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Global Glass Solutions LLC has announced the appointment of Matt Hale as Director of Sales.
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Nickie West has been appointed to the board of FIT Show organiser FIT EVENTS LTD.
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If the name Phil Turner doesn’t ring a bell, the face and voice might spark memories of the impromptu sing-along session with his guitar after the Gala Dinner at the last FIT Show.
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Ash Fox, with over eight years experience at ULTRAFRAME, has been promoted to Area Sales Manager for Northern England, looking after customers between Northumberland and Derbyshire.
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John McDonough, former MD of glass toughener Impact Safety Glass, is now heading up the sales team of Merseyside based trade fabricator WARWICK NORTH WEST.
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| Machinery |
The Vitrum exhibition in October proved a successful show for TUFFX PROCESSED GLASS this year as further machinery investment was made.
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WEGOMA is claiming a part in a 400% increase in output by Chigwell Window Centre after the company bought a Supercut 5 machining centre.
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| Glass |
Glass manufacturer, VETROTECH UK has launched a new 8mm fire resistant Pyroswiss glass following successful testing at Cambridge Fire Research Centre.
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| Exhibitions |
PROFILE 22, part of the Epwin Group, is once again returning to GreenbuildEXPO, this year featuring its energy-efficient new Fully Reversible Window and also highlighting the group’s unique BES6001 accreditation for responsible sourcing.
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The UK’s construction meeting place ECOBUILD has confirmed the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC), the campaigning body for green construction issues, as its exclusive lead partner for 2016.
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| Events |
Glazerite Windows Ltd, aside from sponsoring Wellingborough Golf Club’s yearly PGA (Midlands) competition, held its inaugural customer golf day there.
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‘Smart Vinyl for Our Cities’ is the theme for the fourth Vinyl Sustainability Forum organised by VINYLPLUS, in Vienna, Austria on April 28th 2016.
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Saint-Gobain has celebrated a remarkable milestone of 350 years in business with a number of events to mark the anniversary in the UK and across the world.
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The Lord Mayor of Norwich came to cut the ribbon when Norwich fabricator ASTRAFRAME celebrated its 35th anniversary.
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| G-15 Awards |
SYNSEAL has been named as a double finalist once again at the upcoming G15 Awards for a second year running.
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| FIT Show |
ECLECTIC SYSTEMS, the company that launched Residence 9 to high acclaim in 2009, is promising similar revelations at the FIT Show in April 2016.
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Brisant has announced it is taking two separate stands dedicated to Ultion, its flagship high security cylinder lock at next year’s FIT Show – one at the entrance to each of the two exhibition halls.
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The search is on to find the FIT SHOW Master Fitter for 2016 organised in association with FENSA with live finals taking place at the Show on the 12th and 13th April
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| Marketing |
EDGETECH is hitting the road with TruTruck, new specially-designed vehicle kitted out with everything necessary to demonstrate its product range.
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| Internet / IT |
CLAYTON GLASS has launched its new website for Smartglass which incorporates the industry’s first smart glass selector for conservatory roofs, doors and windows.
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| Results |
DECEUNINCK UK has been named as a top performer – with double digit growth – in Deceuninck plc’s third quarter corporate announcement for a third time in a row.
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| Charities |
When staff at EPWIN WINDOW SYSTEMS put the kettle on to make a coffee for colleagues, they did just that – for staff across all the Profile 22 Systems, Swish Windows & Doors, Spectus Window Systems, PatioMaster and Safeware brands.
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| Products |
Paignton based specialist fabricator, Patios South West, is one of the first customers to fabricate Deceuninck’s innovative, recently launched, high-performance sliding patio, Slider24.
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ODL EUROPE supplier of the Built in Blind, has introduced a 10-day turnaround from point of order.
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HÄFELE UK has launched a new Decorative Handles directory, available to download.
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VITA HARDWARE has added Exidor’s range of UPVC panic and emergency exit hardware products to its portfolio.
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CARL F GROUPCO is claiming one of the most exciting additions to hardware portfolio this year with the introduction of the Duplex lock manufactured by Ingenious.
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SYNSEAL group companies Masterdor Ltd and Sheerframe Ltd have helped Nick Knowles and the BBC DIY SOS team to transform properties in Manchester to create homes for British war veterans and local community residents.
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Owners of six new-build homes in Edlesborough, Bedfordshire, will enjoy panoramic views through triple track sliding doors with the benefit of added thermal efficiency from SWISSPACER Ultimate warm edge spacers.
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Architectural glazing systems from KAWNEER were specified for the largest learning facility in Wales, the £48million Penarth Learning Community in the Vale of Glamorgan.
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Global aluminium building systems supplier HUECK, has helped to deliver 165 new homes in Europe’s largest regeneration scheme.
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Technical support from EUROCELL has contributed to a £3.85 million redevelopment that planners believe will create Nottingham’s own Covent Garden.
