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Ready, Steady And Fit To Go

Morley Glass is almost ready for the FIT Show as the company seeks to repeat the success of previous events and introduce new products to the...

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Old Ways Are Good Ways

David Thornton, Chair at The Window Company (Contracts), asks why craftsmen aren’t being used to train apprentices by passing on their skills...

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62% Surge In Double Glazing Enquiries

A provider of double-qualified sales leads has reported a significant increase in consumer enquiries for double glazing, with a 62% surge in 2024...

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The Whispering Grass – What YOU Have To Know

Nickie West, the event director for the FIT Show believes malicious rumour mongers are trying to wreak havoc whispering in corners and even sending...

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Double Your Endurance

Endurance Aluminium is a brand-new fabricator which will supply on a nationwide basis. It is a sister business to Endurance Doors – both brands...

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Bi-Folds But Better

An increase in customer demand for domestic patio doors and their commercial equivalents has seen an expansion of the Ali by Framexpress range,...

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Forterro Forges Further Into Fenestration

The BM Group, which is a dominant player in the market for IT systems that control fabrication and distribution, has been bought by Forterro as it...

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CRM To Boost Business

Ab Initio’s Rhonda Ridge looks at what the market holds in 2025 and explains how an integrated CRM will help them to win sales in a highly...

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Businesses Plan To Cut Staff Following Disaster Budget

On Monday 25 November, the CEO of the Confederation of British Industry revealed data that shows its members plan to reduce headcount following the...

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A Slice Of Pie?

The demand for extensions and garden rooms is set to continue but installers that want a slice of this particular pie need to be offering over and...

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Horrendous Service Leads To Sheerline Switch

Windowise has been fabricating aluminium products since it was founded in 1997. Earlier this year, the company made the decision to switch to...

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Doing The Business With Business Management Tool

Sternfenster has launched EasyAdmin+, an advanced business management tool for its customers that will offer significant efficiency gains and create...

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Concentrate On Neurodiversity For A Better Business

The founder of upcycling company Green Doors has stories to tell about how dyslexia and ADHD have proven invaluable in battling a wasteful...

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We Want More

Emmegi (UK) has equipped Framexpress in Telford with a full package of machinery for its brand-new aluminium factory – and installers are...

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Framexpress’ Brand New Aluminium Factory

Emmegi (UK) has equipped Framexpress in Telford with a full package of machinery for its brand-new aluminium factory – and installers are...

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Bootle Businesses Building Better

Warwick North West has secured a significant contract to supply windows for a new affordable housing development by The Sovini Group. Both companies...

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IG Doors Accepts An Offer It Couldn’t Refuse

IG Doors, a supplier to the new build and social housing sector, is rolling out Podfather logistics software across its delivery operation. Working...

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E-Mail For Sales

Targeted e-mail marketing is one of the best things installation businesses can do in a slow market. Rhonda Ridge of AdminBase explains how this...

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Zap Apps

Business Pilot now, via Zapier, interfaces with thousands of popular Apps. The Installer speaks to MD Elton Boocock about this latest leap forward for...

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Legacy Leading

Quickslide’s new Legacy VS features an ultra-slim midrail, run-through sash horns and comes with the option of timber-looking joints. It also...

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Skivers & Shirkers To Get Hard Labour

The Labour Party has often been seen as weak on the work shy but now skivers and shirkers will find a much harder party in power. A get Back to Work...

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Come On England – Southgate The Saviour

Sternfenster’s Mike Parczuk reckons despite too many soundbites and a lack of real gumption in the Labour Party, England winning Euro 24 will...

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The Consultancy Gets Hallmark For Website

The Consultancy has just completed one of its biggest ever bespoke website projects for Hallmark Doors and Panels – but has already started...

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TuffX Makes Made in Britain

TuffX has joined hundreds of other British manufacturers in being eligible to display the distinctive and protected ‘Made in Britain’...

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Evans Above

New Victorian Sliders CEO, Nick Evans, has set his sets sights on going above and beyond what the company has achieved thus far and adding loads of...

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In the Family Way

In today's competitive landscape, employee retention is a critical differentiator for businesses. Arched frame specialist Premier Arches is...

