Automation – the only long-term solution to the ongoing skills crisis?
From Chris Alderson, managing director, Edgetech
It’s been looming for decades – but it looks like it’s the painful combination of Brexit and coronavirus that will finally tip Britain’s skills shortage into a full-blown crisis.
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Need for more vigilance if fire door national classification goes
From: Henry Rowden, technical manager, Vanquish hardware Protection.
The proposal for the removal of the national classifications, including BS 476:22, for fire doors from Approved Document B, will have significant implications on fire door testing...
Frustration at slow progress four years after Grenfell
From: Michael Skelding, General Secretary, DHF
It has been four years since the Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed 72 lives. The inquiry is continuing, and the English building regulations are still largely unchanged. Many in...
You Say, from Aluplast’s Director of Sales & Marketing Ian Cocken: Payback time for...
House prices rose at the end of the summer, almost reaching the record highs set two years ago, according to reports from leading lenders.
Halifax said that the average house price is now £1,000 shy...
The prefect storm: be patient
From: Richard Gyde, Managing Director, Mila
It was six months ago that I first wrote to the press to sound an early warning about the storm brewing in the freight market (https://www.the-glazine.com/?p=1445).
Booming demand in the...
“The difference between doing as little as you can get away with or doing...
From: Nick Dutton, CEO, Brisant Secure
I’m writing to congratulate Giovanni Laporta for Smart Ready’s milestone win in its trademark dispute with Yale.
Brisant has seen many of our initiatives blatantly copied. While we normally just...
Black is the new grey
You Say, from Jeremy Phillips, Managing Director of CDW Systems
After nearly a decade of grey's dominance in the aluminium fenestration sector, particularly anthracite grey, we're witnessing a significant shift in colour preferences that I...
Industry will demand action on skills crisis
From: Brian Berry, Chief Executive, Federation of Master Builders
Sir Keir Starmer MP, has made clear on the steps of Downing Street that building the homes Britain needs will be a key priority for his...
How government can support industry
You Say from Mark Mitchell, Chairman, Cornwall Group:
The budget has created a challenge for industry. The increase in the National Minimum Wage and National Insurance, will cost employers on average £2,000 per employee.
That’s a...
Fire Door Safety: Still waiting for a full response from government
From: Michael Skelding, general manager, Door & Hardware Federation
More than four years following the tragic fire in the Grenfell Tower, we are still waiting for the full legislative response from the government. While it...
