This Week's News

Kevin Bridges To Host The G 14 Awards

Scottish comedian, Kevin Bridges, whom Billy Connolly has dubbed as ‘brilliant’ will host the G14 Awards Presentation at the London Hilton on Park Lane, London, on Friday 21 November.

Kevin first made his debut at the Edinburgh Playhouse on BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow in 2009 and was an immediate sensation, selling out his run at the Festival in just one day. His astonishing rise continued in 2010 when he recorded his debut DVD as a sold-out Glasgow SECC Arena in front of an audience of ten thousand. The DVD was released in November 2010 and out-sold Frankie Boyle and Billy Connolly.

In 2011 he became the host of Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week and headlined an episode of Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow from the Glasgow King’s Theatre. In 2012 he also hosted the long-running series of Live At The Apollo and presented his own six-part documentary, Kevin Bridges – What’s The Story for BBC1.

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UK inflation rate of 1.2% is lowest in five years

UK inflation fell to a five-year low of 1.2% in September from 1.5% the month before, official figures show.

The rate - as measured by the Consumer Prices Index - is the lowest since September 2009, when it was 1.1%.

Lower energy and food prices helped to cut the rate, while the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also cited cheaper transport costs as a factor.

The Retail Prices Index measure of inflation fell to 2.3% from 2.4% in August.

The CPI is the rate the Bank of England targets and it is charged with keeping inflation at about 2%.

The UK economy is the fastest growing in the developed world, something that would normally prompt a rise in interest rates.

While some economists had speculated that the Bank of England might raise interest rates from the current record low of 0.5% before the end of the year, most had expected a rise early next year.

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The world’s biggest arched window (probably) job shortlisted

Forward thinking trade fabricator Dempsey Dyer, frame bending specialists Universal Arches and arguably one of the largest arched window jobs ever has been shortlisted for Commercial Project of the Year at the G-14 Awards.

The £8.75 million project, which involved the replacement of some 655 arched head PVC-u windows at an old Victorian mill in Leicester, is believed to be one of the largest ever of its kind. The windows were manufactured by Dempsey Dyer and Universal Arches and installed over a carefully co-ordinated 12 month time period. Because of the complexity of the project, both Dempsey and Universal worked closely with architect G+P and the local Planning Department of Leicester City Council to ensure the installation was a complete success.
This is the second award Dempsey Dyer has been shortlisted for in recent times – the company was presented with an accolade from the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) for their commitment to lean manufacturing – but it is the first time they have been a G-Award finalist.

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Top Ten for Listers at the G-Awards

Lister Trade Frames have hit a new industry milestone; 2014 has seen them achieve 10 consecutive years being nominated as finalists in the G-Awards.

This year they have been nominated in two categories of the awards; Fabricator of the Year and Environmental Initiative of the Year.

Listers first tried for the Awards back in 2005 and despite it being the first ever competition that they had entered they took the top prize of ‘Fabricator of the Year’, which came as a complete but happy surprise. This gave them the confidence to enter the following year where they won the ‘Training and Development’ award.

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Mila Sales Growth Helps Parent Company
To Top Track 250

Mila’s parent company Arran Isle has been named as one of the UK’s fastest growing companies in the Sunday Times’ prestigious Top Track 250 list.

The list, which was published on 12 October, ranks Britain’s leading mid-market companies by sales and Arran Isle was placed at number 142 with sales of £206m in 2013, up from £192m in 2012.

The Sunday Times described the list as representing the ‘unsung powerhouse of the British economy’ and pointed out that overall these businesses were surpassing the growth trajectory of the wider economy.

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Reynaers at Home gains recognition

Provider of aluminium windows and doors Reynaers at Home has gained recognition for a provocative advertising campaign.
 
The architectural glazing company has been shortlisted as a finalist for the category ‘Promotional campaign of the year - Trade’ at the prestigious G14 Awards for its ‘Energy Efficiency Doesn’t Matter’ campaign.
 
