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Technical Support Engineer – South East. Liniar is the brand name for bespoke product ranges designed and manufactured by H L Plastics Ltd based in Denby, Derbyshire.
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EPWIN GROUP Building Products Division has appointed of Dave Greenwood as Business Development Manager (Trade), servicing the South West region.
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Veka Recycling has appointed a third Business Development Manager, Ian Ward.
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Family owned trade fabricator Dempsey Dyer has announced that Peter Dyer is the new Managing Director.
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Aluminium fabricator CDW SYSTEMS has announced the appointment of five new directors with a collective experience of 116 years.
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Trade fabricator Bison Frames has appointed Ian Hedley as Production Manager and promoted Gavin Turner to Works Manager.
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The management skills developed over a successful career in the Royal Marines are now being applied in the operations of Stewart Milne Timber Systems
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SIG UK Exteriors, supplier across the roofing, roofline, windows and drainage markets, has announced the appointment of Andrew Wakelin as Managing Director.
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SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS has invested in a new specification team and technical services department.
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SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS has given the Planitherm Installer Network its own dedicated Brand Builder to support its 800-plus members in making the most of the resources and materials it offers.
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Trade fabricator CLIMATEC WINDOWS has appointed David Williams as Works Manager at its Southend Manufacturing premises.
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| Exhibitions |
ODL EUROPE will show its newly launched Built in Blind at the inaugural Build Show, held on 6th to 8th October at Birmingham’s NEC (Stand B4/317) as part of UK Construction Week.
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Registration has opened for glasstec 2016, Düsseldorf, Sept 20-23.
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| FIT Show |
ROSEVIEW WINDOWS, claiming to be the longest established fabricator of uPVC vertical sliding sash windows, will be exhibiting for the first time at the FIT Show in 2016.
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Dartford, Kent based door supplier Dutemänn has doubled its FIT Show presence for a second time with a 48sq m stand at next year’s event.
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| Charities |
FRAMEXPRESS supervisor Jason Cartwright and friends raised £432 for Parkinsons UK when they took tough farm terrain in the Farmaggeddon 10k mud run.
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Around 90 of the industry’s keenest golfers took part in the Deceuninck Championship Golf Experience, supported by hardware partner VBH, at the prestigious Woburn Golf Club.
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Over 2,000 miles, nearly 100,000 feet of climbing across seven mountain ranges, spanning a whole continent – GM Fundraising has launched what will be its toughest challenge yet, the Border2Border Cycling Challenge, sponsored by Deceuninck.
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Trade fabricator BISON FRAMES matched £500 donations to make it £1,000 for MADi Fundraising when a team took Bakewell Carnival by storm.
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With temperatures in the high twenties, the July sun beat down on the 13th GM Fundraising Golf Day at Hellidon Lakes in Daventry.
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They set out to raise £1,000 for their chosen charity, , but the team of cyclists from The Veka UK Group managed to treble that amount when they cycled over 100 miles around Wiltshire in aid of The Encephalitis Society.
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What better way to mark the tenth anniversary of the GM Fundraising ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End …than to do it all over again!
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| Internet / I.T. |
FREEFOAM, manufacturer of roofline and rainwater products, has re-launched MyFreefoam, the dedicated web portal for all Registered Freefoam Stockists, Installers and Homeowners.
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BRISANT-SECURE has launched a new website dedicated to Ultion, its ‘Solid Secure Diamond - accredited cylinder door lock.
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More than half the orders placed with EMPLAS are now done online using its Customer Portal, says the company, after figures show ‘phenomenal’ growth in internet ordering in the last six months.
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SCHUECO UK has launched the Schueco Docu Center, an online resource enabling fast electronic access to Schueco product information from desktop PCs, laptops and mobile devices.
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| Brochures |
SWISSPACER is personalising its animated explainer video for customers to use to help them sell.
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Trade fabricator DEKKO WINDOW SYSTEMS has expanded its consumer facing Residence 9 marketing support materials with a new door brochure, joining the existing window brochure and product sample kit and drop cards already available from the fabricator.
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| Training |
‘Fire Protection Measures– Understanding Your Responsibilities’ is a free half-day seminar offered by BM TRADA at the University of Birmingham on 8 September.
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The recently launched Endurance window and door hardware from SEALCO is already expanding its range with a new suited letter plate in stainless steel, available in Chrome, PVD Gold, Satin Chrome, White and Black finishes and is guaranteed for 10 years.
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ALUK (GB) has introduced the BSF70 HD aluminium folding door system offering a greater choice of heavier panels without loss in performance.
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GLAZPART has confirmed the launch of 14 new trickle vent colours for its traditional low EQA trickle vent range for 2015.
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Glazerite Windows Limited marked its 10th year sponsoring the Midlands PGA pro-am golf tournament at Wellingborough Golf Club with another successful day.
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How many fabricators does it take to supply five separate door and window systems to install in one house? The answer is just one if it’s GLAZERITE WINDOWS LTD, as Andy Jubb discovered.
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WARWICK NORTH WEST has launched the Innolux range of PVCu casement windows in three sash options: standard, slim-rebate and flush, plus vertical sliders and bi-folding doors.
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Work has begun on the installation of architectural aluminium systems from KAWNEER on an office building that forms part the redevelopment of Cardiff city centre.
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PILKINGTON energiKare glass played a major part in the UK’s first purpose-built, low-cost energy ‘smart house’ capable of exporting more energy to the national electricity grid than it uses.
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When the owners of a luxury home on the Lake District wanted nothing to stand in the way of their superb views from their balcony, the solution came from a ‘near invisible’ balustrade from TUFFX PROCESSED GLASS.
