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Glass Times editor, Luke Wood, talks to Steven Sanderson, managing director of Chesterfield based installer, Sereco Windows, a company that is enjoying a strong order book thanks to a portfolio of premium products and a commitment to selling on quality, rather than price. Luke Wood: Can you give a brief background on the company? When it was established,...
After my optimistic observations about rising consumer confidence in last week’s newsletter, the latest data from the Business Pilot Barometer – which offers in depth insight into the glazing industry’s home improvement sector – has arrived, and it’s painting a slightly more pessimistic picture. According to the Barometer’s senior analyst, Neil Cooper-Smith, average sales by retail companies dropped in May...
Everglade Windows has launched a new steel-look internal doors and screens system to its customers, a response to the rise in popularity of steel-look glazing and ‘broken plan’ living spaces. The West-London based fabricator launched the new products at its recent annual Trade Customer Conference – Evolve 23, along with seven other additions to the product range. Jay Patel, director...
Visitors to this year’s FIT Show have been treated to a wealth of entrance doors, numerous new products aimed at the growing home extension and garden room sector – including new roof lanterns and pergolas – a multitude of software solutions for installers and fabricators, and more besides. Last year’s FIT Show majored heavily on entrance doors and this year’s...
The topic of energy efficiency hit the headlines recently with newspapers going to town on the fact that the government was wasting huge amounts of money trying to heat the Houses of Parliament. Thermal images, courtesy of npower, demonstrated just how inefficient the iconic buildings are compared with modern structures such as the Shard. In turns out that energy provider...
Bohle has launched Lyon, a new Juliet balcony, which is said to offer key benefits to window installers including ease of fitting, minimal stock holding, and ‘an almost limitless’ colour range. The popularity of Juliet balconies has reportedly soared in recent years, as building owners have sought to maximise light throughout their properties, while providing a sense of spaciousness. Lyon...
Ken Price a well-known figure in the glass industry and co-founder of Tuff X Processed Glass, passed away on 8 May 2022 aged 81. Ken joined his father’s glass business, James Price Glazing & Son (established 1947) after leaving school at the young age of 15. He went on to build a successful business working with local authorities, housing departments...
In less than a week’s time the doors will open at the NEC for the 2022 FIT Show – a welcome return for the UK industry’s premier trade event after an absence of three years. This year’s exhibition will do well to replicate the success of the 2019 event – which was billed as a ‘record breaker’ – but the...
Durham-based hardware supplier, AT Precision, has recently had its entire Everglide range of aluminium bi-fold hardware salt spray tested, achieving the maximum 480-hour cycle time required for a Grade 5 on the BSEN1670 scale. AT Precision’s sales director, Michael Hewitt, commented: “Along with general pollution, salt spray in the air can attack metal coatings on hardware, tarnishing them very quickly....
Tradeglaze has taken delivery of a new glass cutting table from Atlantic Machinery, brings new levels of precision to the production line at the company’s subsidiary Allenby Glass. With both the construction and the home improvement markets experiencing the strongest demand on record, Tradeglaze has been making investments in talent, machinery, software as well as vehicles, land and office space...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell gets some encouraging news from his bank. In this week’s newsletter, we have FIT Show’s latest announcement that visitor pre-reg figures are going through the roof, along with news that 5 Star Windows and Conservatories secured retail and trade orders worth nearly £2.5 million in February and March, a figure that is 125% higher than...
Abcell has partnered with Deceuninck, which will expand its range of products to include PVCU windows and doors. Deceuninck’s 2800 Heritage Sculptured windows, flush casement windows and flush residential and French doors have been added to Abcell’s product offering, all Graf welded for a perfect seam, in line with the rest of Abcell’s range. “We’re passionate about providing our customers...
Germany based Semco of the future will meet customer needs faster and with a human touch, according to A+W Software. Alongside globalisation and urbanisation, digital transformation is one of the determining success factors for businesses of the future; it shapes both the economy and the global society. For medium-sized companies, adapting to this change is a real cultural change. In...
A new online ordering system is set to make it easier than ever to buy from Edgetech, the company has announced. Unveiled at May’s FIT Show, the platform allows IGU manufacturers to pick a product, input quantities, finalise an order, and arrange deliveries. The system will even remember a user’s last purchases, making repeat orders easier. At the FIT Show,...
The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) and BRE (the Building Research Establishment) have joined forces in a bid to raise awareness of the importance of fire doors and to help advance standards in their design, manufacture and installation. When properly built, installed and maintained, fire doors can save lives and protect property. However, fire doors across the UK are often badly...
Thermoseal Group has installed a new order tracking and delivery system, which is the final stage in achieving a completely paperless sales order processing service to customers. The company said this system provides a multitude of benefits to customers including real-time tracking and satellite location of deliveries, as well as same-day e-mailed delivery notes and invoices. It is also environmentally...
Peter Webb, partner at Thomas Westcott chartered accountants, discusses a particularly taxing issue. Over the last 12 months, two of my clients involved in the construction industry have suffered joint visits by the HMRC VAT and Construction Industry Team. With the demise of local HMRC offices, this approach represents a change from previous HMRC practice. These visits were ostensibly to...
Dudley’s Aluminium has begun work on a new project with Vinci Construction to construct the new student accommodation for Bath University. ‘Polden Corner’ will be located on the western side of Bath University’s main campus. The £34.5 million development will have 293 en-suite bedrooms in 37 flats across two buildings, arranged around a landscaped courtyard. The accommodation building will also...
Solidor has launched a ‘Showroom of the Month’ initiative, designed to reward trade partners that have created an outstanding sales environment for consumers. This new initiative is open to all Solidor customers and the first of which to receive the award is family-run Bristol-based Caddy Windows, which has a showroom that features 25 different Solidor combinations. Nick Caddy, sales and...