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Insulation Climbing The Walls

Research by Baumit indicates that homeowner awareness of and use of external wall insulation is the highest that it has ever been. In fact, 31% of...

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DoorCo Does Doncaster

DoorCo has plans to open a manufacturing factory in Doncaster. Head of operations, Mark Towers told The Installer all about the new...

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How Hard Is It To Get Into Aluminium?

Towards the end of last year, the Insight Data State of the Industry Report showed many fabricators adding aluminium options to their existing PVC-U...

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Broken Plans

With the rise in popularity of broken plan living, a lucrative market has opened, says AJ Hassanali of Direct Trade Windows – and it’s...

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Arches, Arcoframe And Aluplast

Profile bending expert Arcoframe recently chose Aluplast as a preferred profile supplier for its arched frames and round windows. “We work...

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Putting Your Business On The Right Track

Diversification is the way to create new opportunities argues Bohle’s MD Dave Broxton as he highlights the demand for interior glazing that run...

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A Disruptive 40-Year-Old

Made For Trade is now 40 years old. How has the firm established itself as an innovator and a disruptor especially when it comes to highly engineered...

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Lighthouse Family Lifted 4,438 in 2023

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity has become like a steadfast family member to the 4,438 people who it lifted out of dark places through...

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Are You Making The Most Of Aluminium?

Don’t be fooled into thinking all aluminium window and door suppliers offer the same opportunities to boost profits, warns Sternfenster’s...

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Brisant Takes To ALPS As New Year Arrives

As the new year started, Brisant Secure acquired the business and intellectual property and critical security patents, including ALPS, of Deseo...

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Rocal Rolls Into Aluminium

Rocal Endurance Holdings, which manufactures composite doors, door panels and specialist plastic extrusions, has acquired BDC Aluminium for an...

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Making Progress

Paul Hines, says a software solution made his business run efficiently: “Before we used Business Pilot, I’d say we were working hard...

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Made In Britain Membership Granted

Pure Vista, the balustrade company, has been accredited as a member of Made in Britain. Pure Vista’s adoption of the official, protected mark...

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Invest In The Best

Quickslide’s chairman Adrian Barraclough showed the quality of his windows by getting a group of magazine editors to make them the old (labour...

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Door-Stop Steps Up After Safestyle Crashes

Door-Stop International has stepped in after warning that the livelihoods of hundreds of skilled installers have been put at risk in the wake of...

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Anglian Blows In to Save The (Safestyle) Day

The joint administrators of Safestyle UK have reached an agreement to sell the company’s order book, as well as certain other assets, to Anglian...

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A New Victorian Era

Following its original investment in August 2021, BGF, one of the biggest investors in the UK, has provided an additional round of funding alongside...

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Hot Properties

With more people working from home, the desire for more space is on the rise – and garden rooms with thermally efficient windows and glazed...

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Sun Sets On Safestyle – Administrator Called In & Huge Job Losses Announced

Safestyle has gone into administration with the likely loss of 750 jobs plus an impact on contractors to the firm which was the biggest installer of...

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Colour Rising

Whether windows or doors, masonry paint, cladding or roofline, the use of colour in exterior home improvements has grown more popular year on year,...

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FIT Show – Diversification Was The Message

Diversification was the key message to emerge from the FIT Show believes Bohle’s MD Dave Broxton, as traditional window installers explored ways...

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Infinity Expands

TuffX has extended its factory by 10,000sq.ft to make room for new machinery to support the growth in production of its popular Infinity rooflights...

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Comp Door’s Commits To Capabilities

Since a modest starting point 2022, Comp Door has invested in its production capacity so that it now produces 500 doors per week. The investment goes...

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Shepley Sees Colour Grow With Visage

Shepley has expanded its range of colourways for the complete Rehau Visage PVC-U window and door collection to 25 – all available direct from...

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Second-Hand News - Vans On British Roads At All-Time High

New analysis by Direct Line business insurance of government statistics reveal the number of vans on the roads in Great Britain has hit a record high...

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5,200 Double Glazing Leads Up For Grabs

Despite a slowdown in the market, a provider of sales leads to installers operating in the home improvement sector claims it is generating 13,000 raw...

