famine to feast – is surplus glass putting on the pressure?
From: Mark Mitchell, chairman, Cornwall Group
The UK glazing industry is facing a perfect storm of surplus glass and continued inflation. Price rises from all quarters are adding pressure to companies’ finances. Much of which...
‘Why we must keep our launch strategy secret’
From: Giovanni Laporta, inventor and innovator, Smart Ready
You have no doubt seen the story in the news recently about the branding battle between Lidl and Tesco. After Tesco launched its Clubcard logo – a...
Ready for 2025
From:Paul Kennington, Technical Director, Veka
In 2025, the Future Homes Standard (FHS) will become mandatory, with the ambition that new homes will produce 75 – 80% less carbon emissions than those built under current regulations....
CPA Budget response
From: Noble Francis, Economics Director, Construction Products Association
Jeremy Hunt positioned his Spring Budget as a plan to remove obstacles to investment, tackle labour shortages, break barriers to work and harness science and technology for...
High stakes in the energy markets
From: Ryan Johnson, group managing director, Emplas
Energy has not been out of the news in the last year - and it’s not going to be.
Last month British Gas owner Centrica announced profits of more...
The problem lies in failure to invest
From: Mark Mitchell, chair, Cornwall Group
Current market conditions are creating a real headache for business owners, who are seeing costs increase as demand starts to stagnate. We are feeling all the pain of a...
Reasons to be cheerful in 2023
From: Mike Parczuk, managing director, Sternfenster
Towards the end of last year, there was some worrying news emerging from the wider construction industry about an increase in the number of insolvencies.
According to Sky News, the...
Running out of energy in 2023?
From: Mark Mitchell, chairman, Cornwall Group
The energy relief scheme comes to an end in only three months. Will rising energy prices and potentially falling sales price create the perfect storm in glass and IGU...
Consumer disputes add to installer stress
From: Faisal Hussain, Chief Executive, DGCOS
At the Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme, we recently published our Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) report as a Chartered Trading Standard Institute-approved ADR Competent Authority. The latest report...
‘The planet is sending us a distress signal’
Tony Beer, managing director, and business development manager Soren Nollegard of RetrofitWorks participated alongside Founder and MD of Parity Projects, Russell Smith, contributed to Cheaper Bills, Warmer Homes Strategy which was launched recently at...