Its controversial adverts captured the imagination of architects with their attention-grabbing messaging, focusing on Reynaers at Home’s range of excellent energy-saving products including sliding patio doors, panoramic windows and bifold doors. Energy Efficiency Doesn’t Matter refers to architects not having to be constrained by concerns about energy efficiency when it comes to designing innovative homes.

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GGFContacts Hundreds Of MPs

The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) has written to every Member of Parliament who represents a GGF Member in their constituency, to open dialogue and create awareness of the GGF’s campaigns ahead of the political parties’ manifestos for next year’s General Election.

In the letters, the GGF underlined its position as the leading authority and voice of the industry and highlighted the five main campaigns it is currently working on including;

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Mila Celebrates G-14 Nomination

Mila is celebrating after its Triple Care Technical Support service was shortlisted in the Customer Care Initiative category at the G-14 awards. Having won the Component Supplier of the Year award in both 2013 and 2011, Mila is keen to demonstrate that its expertise extends beyond outstanding product design and logistics and into customer support as well.

Entirely free to use, the new Mila Triple Care service gives customers the freedom to access as much or as little technical support as they choose, in a way which suits them best.

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Synseal is a Double Finalist For G14 Awards

Synseal has been shortlisted as a finalist in two categories for the upcoming G14 Awards, with winners to be announced at the industry gala evening on Friday 21st November at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

This double achievement reflects the dynamic progress that the company has made under the hands-on leadership of David Leng and the Synseal board of directors, following a successful management buyout back in 2010. Synseal has been transformed into an innovative and multi-faceted systems supplier, with £13 million organic sales growth achieved in the financial year ending March ’14 providing strong evidence of well-founded operations and a forward-looking business vision.

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Emplas aims for the ‘triple crown’

Emplas has been short-listed as a finalist in three different categories at this year’s G-Awards including the prestigious Fabricator of the Year category.

Emplas, which launched its new Installer Partnership this summer, was also short-listed in the Customer Care Initiative of the Year and the Promotional Campaign of the Year – Trade, classifications.


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SWISSPACER reaches G-14 finals

SWISSPACER, the leading warm edge spacer bar has reached the G-14 Awards finals, shortlisted for the Promotional Campaign of the Year – Trade category.

SWISSPACER’s integrated campaign speaks to fabricators and installers, encouraging them to ask for SWISSPACER inside their windows.

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Xtremely’ creative marketing recognised

Merseyside based Vista, creators of the high performance composite door XtremeDoor, has been recognised for their marketing and promotional efforts over the last twelve months and been nominated for a G-14 Award.

Following a multi-channel marketing campaign that combined traditional marketing methods with cutting edge techniques, Vista were nominated as a finalist for the Promotional Campaign of the Year (Trade) Award. Vista are joined in the category by major industry names such as the VEKA UK Group, Swisspacer, Reynaers and Emplas.

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Review reveals optimism but concerns

A review of its membership by one of the UK’s largest and longest running online lead generation and installer support companies has found guarded optimism regarding the economy going forward.

Leads2trade regularly connects with its members on a number of issues and was keen to find out what they felt about the year so far; and the industry and economy going forward.

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The Window Company (Contracts) Shortlisted As Installer Of The Year

For the second year running, The Window Company (Contracts), which specialises in window and door installations for clients and contractors across the public sector, has been named as a finalist in the Installer of the Year category at the G-Awards.

Managing Director David Thornton said: “This is a great achievement and a tremendous accolade for the whole team who have worked so hard to deliver market leading levels of performance.”

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Celebrating 160 years of innovation

A pioneering hardware specialist is celebrating 160 years of delivering product solutions and forging long-lasting relationships across the industry.

Winkhaus was established in 1854 in Halver Germany and initially manufactured padlocks before expanding into structural fittings, hinges and eventually locking systems for windows and doors.

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