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When The Going Gets Tough Look For Positives

There is no doubt that 2023 is proving harder than 2022, with many in glass and glazing saying the market is around 15%-20% down on last year, yet...

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Smart Tech Fatigue Is Putting Consumers Off Buying

Millions of consumers are being put off purchasing smart technology for their homes due to feeling overwhelmed with the products currently available...

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Crafting Croft Street For New Creations

Conservatory roof replacement specialist, SupaLite, has transformed one of its original sites, Croft Street, to create a dedicated orangery and glazed...

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House Building Halt Halts Profits

A particularly severe decline in new build housing has hit Eurocell’s profits causing the company to warn ‘further deterioration in market...

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Profile Problems – What Happens If A System Ceases?

Ryan Johnson, the group managing director at the massive fabricator, Emplas, chews over the summer collapse of profile supplier Duraflex and asks what...

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The Benefits Of Employee Wellbeing

Employee wellbeing is a critical factor in retaining talent within the construction, building, and manufacturing industries, writes Origin’s...

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23 Per Cent Of Window Firms Are Failing

Plimsoll’s latest analysis shows how the largest 1,810 window and door companies are performing in 2023 and has reported that 23 per cent of...

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Site Performance Recognised

Rehau UK’s Blaenau Ffestiniog window profile plant has been recognised with two awards for site performance from the wider Rehau Group. The...

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Heritage Interest Rekindled

A renewed interest by homeowners in their properties has rekindled an old market sector, argues Nathan Court, the sales director at...

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In A Heritage Hurry

Once only a few fabricators catered for the heritage window market. Now more and more are hurrying to buy quality profile systems to capitalise on an...

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Only Rooflights

What sets Whitesales apart from most of the other rooflight and lantern manufacturers that exhibited at FIT is that rooflights are its core business...

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Nobody Left Behind And Inside Connections

Merseyside windows and doors fabricator, Warwick North West, has joined forces with two separate workforce development organisations – Nobody...

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Heritage Hits New High

A renewed interest by homeowners in their properties has rekindled an old market sector, argues Nathan Court, the sales director at...

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Learning When To Take On Work And When To Turn It Down

Commercial installer, The Window Company (Contracts), has warned against taking on too much work without enough manpower as the industry continues to...

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Promises Given And Promises Broken?

UK Windows and Doors Group promised staff at its Duraflex profile plant a consultation before closing that side of the business – and then...

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Modern Modular – And Moving

One fabricator says Deceuninck Aluminium’s modern design has got his firm moving quickly in the sector because it is modular, robust and...

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Service Is A Make Or Break

Whatever you sell, buy, make or install, the customer experience can make or break any business, writes Kestrel Aluminium Systems’ Marketing...

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Doubling Down On Digital Drive

PVC-U manufacturer, distributor and recycler, Eurocell, has doubled its digital investment to drive market growth through new technological...

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FIT Show - Victorian Sliders M43

Victorian Sliders is seeking to showcase the improvements it has made over the last twelve months and showcase its ECOSlide in an array of the most...

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Investment Boosts Direct Door Supply

Composite door supplier, DoorCo has put £750,000 into a full redesign of its manufacturing hub in Macclesfield. The investment will boost its...

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Ascot – Cooking With Gas

The Ascot (marketing services) Group that serves the glazing industry is ‘cooking with gas’ by joining elite businesses in employing 100...

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Thermoseal’s Third Thermoflex Twin-Strand

Thermoseal has invested in a third twin-strand extruder for its Thermoflex line, in a bid to meet the continued demand for flexible warm edge spacer...

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Marching Boots On For Machinery Manufacturer

Jade Engineering, which manufactures machinery and machine tools for the UK window and door industry, has purchased a 30,000sq.ft HQ property which...

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Recycling And All That Jazz

Window recycler CNC Recycling now has  a recycling facility that can sort both clean white and jazz (coloured) post-industrial and post-consumer...

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Ali Rooflight From Listers

Listers now offers the Luma aluminium rooflight from Eurocell, which opens up a thriving market sector for more retail companies looking to extend...

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Kombimatec Pours Into DAWS

Fabricator DAWS has increased its production capabilities with the purchase of a second AMC308 Automatic CNC machining centre – the sixth...

