Heritage retrofit review – are planners aware of innovations?
From: Sarah Hitchings Sales & Marketing Director, The Residence Collection
At the beginning of 2024, the Government announced an energy efficiency drive for heritage homes in the UK.
This drive is set to review the wide...
‘Forever home’ project highlights lack of UK innovation
From: Ryan Breslin, managing director Cherwell Windows
As an installation business, in my role at Cherwell, rather than Business Pilot, we’re at the sharp end. We need to be able to offer homeowners products that...
More gender equality in the workplace
“A diverse workforce allows the best talent to rise to the top, regardless of gender - and that’s the way it should be”
Kurt Greatrex - Sales director - Dekko Window Systems
The construction industry is...
Time to look at a new Green Deal
From: Phil Slinger, chief executive, Council for Aluminium in Building
The rate at which energy prices have risen in the last few months has been staggering and there are no indications of an end to...
Kickstart: a missed opportunity
From: Katie Thornton, director of compliance and administration, The Window Company (Contracts)
Three months after the deadline passed for hiring unemployed 16-24 year olds under the government’s much vaunted Kickstart scheme, we have to ask...
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...
‘Choosing to Challenge’ for International Women’s Day
Veka has marked International Women’s Day and its chosen theme for the year ‘Choose to Challenge’ by sharing the thoughts of these women leaders on their roles and the inspiration they have taken throughout their...
Who’s ready for net zero carbon?
From: Kurt Greatrex, Sales director, Dekko Window Systems
In 2019, the UK became the first major economy in the world to pass laws to end its contribution to global warming by 2050, a target requiring...
‘Supply problems can stop business dead’
From: Nick Dutton, CEO, Brisant Secure
Supply problems disrupt business. They can even stop it dead. Recently, the shortage of HGV drivers was one of the factors that led to a limited supply of fuel,...
Are apprenticeships working?
From: David Thornton, Chairman, The Window Company (Contracts)
The skills shortage might have slipped down the agenda a bit over recent months while the industry has been tackling what is understandably the more pressing issue...