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Casement windows from PROFILE 22 approved commercial manufacturer Polar Windows played their part in the £4.5million regeneration of 70 flats in five blocks at Stonelow Green in Dronfield for North East Derbyshire District Council.
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Slough-based Abbey Windows teamed up with trade fabricator ASTRASEAL, to replicate a traditional summer house that had formerly stood in the grounds of a property formerly owned by Elton John’s mother.
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One of the latest projects to incorporate a variety of products from the FRAMEXPRESS range is Trinity Apartments, 51 retirement properties in Shirley, Birmingham, where acoustic glazing was used to offset the noise from a nearby main road.
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| Glass |
MORLEY GLASS AND GLAZING manufacturer of ScreenLine integral blinds, has seen 29% annual growth in sales of its Uni-Blinds sealed units with 22mm and 27mm cavities.
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GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES Glass Group in the UK has introduced an updated Acoustic Calculator.
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The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) has released a new technical Data Sheet, “Glass Repair Removal of Surface Damage from Glass,”
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| Doors |
POLYFRAME is now offering the optional upgrade to the Brisant Secure Ultion lock on all doors.
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HURST PLASTICS has added a complementary composite side panel to its composite fire door range after the panel passed testing at BM Trada.
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Composite door manufacturer VISTA has extended is RAL colour offering to include outer frames.
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| Awards |
Andy Kerr, founder and managing director of CMS Window Systems, has been named as a Scotland Winner in the prestigious EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 Awards.
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The Glass & Glazing Federation is inviting entries for its Best Home Improvement Glazing Project award as part of the National Home Improvement Council Awards 2015.
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Façade, window and door specialist, SCHUECO UK LTD, has gained Investors in People (IiP) Champion status just six months after achieving IiP Gold Accreditation.
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| Standards |
Steel and aluminium glazing systems supplier WRIGHTSTYLE has been certified to ISO 9001 with the British Standards Institute (BSI).
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BRE is seeking the views of the industry as well as the public on the new Home Quality Mark (HQM), a national quality rating scheme due to go live in October.
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| Legislation |
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has officially approved TrustMark, as a certified Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Provider.
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| Results |
Bristol-based start-up trade fabricator The Window Outlet has exceeded all expectations by passing £1million sales before its first year-end.
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CONSERVATORIES AND WINDOWS DIRECT has paid tribute to the Consumer Protection Association after posting a record 39% annual growth.
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Deceuninck has reported growth of 18% in the first half of 2015 despite European PVC costs reaching a record high, and cites the UK as one of the group’s strongest performers, largely due to new product releases.
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Boom or gloom
We learned from Kipling’s ‘Four blind men and the elephant’ that one single thing may seem completely different from opposing perspectives and it looks that way this week with statistical observations on the current state of UK housing and housebuilding. So, rather than try to add to the confusion by comparing and contrasting them, we present each report separately to let you, our readers, decide whether the news is good or bad for our industry.
At least, things are looking far cheerier for specialist elderly housing so you could say it may eventually be good news for all of us lucky enough to live that long. Read story here
Also, in two separate stories from Pilkington, we learn of the glass company’s role in a unique energy-generating ‘smart house’ (Read story here) and Commercial Director Andy McDowell’s view that the end of the zero-carbon obligation may demotivate future innovation. Read story here
On a lighter note but potentially worth a bob or two, especially to many sole traders and smaller businesses: you may think the taxman is taking the shirt off your back but perhaps you could be getting the tax back on all your workwear. Read story here
And finally, The Glazine is now beginning its two-week summer break so we look forward to greeting you again on Tuesday, Aug 25th.
Do enjoy this week’s issue.
Chris Church
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This Week's News
Social housing hardest hit in ongoing construction decline
Building in the UK is still not shaking out of its post-election gloom, largely due to a ‘steep decline’ in social housing project starts according to industry analyst Glenigan. The underlying value of construction starts fell by 27% year on year in the quarter to July.
The news was better in private housing, where an 8% year on year drop in starts was modest enough to keep the sector in growth for 2015 so far.
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House prices stabilising – Nationwide
“UK house prices increased by 0.4% in July, and as a result the annual pace of house price growth edged up to 3.5% from 3.3% in June, according to figures from the Nationwide.
Robert Gardner, Nationwide's Chief Economist, said: “After moderating over the past twelve months, there are tentative signs that annual house price growth may be stabilising close to the pace of earnings growth, which has historically been around 4%.
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Retirement homes boost responds to ‘chronic undersupply’
More retirement homes were registered to be built in the UK in the first six months of this year than the whole of the previous year, according to new figures released by NHBC.
Builders registered a total of 2,337 properties specifically designed for the elderly in the first six months of 2015 - outstripping the total 1,919 which were registered for the whole of 2014.
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Will zero-carbon decision stifle green innovation?
The Government’s decision to lift the zero-carbon housing standard may have been widely welcomed in the industry but Pilkington UK Commercial Director Andy McDowell warns there is a risk it could slow the pace of innovation in energy saving in glazing and construction.
In a statement issued today, he said: “Previous regulations have strongly driven our industry towards higher energy performance levels, something that was unlikely to have been adopted otherwise.
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Tax-back tool works out workwear savings
How many employers know they can claim tax relief on the cost of workwear? How much money is going unclaimed across the UK glazing industry?
WorkwearExpress is aiming to answer all these questions and more, as well as helping businesses to understand how much they could be claiming on workwear and uniform, with the launch of an online tool calculator tool.
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