A different kind of crisis
From: Andrew Scott, MD, Purplex
Demand is what we all crave when it comes to running a business in any industry. So, it appears strange to be talking of rising demand as a crisis in...
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...
Need for clearer guidelines on heritage retrofit
From: Ian Selby, managing director and co-founder, Timbawood
The new government review into Adapting historic homes for energy efficiency has highlighted the need for new, clearer guidelines for window replacement and repair on heritage properties.
There...
Don’t fear a shifting market
From: Rob McGlennon, MD, Deceuninck
The Bank of England increased interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 5.25% at the beginning of August, in a bid to control the rate of inflation,...
The end of the one-stop shop
Andy Jones, Group Managing Director, Victorian Sliders
Even when everyone in Britain has been vaccinated, and the worst of the coronavirus crisis is behind us, I suspect we’ll still find that some things have changed...
Triple glazing – has its time come?
From: Chris Alderson, managing director, Edgetech
When it first appeared, triple glazing was presented as the future. Many thought its rise was inevitable.
But over the last twenty years, that hasn’t happened. The big shift from...
Avoid the temptation to cut costs
From: Andrew Scott, managing director, Purplex
With the state of the market looking very different now to how it did at the end of the first national lockdown, it’s likely things will become much tougher...
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...
‘#ICommit – Inspiring The Future’
From: Stephanie Tague, Head of Building Our Skills
Two-weeks into the launch of the Building Our Skills #ICommit – Inspiring the Future campaign, I am overwhelmed with the response but still urge more Fenestration businesses and individuals...
Supply issues: ‘We’ve seen nothing yet’
From: Russell Yates, managing director, AluFold Direct
The Bank of England has just raised its estimate for UK GDP growth in 2021 to 7.25% - up from the 5% it forecast in February. Further easing...
