roofing have launched a new video that highlights the benefits of fitting Freefoam roofline products alongside roof systems. Filmed on location in Blackpool, a roof is replaced on an Edwardian end of terrace property in a rural location by Josh Morrison and his team. Josh explains how offering roofline as part of a roofing contract...
Double Glazing App is now available to installers for a two-month free trial. It allows prospective customers to download the app from the installer’s website onto their smartphone, use it to measure their windows and doors, select the colours and styles they want, and then submit the information to receive an accurate price in under 90 seconds. This is according...