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Double G-Award winning commercial installer The Window Company (Contracts) has a restructured its senior management team.
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MILA has appointed Sarah Parker as Sales Office Manager to lead its 14 strong internal sales team.
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RESIDENCE COLLECTION has expanded its sales team with the addition of four Area Sales Managers.
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The Glass and Glazing Federation has appointed Richard Kells as Technical Officer.
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| Machinery |
Door manufacturer Sliders UK has become the latest fabricator to invest in a four axis machining centre from EMMEGI (UK), reflecting the growing trend across the industry towards long bed machines.
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| Exhibitions |
The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show, reports a 12.5 per cent year on year exhibitor increase and a 10.5 per cent rise in visitor figures this year.
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APEER, the company behind the G15 Award winning Lumi frameless window and door system, is to exhibit at Vision London at Olympia London next week
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| Events |
The next People in Glazing Society (PIGS) event of the year will be at Canal 125 in London’s King’s Cross on 7 July.
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| FIT Show |
Nearly three quarters of the space at the new NEC home of next year’s FIT Show has already been booked.
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| Charities |
GM Fundraising has marked its 20th anniversary with the rallying-call by founder Gary Morton: “It’s onwards and upwards to £2million – our next target!”
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SLIDERS UK has donated funding to the Atlas Foundation to finance a pioneering schools programme, which promotes educational achievement in schools through rugby.
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| Internet / I.T. |
Sash window fabricator ROSEVIEW WINDOWS is launching a new trade website at www.roseview.co.uk
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More than 80% of all trade orders for SAFEDOORS are received through its recently-launched online Door Selector system, the company says.
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| Organisations |
A new branch of the Institute of Architectural Ironmongers has been set up to support door hardware professionals in the northernmost regions of England.
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| Security |
Total Hardware has celebrated achieving record sales with two locking systems from its long-standing partner KENRICK.
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The A&B Glass Group, claimed to be the UK’s fourth biggest window and door fabricator has begun to install the new 3 Star Cylinder Kinetica from UAP in all its doors as standard.
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DECEUNINCK is claiming a security first for its Slider24 as the only sliding patio door on the market that meets PAS 24 requirements for up to four panes.
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| Investments |
Door and curtain walling designer, manufacturer and installer CMS WINDOW SYSTEMS has secured investment from private equity firm LDC.
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| Marketing |
Lancashire-based marketing agency THE IMAGE WORKS LTD Is joining the anniversary celebrations at The Veka UK Group.
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| Standards |
ISO-CHEMIE has gained up two Passive House Institute awards for the energy saving qualities of its foam sealant.
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Hardware supplier CALDWELL UK LTD has unveiled its FoldUp window following a preview at the FIT Show.
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MILA has launched a new range of escutcheons designed to complement its range of Supa pull bars, that were launched at the start of the year.
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KÖMMERLING has launched the its PremiFold slide, swing and folding window and door system, based on its five-chambered C70 and O70 Gold profiles.
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SUNBELL, designer and manufacturer of integral blinds, has introduced an additional colour ‘Charcoal Grey’ said to be a close match for RAL7016, to its range of Venetian slats.
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SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS has been awarded a UK patent (Number GB252363.8) for its PURe range of windows and doors.
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Newly-launched TOTAL DOOR HARDWARE has been announced as UK distributor for Ozone, an India-based international architectural hardware brand.
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UNIVERSAL ARCHES has expanded its direct delivery and profile collection service to new postcode areas and believes it is now supplying the most populated areas of the UK in terms of residential homes and to both fabricators and installers.
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Two industrial buildings of historical value in Helmshore village, Lancashire - The Power Mill and The Loom - are being redeveloped into 42 contemporary apartments including Aurora Roof Windows from LB Supplies.
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Pink and blue windows and doors – including circular fully-reversibles – were among the highlights of one of the most unusual recent installations by GROSVENOR WINDOWS as part of the striking design of a new-build private nursery.
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A project to transform the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics media centre into a creative hub is nearing completion, with fire-resistant glazed atriums supplied by WRIGHTSTYLE and Pyroguard fire glass.
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Newcastle’s multi-million pound Crowne Plaza Hotel, designed by Space Architects achieves its look using architectural aluminium glazing systems from METAL TECHNOLOGY.
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REHAU windows and doors were chosen for one of the UK’s first Passivhaus certified social housing projects.
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PANEL SYSTEMS supplied aluminium faced glazing panels for the new 3 St Pauls Place office development in Sheffield.
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Work has begun on the installation of KAWNEER curtain walling, windows and doors on the new £270 million Dumfries and Galloway Hospital.
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| Glass |
PILKINGTON has manufactured more than a quarter of a million IGUs) for timber window, door and stair manufacturer Jeld-Wen since it first started working with the company.
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| Doors |
DISTINCTION DOORS has launched its new website.
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ENDURANCE DOORS has switched to the plugless ODL Tri-Sys glazing cassettes.
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| Awards |
sales of 1,000-plus Ultraframe LivinRoom and 100-plus LivinRoof products.
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Starglaze, the holding company for Lincoln-based trade fabricator STERNFENSTER has been named one of the East Midlands’ fastest-growing companies in a recent study.
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| Results |
Andover-based installer KJM GROUP has reported a 13% year on year growth in Q1 following on from a record £3.9million in 2014/15.
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Nearly there
Looks like it was a case of ‘spoke too soon’ after last week proclaiming nearly reaching June without a single reference to the Referendum. This week we have two separate surveys, one on the opinions within the construction industry
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It is rather a sobering thought that, according to many observers, the overwhelming public reaction to the most crucial decision this country will make in decades is that they will be glad when it’s over. Whichever camp anyone belongs to, we have to wonder if they will feel the same when they wake up to learn that the other side has won.
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On a lighter note, we hear there is at least worker in the industry about to be heaped with rewards to rival any TV game show in the annual Worker of the Year competition Read Story.
And elsewhere, in an industry where some companies change marketing agencies more often than their socks, we hear of one provider that is still in place after 30 years Read Story.
We hope this week’s issue wins your vote.
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This Week's News
UK in EU? Majority in industry say yes
– but it’s close
A survey has revealed that a narrow majority of construction professionals want the UK to stay in the EU when the country votes on June 23.
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Home improvement spending set to drop – could it be Referendum jitters?
Barely half of homeowners now say they are looking to spend more on home improvements, a steep drop on the number only three months ago, according to the latest Leads2trade survey which speculates that uncertainty over this month’s EU Referendum may be the cause.
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Pink and blue windows and doors – including circular fully-reversibles as part of the striking design of a new-build private nursery.
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Veka unveils
five-chamber M70
Veka has revealed more details of its new M70 profile system announced last week and previewed at the FIT Show.
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Workers win prizes
Fancy winning £250,000, a car, a motorbike, a boat and more? Workwear supplier Dickies is offering all those and more in its annual Worker of the Year competition, open to anyone in the building sector.
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House prices remain stable but sale activity expected to slow
UK house prices edged up 0.2% in May and, as a result, the annual rate of house price growth was little changed at 4.7%, compared with 4.9% in April, according to figures from Nationwide.
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A project to transform the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics media centre into a creative hub.
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