Ab fab prefab?

One piece of news around the construction press that may have sneaked in under the fenestration radar – despite its size – is the launch of bidding for a potentially £800million four-year framework to provide modular buildings for local authorities across most of the South East. On the one hand, the tender process is aimed at complete prefab building providers and not the component suppliers. But on the other hand that will spell an awful lot of windows and doors back along the hinterland of the supply chain. This is a sector that does not shout loudly in the conversations of the window industry but perhaps, with a few nine-figure sums floating around, we may start hearing a little more.

Meanwhile, all those reps who’ve had to nip out and buy a hoodie to pose for a set-up door burglary video have been seriously upstaged by two unwitting specimens of the real thing. Read Story

And we mustn’t forget, there are still a dozen fenestration females who are begging even harder for every last penny to make the fantastic final total of their Paddle2Pedal challenge. They are even near than last week to that magic £100,000 (Read Story) so if there’s still anyone out there who hasn’t chipped in…

Whether you are into pedallers, paddlers, prefabs or prison-fodder, we hope you enjoy this week’s issue.

Chris Church Editor

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This Week's News

Listers goes into administration

Listers Trade Frames Ltd, the £12million-sales PVC-U and aluminium fabricator has been placed into administration and is, at the time of writing, continuing to trade with a view to sale as a going concern.

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Windows come third in home disaster league

Windows and doors are among the biggest sources of home improvement disasters people are reporting to Citizens Advice, according to figures released this week.

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Smile…

A pair of would-be burglars have given Brisant Secure the best possible testimonial for its Ultion lock when the whole of their botched break-in was caught on security video.

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House price growth slows

The annual pace of house price growth moderated to 2.1% in August, from 2.9% in July, according to figures from Nationwide.

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No freebies? …no problem

Customers of Consort needn’t feel too bad if there’s not much in the way of corporate freebies to be had. The Nottingham-based Veka fabricator has announced that it has reallocated its hospitality budget to giving extra support to local charities.

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From: Emma Wells and Judith Burrows,
Directors, The Jackloc Company

There is a famous saying that ‘imitation is the sincerest form of flattery’. Whilst this may be true in some cases, it’s certainly not true when it comes to ensuring safety and the protection of reputations and livelihoods.

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