Dear Father Christmas
From: David Thornton, Chair, The Window Company (Contracts) Ltd
Everyone at The Window Company (Contracts) has been very good this year. We’ve looked after each other and our neighbours, even in the toughest of times....
Will house prices drag home improvement down with them?
From: Rob McGlennon, managing director, Deceuninck
House prices and home improvements have historically been closely linked. Many improvements to the home are made to increase the saleability of the property, and with house prices predicted...
Is the UK window and door industry set for a major slowdown in 2022?
From : Neil Cooper-Smith, Senior Analyst, Business Pilot:
The reaction of markets (and the UK national media) to emergence of Omicron, the new variant of Covid-19, echoes what we’ve seen every time cases of Covid-19...
More ventilation – but how does it sound?
From: Wayne Irvine, managing director, AW Louvers
Buildings need ventilation because they need to breathe. When you ventilate a building, you help to get rid of those things that are bad for occupants’ health, such...
No new ADQ for now…But don’t ignore the PAS24: 2022 update
From: Strafford Cooke, technical director, Mila
As I predicted back in June, the new and updated version of security standard PAS24: 2022 has just been published. While the updates are fairly minimal from a fabrication...
Have homeowners fixed everything yet?
From: Mike Parczuk, managing director, Sternfenster
I’m going to start by saying that things still look pretty good. Our customers are busy (probably if we’re honest, still a little too busy), and the housing market...
‘A ticking time-bomb for aluminium fabricators’
From: Nigel Headford, director, Deceuninck Aluminium
Manufacturers of aluminium windows and doors could find all or part of their product offer falls short of proposed changes to building regulations - effectively locking them out of...
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...
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...
Open, but at what cost?
From David Thornton, Chair, The Window Company (Contracts) Ltd
In the simplest terms, our business is measuring an aperture, ordering a window or door and fitting it. Add on selling it and getting paid to the beginning...
