Interesting times

For anyone who thinks 2018 was a real headline machine for the fenestration industry, there are mumblings out there that seem to be saying ‘just wait till you see what 2019 has in store’. True, it would be hard to beat some of this year’s episodes on the battlefields of Bradford for pure drama, not to mention the squabbles and dummy-spitting in a few high places – and that is before we go near anything to do with the ‘B’ word. But some would now have it that there are many more interesting times yet to come.

Of course, the ‘B’ word is far from over and as this weeks top story shows, the fallout from Safestyle v Safeglaze is still biting hard into many industry players, so perhaps it is a little premature to be talking of dramas yet to unfold. We will see.
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Meanwhile, whatever the year brings, we will as ever do our best to keep you abreast of it all and we hope that each and every one of you makes the best of whatever the year has in store for us.

Chris Church Editor

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This Week's News

Safeglaze debts top £15m – Camden owed £2.5m

Safeglaze UK, the Safestyle me-too that went into administration after losing a court battle with its rival last October, had debts of over £15million.

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GMF reveals 2018 total

GM Fundraising has announced that it raised over £142,000 in 2018, taking it even nearer to its long-held target of hitting £2million by 2020.

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Interpretation of Part K ‘increasing cost and risk’

The ‘interpretative’ nature of specification under Part K has come under scrutiny from one major processor, saying the spec for protection from falling, collision and impact, can be interpreted ‘wildly differently’ by individual building control officers.

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Dramatic slowdown in 2018 house prices

UK house price growth slowed to just 0.5% in 2018, down from 2.6% in the previous year, according to figures from Nationwide.

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