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Baby Boomer Set To Mature

The future was looking bright for Universal Composite Doors when we featured the company a year ago. Now we can safely say the ‘baby’ of...

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Own Fleet Drives Consistent Service

Manufacturing more than 3,500 PVC panels and 500 composite doors per week for a national network of over 1,800 installers requires a constant and...

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Glazing, Window Fabrication & Fitting Are Thriving Skilled Trades

Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters are amongst the most thriving jobs in the skilled trades, new analysis of workforce data has...

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Gregory Gets Going

Anda Gregory, group chief development officer for the Glass and Glazing Federation, has announced her decision to leave the organisation after five...

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Reasons to Be Cheerful Part 3

Mike Parczuk at Sternfenster says there are a considerable number of factors that are affecting positivity but there are many parts to the factors...

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Behind Doors For Twenty Years

Four members of the Hurst Doors team got to the end of 2022 and then celebrated twenty years of service. Production team members Neil Briggs, Philip...

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Digitally Connected New Resi Door Firm Opens

Start-up residential door manufacturer, Portico Doors, has invested in a package of new digital connectivity and technology services to support...

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How To Build A Better Business

For many window companies contemplating investing in a Customer Relationship Management tool the first question is – ‘do I need...

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Discounted Digital Marketing for FENSA Members

FENSA members now have access to a range of digital marketing initiatives at a discounted rate because of a partnership with industry online...

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It Can Be a Right Royal 2023 Remarks Royle

Energy saving home improvements will continue to be on consumers wish lists in 2023, despite the cost-of-living crisis, if you are doing things right,...

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Housing - Burnham Building Boosted

An eco-friendly village for over-55s, in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, is set to grow further following the developer’s securement of an additional...

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Hurst Bursts Double Bubble

Hurst Doors has invested £200,000 to double the floorspace at its Hull manufacturing facility. The investment is intended to enable growth and...

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Record Breaker Goes Large At FIT

Sash window manufacturer, Victorian Sliders, has signed up for FIT Show 2023 and will be taking a sizeable stand at the May event as it looks to enjoy...

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Boosting Health To Help The Health Of The Nation

Boosting workforce health can help the UK achieve economic growth ambitions, the CBI has said whilst claiming health-related economic inactivity is...

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Accounts Administrator Role Adds Up For Hoult

A move into the construction industry adds up to the ideal job opportunity for AliMet Fabrications’ new accounts administrator Kerry...

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Crisis Will Seal Sealant Success Says Swift

The energy crisis will ‘significantly fuel’ growth for window and door foam sealant tapes in 2023, according to Andy Swift, sales &...

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Epwin Puts Power Into The Powder Plant

Epwin Window Systems has just completed a carefully planned sixteen-week, six-figure investment in an extension to its Stellar aluminium powder...

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Eleven-Sided Cube – Equity Shares Handed Out

Eleven long-standing team members at Scottish glass and aluminium specialist, Cube Glass, have been allotted up to one fifth of the equity shares in...

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FIT Show 2023 Nearly Full

Less than a month after the FIT Show organisers revealed 70% of exhibiting space had already been allocated for the 2023 event, they have now...

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Fenestration Firms Falling - The Installer and The Fabricator Soaring

Insight Data has revealed a 9% drop in UK fenestration companies in the last six years but an increase in the number of contacts on its database...

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Supersized With Super Spacer - Third Line In £2 Million Expansion

IGU manufacturer Tuff-X Processed Glass has invested in a third Super Spacer application line from Edgetech as part of a wider capital investment...

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Roseview Comes Up Smelling Of Roses

Roseview Windows has doubled its capacity over the past two years to 750 PVC-U vertical sliders per week. It attributes much of its ability to cope...

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73% Of Businesses Grew In Last 18 Months

A major industry survey carried out by hardware distributor, Window Ware, has revealed that almost three quarters of businesses grew in the last 18...

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£165 Million Of Asset Finance For Smaller UK Businesses

The British Business Bank is working with Propel to enable £165 million of asset finance for smaller UK businesses. The new facility is part of...

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TWR Group Celebrates 21st Birthday

The TWR Group has just turned 21 and the people behind the firm believe they have the keys to the bi-fold door market. Starting life as a PVC-U...

