Does The BSR hold the answers?
From: Jon Vanstone, Chair, Certass
A new survey of more than 120 installers has flagged some of the top issues facing them today. The data, collected from Certass member companies, highlighted the frustration felt by...
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,...
You Say: Ryan Johnson, Group Managing Director, Emplas
The UK economy is moving in a more positive direction, but the window sector should be prepared for construction and home improvement markets to take a little time to catch up.
The economy returned to...
Protect those margins
Mike Parczuk, Managing Director, Sternfenster
It’s great that everyone is busy but we face a number of challenges - and I don’t only mean those impacting the supply chain.
The net effect of increased demand and...
Open letter from Ryan Johnson, Managing Director, Emplas
Covid-19 has changed the way we live and work on many levels. This includes highlighting and reinforcing, something which has long underpinned our own working culture - the importance of transparency.
We have written to...
‘I’m just asking’
From: Mike Parczuk, managing director, Sternfenster
Rishi Sunak was the hero of the hour in March 2021 with the financial stimulus he put in place to help businesses survive the impact of Lockdown. Without it...
Shortage of skilled engineers – ‘Think outside the pool’
From: Wayne Hunter, Operations Manager, Emmegi (UK)
I’ve just seen the fairly chastening statistic from Building Our Skills of more than 1100 installer vacancies being advertised on UK job sites at the end of 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...
Suicide – we’re in it together
From: Bill Hill, CEO, Lighthouse Club
Saturday was World Suicide Prevention Day and we will see a huge amount of activity and publicity following it to help raise awareness of the issues surrounding such a...
Why fabricators should be questioning their systems companies about their U-value claims. By Russell...
Fabricators who are blindly accepting the U-Value claims being made on aluminium sliders and bifolds could be risking non-compliance with the new Part L and inadvertently misleading customers.
Whether it’s down to naivety, lack of...