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Butterflies are even more sensitive to climate than humans, it seems. So when planners were designing the Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden in Turkey, they turned to GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES’ Glass Group in Europe.
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| Awards |
BALLS2 MARKETING has been shortlisted for two Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Pride Awards, the third year in a row the firm has been nominated.
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MRA MARKETING is once again a finalist in this year’s Construction Marketing Awards, shortlisted for its work in three different award categories
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Aluminium systems company REYNAERS has been announced as finalists for six categories in the Construction Marketing Awards 2015.
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PURPLEX MARKETING and its clients have been shortlisted for three Construction Marketing Awards.
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| Standards |
Two PVC-U systems from EUROCELL, the Modus and Eurologic 70, are among the first to achieve the BFRC’s new A++ label for window designs since the new rating was launched six months ago.
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| Legislation |
The new Consumer Rights Act came into force this month, bringing with it the good news that it will simplify and merge the three existing planks of consumer legislation.
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| Training |
CONSERVATORY OUTLET is diversifying its staff development programme to ensure a consistently high level of service is being delivered across the business.
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ROSEVIEW WINDOWS is setting up a new training school to provide installers with the tools they need to take advantage of the lucrative VS market.
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| Brochures/Video |
Workwear supplier MASCOT has introduced a new main catalogue containing a record number of products.
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Workplace equipment supplier SLINGSBY has unveiled its latest edition of Work-It, which is a free download that combines the features of a magazine with those of a catalogue.
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The new commercial brochure for Care Homes & Sheltered Housing from DECEUNINCK is now available to download.
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PVC-UE products manufacturer KESTREL has launched its 30th Product Overview catalogue.
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Divide and rule
It is entirely coincidence but we hear this week two separate announcements from major UK fabricators adding more systems to their respective repertoires, one diversifying from almost a single source in PVC-U Read Story, the other not only breaking into the aluminium market but also now claiming a record eight systems in total. Read Story.
It all seems a far cry from a few years ago when single sourcing was the norm and system suppliers were very keen for fabricators to keep it that way. Now, more and more it seems those suppliers are not only competing for the affections of the fabricators but in many cases, they are actually competing for the custom within each factory.
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Elsewhere, in the same week that the Lords have blocked the Chancellor from bolstering the treasury by cutting back support for the poorest in our society, we hear the taxman has caught another double glazing salesman robbing the public purse with large scale tax evasion. You don’t have to be a Corbynista to enjoy the irony of that one. Read Story.
On the same theme, we have a fascinating feature on the work of the HMRC double glazing taskforce that is so efficiently pursuing these offenders, written exclusively by the head of the unit. Read Story.
Meanwhile, we hope you don’t find this week’s issue too taxing.
Chris Church
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Please send all your news stories to news@the-glazine.com
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This Week's News
Jail threat for another
tax-dodging salesman
A former double glazing salesman who failed to declare his earnings or pay Income Tax or National Insurance Contributions, defrauding taxpayers of almost £32,000 has been sentenced.
Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) discovered that Andrew Steed, 62, was paid £275,900 in commission over a nine-year period on the sales he generated for a national window company but had failed to complete Self Assessment returns.
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Astraseal adds Eurocell to Rehau PVC-U offering
Astraseal, one of the UK’s biggest Rehau fabricators, announced this week that it is adding Eurocell windows and doors to its PVC-U range.
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Special feature:
The taxman’s back
– and getting even bigger
When HMRC created a special regional taskforce to track down double glazing tax dodgers in the South West last year, they aimed to uncover £1million in unpaid revenue. In the end, they netted nearly £2million and, now the taskforce has gone UK-wide, it has set a target of £8million.
This week’s report on yet another tough court sentence is only the latest in the series of jailed salesmen, five-figure fines and even bigger pay-back orders have already been reported in our recent issues. Now, this week, in an exclusive feature for The Glazine, Head of Taskforces Jim Stevenson explains how the double glazing taskforce came into being, how it operates and why it has been expanded to cover the whole of the UK.
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Polyframe breaks
into aluminium – and repeats its ‘unplug’ call
to small fabs
Polyframe Group has announced its first venture into aluminium, with the acquisition of Norfolk-based Advanced Aluminium, and is now claiming to be the only UK fabricator to offer eight window systems including both materials.
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Trustmark supports National Consumer Week
TrustMark is supporting National Consumer Week, this week, by urging consumers and businesses to grasp the new provisions in the Consumer Rights Act.
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House prices steady with earnings – but can building keep pace?
“UK house prices increased by 0.6% in October, with the annual pace of price growth edging up to 3.9% from 3.8% in September, according to figures from Nationwide.
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Recovery starting to show with fewer insolvencies
The number of company and personal insolvencies in England and Wales is continuing to decrease in Q3, according to the latest Government figures.
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