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Signing On For The Foreseeable Future

Epwin Window Systems has some positive news from two of its fabricators with one signing a new long-term purchasing agreement while the other has...

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Top Guns To Go Maverick At Summit

Delegates can expect some blunt and maverick views at the Glazing Summit as Barclays’ UK chief investment officer is the keynote speaker and...

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Birmingham Fire Doors Market Heating Up

Shelforce has increased capacity for its fully compliant Fireshel 30-minute fire, smoke and security resistant door. By the beginning of September,...

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An Issue Of Trust For Ms Truss

One construction body has called on the new Prime Minister to dispel mistrust that there will be less work, more taxes and no planning reform as the...

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Sheerline Splashes Out On Colour

Sheerline has invested over £1 million in a new powder coating plant, bringing the most important secondary process that happens to aluminium...

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Derby’s Daring Duo Delve In To Risky Window Business

A pair of self-confessed risk takers have launched a brand new fabrication business operating out of Derby. Owners Nick Ashford and Nat Weaver ran a...

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Bombproof Benz – Durability Behind Modplan Mercedes Truck Purchase

’Bombproof’ build quality and aftersales back-up are said to be the reasons window firm Modplan has gone back to its local Mercedes-Benz...

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C&A Has A Booming Business

One of the largest independent UK stockholders of plastic building products, C&A Building Products, has seen a huge increase in sales of Freefoam...

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Masonite Stokes Solidor Success

Composite door manufacturer Solidor has opened a new factory and distribution centre in Stoke-on-Trent that incorporates the latest in manufacturing...

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Modplan’s Plan For Dynamic Duo

Trade fabricator Modplan has taken a dynamic approach to its growth plans and strengthened its sales management team with the recruitment of two new...

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Buying From Arch Friends Not Arch Enemies

Fabricators don’t want to buy from their competitors, they are looking for reliable non-competing suppliers of arched, angled, gable, circular...

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Edgetech – 15 Years Of UK Manufacturing

Warm-edge spacer manufacturer Edgetech has marked the 15th anniversary of the opening of it first manufacturing facility in the UK. In 2007, the...

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FITing Intro To Gerda Resi Doors

Pioneer Trading used the FIT Show to launch a range of Gerda entrance doors in the UK. Stylish and with an emphasis on high security and thermal...

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Twice Is Nice – In Fact, Paradise

North East Bifolds has invested in a second AMC308 machining centre from manufacturer Kombimatec. Now the firm says it is ‘paradise’ to be...

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Marketing Drive – TuffX Livery Hits The Road

When you’re next on the open road, keep an eye out for TuffX, as the safety glass specialist has recently invested in new graphics for its...

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World’s First Fully Seamless Window Launched

Fabricator, Dekko Window Systems says it has officially launched the world’s first fully seamless window, all set to help its installer...

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Katrina Making Waves

Katrina Earl is set to make waves as the new sales director of Epwin Window Systems. Earl has been with the business for seven years. She will report...

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Stunning Sheffield Showroom

Emplas installer Global Windows has opened a stunning new showroom at its premises in Sheffield, marking the next stage of the company’s 27-year...

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Herr Finally Here – Hartleif Officially Presses Button To Open Recycling Plant

Veka Group CEO Herr Andreas Hartleif has officially opened Veka Recycling’s £15 million recycling plant at Wellingborough – 15...

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Top Of The Arch – Hitting The Marks In Customer Survey

Arched and angled frame manufacturer, Premier Arches, has scored top results in a recent customer survey, ranking highly when it comes to product...

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Purplex Vanquished

Vanquish, the company that specialises in making intumescent kits for rebated hardware protection, an integral part of a fire-resistant timber...

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You Might Have Choices But There’s Still No Escaping Part L

AluK’s product managers Peter Willard and Lisa Stephens and sales manager Scott Yates talked to a hundred installers who attended the CWG...

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Reward Pays Dividends

Nationwide Frame Services is targeting strong business growth in 2022 and beyond with help from a £1 million working capital injection from...

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Bunn Is Cooking Up A Storm

Stevenswood the PVC-U and aluminium window, door, glass and conservatory supplier is turning up the heat as it cooks up a storm by opening two new...

