Housing Minister Backs Call to Boost SME Builders
Speaking at the Labour Party Conference, Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook MP expressed concerns that UK is overly reliant on a small number of volume builders and that we must diversify the market, backing a...
Official Support for Building Our Skills
Certass has formally announced its support for Building Our Skills – Making Fenestration a Career of Choice (BOS) – an established and respected industry initiative committed to creating a workforce for tomorrow in the...
CWCT onsite testing from BFRC
The British Fenestration Rating Council (BFRC) has further extended the scope of its Testing division with the introduction of CWCT onsite testing. CWCT Testing, developed by the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (CWCT),...
Celebrating Tommy Trinder success
An astonishing £14.3m worth of Timberlook heritage windows and doors has been quoted via Tommy Trinder’s Framepoint® app, Affordable Window Systems has announced.
Launched by Lancashire-based supplier Affordable Window Systems in 2017, the range has...
Growing 15+ year partnership sets spacer bar pioneer apart, says IGU manufacturer
A 15-year partnership between warm edge technology pioneer Edgetech, a Quanex company, and Padiham Glass has played a big part in the prominent IGU manufacturer’s continued growth.
That’s the view of John Spiby, Divisional Director...
Premier Arches adds logo and customer pricing to portal
Arched and angled frame manufacturer Premier Arches has updated its online pricing and ordering platform to let customers add their own logo, styling and selling price to quotations.
Managing director Sean Greenall explained: “This is...
‘Cautious optimism’ over Northern Ireland trade deal
Early reports following the government’s Windsor Framework deal on Northern Ireland show a positive response from the industry to the likely repercussions of the plan, with a majority believing it will stimulate construction in...
Five silver anniversaries celebrated at HOPPE
In the year that Tiger Woods won his first PGA championship, the EU introduced the Euro, and the London Eye was first unveiled to the public, five new starters began their career at HOPPE...
Expanding Reach with New Showroom & Office
NorDan UK, a manufacturer of high-performance windows and doors has further strengthened its presence in the UK with the opening of a new showroom and office in Exeter, Devon.
This latest expansion highlights the company’s...
Pledge to ‘bee’ part of the solution with new biodiversity initiative
There’s a buzz of activity at Senior Architectural Systems’ Rotherham manufacturing facility – and it’s not just from the factory floor. The manufacturer of aluminium doors, windows and curtain walling has installed its first...
