Apprenticeships: hope for tackling the skills gap
From: Wayne Hunter, operations manager, Emmegi (UK)
It’s no secret that the industry-wide skills shortage is probably most acute in the machinery sector. Competition for skilled service engineers is fiercer than ever – and not...
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...
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....
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...
‘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...
And so, this is Christmas?
From: Rob McGlennon, manging director, Deceuninck
Every year it strikes me that it’s a slightly depressing sight. Once vibrant green living things, now brown, dropping their needles and stripped of the tinsel and fairly lights,...
Catching the trickle vent cowboys?
From Mike Parczuk, MD Sternfenster
We’ve seen a lot of discussion about Part F. How it appears to contradict Part L and reinforce the perception that government and those writing the building regulations are completely...
Will Q3 see an increase in demand and activity?
You Say, from Mark Mitchell, Chairman Cornwall Group
With new construction orders rising and two more interest cuts widely predicted this year, the third quarter of 2025 could mark a turning point for the glazing...
No jab, no job?
From: David Thornton, Chairman, The Window Company (Contracts)
Charlie Mullins from Pimlico Plumbers might just have been chasing publicity again when he announced that he would be imposing a ‘No jab no job’ rule on...
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...