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Fab Fabricator Turns 30

CDW Systems has been a fab aluminium fabricator for 30 years. The company has been manufacturing and supplying trade and commercial installers...

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New CNC Machine Investment To Drive Down Lead Times For Euramax Solutions

Window and door manufacturer Euramax Solutions has invested £300,000 in a new Avantek SuperCut CNC machine to  maximise the company’s...

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Shredder To Increase Recycling Capacity

Veka Recycling has invested more than £200,000 in an industrial PVC-U shredder from German specialist manufacturer, Arjes. The new shredder was...

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Glad Of Glaston As TuffX Heats Up Investment

Toughened glass specialist, TuffX, has installed a new glass furnace at its Knowsley premises. A new Glaston FC500 furnace replaces an older model as...

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Construction's Recovery And The Ukraine War

The recovery in construction output risks being undermined by the invasion of Ukraine and the impact this is having on the supply of materials and...

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Swansea High Bays Keep VBH On The Up

Hardware firm, VBH, has had to install high-bay racks and picking systems at its Swansea distribution centre to cope with the post-pandemic...

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Central Turns 40

1982 - the Falklands war; inflation at 8.6%; Prince William is born; on stage, Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a bat; Reliant Products Limited comes...

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Cornwall Expands Into Somerset

Glass company, the Cornwall Group, is positioning itself for major expansion in 2022 as it conducts acquisition talks and begins work on a new glass...

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Newview’s Bold Move Into Window Manufacturing

Fastener specialist Rapierstar has collaborated with Carl F Groupco and Eurocell to help a long-established installer to launch its new window and...

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As Integral Blind Demand Jumps Morley Jumps To It

Morley Glass has invested more than £750,000 to increase its capacity for manufacturing its Uni-Blinds range of integrated window and door...

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Record Breaking Year For Premier Arches

Premier Arches, has seen a 94% sales uplift, despite a challenging trading period for the industry – making 2021 the  most successful year...

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Morley Leads Way In Lead Time Comeback

Uni-Blinds manufacturer Morley Glass is starting 2022 on a high after successfully fighting back against unprecedented supply chain issues to get back...

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Big Investment Made By Made By Sedgebrook

HS Trade, operating under the Made By Sedgebrook brand, has doubled its dedicated Residence Collection manufacturing facility and invested in...

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Investment At Lumi Looms

Lumi has made significant investment in its latest range of ‘frameless’ window and doors, with the addition of new machinery at its...

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NICs Rise To Add Fuel To The Inflationary Fire

The IoD has survey data showing that the forthcoming rise in employers’ national insurance contributions is likely to be inflationary, as well...

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50 Years Of Service - Two Kenrick Staff Complete Milestone

Celebrations have been taking place at Kenrick as two members of the team celebrate a whopping 50 years’ service each. Nash Singh Ranue and...

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No Ceiling As Glass Co Grows

Glass manufacturer, TuffX, has applied for planning permission to increase its Knowsley premises by a further 30,000sq.ft in the latest stage of its...

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Cardiff - Galliford Guildford Gets Go-Ahead

Cardiff Council has approved plans for a key build-to-rent development at Guildford Crescent in Cardiff by Galliford Try on part of the Marcol...

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Catch Of The Day

In the mid-80s Window Warehouse opened with Halo as a supplier and the promise of a fish & chip supper if they were still doing business in the...

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£2 Billion For Homes On Brownfield Land

Nearly £2 billion of public money needed to remediate 1,070 hectares of derelict or unused land to help build more new homes has been...

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A New Joiner

Timber window and door manufacturer Gowercroft Joinery has appointed a new Partnerships Manager as part of the company's plans to extend its...

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Delivering Certainty For Installers

What installers want most at the moment is certainty. After so much disruption in the supply chain, they’re quite rightly looking for...

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True - Abcell Adds A Ticket To Its World

Abcell has added the Truedor composite door to expand its ticket to the world of PVC-U windows, doors and Ultraframe garden room kits. Truedor...

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Double Nomination As Everglade Swamps G-21

London fabricator Everglade Windows has been named a double finalist at the G21 Awards. The company has invested more than £1.5...

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Sliders Up Game With £14 Million Investment

One of Europe’s biggest sash window manufacturers, Victorian Sliders, plans to create more jobs after receiving a £14...

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Clad All Over - Sales Rise 55% In Two Years

Sales of Freefoam’s extensive range of cladding have grown exponentially over the past two years. The company’s top stockist customers saw...

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Taggart Homes Unveils Plans For UK Expansion

Property developer Taggart Homes has revealed plans for a number of new schemes across the UK, as well as its intention to acquire a home building...

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Tuffx Invests In More Machinery As Demand Grows

Following continuing growth in demand for its toughened safety glass products, TuffX has purchased another new Bovone SLE machine. This is the...

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DAWS Opens Up On Fifth New Kombimatec

Door And Window Systems, a Liverpool based fabricator, has continued to increase productivity with the installation of its fifth new Kombimatec...

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Steel Yourselves For Higher Prices Warns Steel Supplier

The boss of the UK’s largest supplier of steel and aluminium frame reinforcement for window and doors says the industry needs a reality check -...

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Everything Unfolding At AluFold - Selling Tools Are Tops

AluFold's new factory is set to open soon but much has been done in advance with a new brand and a new website to help communicate the scale of...

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Funding Found For 1,000 New Plymouth Homes

Plymouth’s largest social housing landlord, Plymouth Community Homes, will drive forward plans to build approximately 1,000 new affordable homes...

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Victorian Sliders Get Fourth Foiler

Victorian Sliders has invested a further £250,000 in expanding its foiling operation – adding a fourth state-of-the-art FUX foiling...

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Rooflights Through The Roof - Infinity Sales Are Out Of Sight

TuffX’s All Glass Infinity rooflight's week-on-week sales are booming and the firm has also seen a rise in the amount of enquiries about...

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Changes to GGF Group Management Structure

The GGF Group has changed its management structure to focus on its development and improving the services of its subsidiary commercial companies,...

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We Care | We Act

Veka has revealed a new company slogan which it claims represents the caring nature of the family-owned business as it takes action to re-build a...

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Compusoft To Acquire First Degree Systems

Compusoft is to expand its presence in the window and door market with the acquisition of First Degree Systems. Compusoft Group is a global visual...

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Bond Across The Pond - Global Expansion For Bond It

Bond It, one of the UK’s fastest growing manufacturers of sealants, adhesives and building chemicals, is about to undergo a huge change. On...

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Building Workers Facing Pensions Black Hole - 64% Have No Plan

The majority of workers in the building and refit game are not saving towards their retirement, research by Unite, the UK’s construction union,...

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Going Gets Tuffx Expanding

Specialist safety glass manufacturer, TuffX, has expanded its factory in order to ramp-up production of its increasingly popular Infinity rooflights...

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The Model Of Marketing For Modular Movers

Window and door manufacturer Euramax has entered a partnership with Purplex. The move follows hot on the heels of Euramax’s acquisition by...

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Record January – No Sign Of Slow Down

Home improvement company SEH BAC celebrated smashing £1 million in sales in a single week in January – a record for the South-East...

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Rocal Completes Management Buy-Out

Rocal Group, which owns a number of home improvement brands, has been acquired by the existing management team from the previous owners, James and...

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Brisant Finds BFG Funds From BGF Investor

Brisant-Secure, the locks firm, has found a big friendly growth capital investor in the form of BGF. The investment will secure Brisant’s...

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From Pot Washer To Apprentice To CEO

A man who swapped pot washing for a construction apprenticeship is now Chief Executive of a major housebuilding group. He thinks employing apprentices...

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Thermoseal Is Hot In International Sales

As published in the twelfth annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table, the Thermoseal Group has been ranked number 96 in the...

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Veka - Strategy 2021

The newly appointed MD of Veka plc, Neil Evans, has a strategy for 2021 to ensure the firm and its customers continue to thrive in challenging times -...

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£54 Million Plan For Glass Research Facility

Network Space has submitted a planning application to St Helens Borough Council for a £54 million glass research and innovation...

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Foam Firm Fixes Focus

Foam sealant tape specialist, ISO-Chemie, is investing in its international infrastructure with a firm focus on expansion and growth this year. The...

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Rehau Mourns Helmut Wagner

Rehau is mourning the loss of company founder and honorary president Helmut Wagner. He passed away Sunday 24 January at the age of 95 surrounded by...

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Havin' It Large In Manchester

Dekko has expanded its manufacturing capacity with a new aluminium factory. The 25,000sq.ft facility, is located close by the fabricator’s main...

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They Call It Mellow Yellow

The owners of a stunning refurbishment in Kent were right on trend when they chose grey and yellow for their aluminium windows and doors which have...

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Losing Their Job Is The Biggest Worry For UK Workforce

Research by Ezra, a global provider of digital coaching, has found that the threat of losing their job continues to be the number one worry for the...

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Growth Sees Norwich Expansion

Rapid growth at a Norwich based window manufacturer, Norwich Aluminium, has seen the company move to 80% larger premises and employ five new...

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Expanding Tapes To Grow In 2021

Strong demand for airtightness and thermal sealing solutions will drive window and door foam tape growth in 2021, predicts Andy Swift, Sales And...

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Gripcore Is Core On New Door

Doorco, is launching a new addition to its composite door range with a new hybrid door slab engineered using Gripcore technology. The new door has...

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Garnalex Expands Design Team

Jonathan Crohill has joined the Garnalex technical team as a Sheerline project manager responsible for expanding the window and door products...

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Safestyle To Create 70 New Nottingham Depot Jobs

Home improvement company Safestyle UK is creating around 70 new jobs in the Nottingham area, thanks to the opening of its new depot at Glaisdale...

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Building UK Warm Edge Production In Face Of Brexit

Following the purchase of a new 2-acre production site, the Thermoseal Group has invested in reconstruction and new equipment. This is intended to...

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You Don't Need Smarts To Get Going With Smarts

Kubu, the smart-sensor technology for windows and doors, is not only enjoying huge consumer uptake - most homeowners have the 'smarts' to...

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The Installer Magazine – April 2025

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Put Marketing On Top – The Roof That Protects Your Business

Put Marketing On Top – The Roof That Protects Your Business

Andrew Scott of Purplex argues that marketing should be the ‘roof’ that future-proofs your business in an adverse climate, such as the adverse climate we are encountering at the moment – a flat economy, increased labour and material costs and the spectre of creeping inflation. However, he writes, the nature of entrepreneurism always favours those who see opportunities, not problems.

 

Cover Story – Decorio & Timberlook – Heritage At Its Best

Cover Story – Decorio & Timberlook – Heritage At Its Best

Affordable Windows Group’s Amelia Gaughan discusses why the company’s successes over the past year with heritage range Timberlook is great news for installers looking for new opportunities – and why the launch of the Decorio steel-look heritage aluminium range is so exciting.

 

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Technical Article – A Short Fall To A Long Recovery

Technical Article – A Short Fall To A Long Recovery

Don Waterworth, The Installer’s technical and legal expert, encountered a dreadful accident near his home that gave him food for thought. A man and his ladder crashed to the ground; blood all over the place. Don sprang into action to help save the man’s life…but it could have been so different.

 

Staying Sane – Anxiety Is There For A Reason

Staying Sane – Anxiety Is There For A Reason

Toxic positivity is a thing. We all know someone with that ‘gotta look on the bright side, keep smiling’ outlook. You know, the person who makes you want to scratch your eyeballs out with rusty razors, writes Kate Ashley-Norman. She suggests not only steering clear of them but being in touch with reality so that anxiety focuses you on solutions not on masking the pain.

 

Video To Take Starring Role Promoting FENSA

Video To Take Starring Role Promoting FENSA

FENSA will be releasing the first in a series of educational and awareness videos aimed at answering questions installers and homeowners will have on how easy it is to join FENSA, our scope and what to expect at a FENSA inspection, writes Sam Davies, FENSA technical manager.

 

Editor's Comment

Editor's Comment

Editor Brian Shillibeer looks ahead with optimism to spring, summer and autumn and to this April’s FIT Show – which will feature over 220 companies and loads of products for you to see if you grab yourself a ticket. Shillibeer also reflects on what the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced – good news if you operate in the new build sector. He also review the News…good and bad…optimism on one hand, van and tool theft causing misery on the other.