In the current climate, glass processors are evaluating production methods with a critical eye on safety, manpower and monetary advantages for their business. Evaluating production methods to optimise the flow of production is essential, particularly in the current economic climate. This is where the HEGLA team excels, by providing effective solutions at realistic costs. [...]
Liniar Smashes Its Climate Change Agreement By 54% Whilst the main focus of the last 12 months has been on keeping its workforce safe during the pandemic and meeting the high demand in the marketplace, PVCu systems manufacturer Liniar has also continued to drive forward its Climate Change Agreement (CCA) targets. April 2021 saw [...]
Mike Parczuk, Managing Director, discusses an open letter. I speak to our installers every day. ‘Exhausted’, ‘stretched’, ‘frazzled’, probably describe how they feel best. We’re in a boom but that’s come with a unique set of challenges, so to be talking now about price increases and disruption to the supply chain - we recognise [...]
If you already sell and install Garden Rooms or are thinking about getting involved in this booming area of the market, RoofWright has the software to enable you to create beautiful designs for your customers. The industry leading building design software company has added garden rooms to its growing portfolio of design solutions tailored [...]
Research conducted by Building Our Skills has identified that at the end of the first week in May there were over 1100 vacancies for installers being advertised on job sites throughout the UK. The research was conducted in association with partner FrontFoot, specialists in re-introducing military service personnel into mainstream industry. It is the [...]
Rapierstar’s 20-year partnership with leading distributor Window Ware has proved invaluable in ensuring fastener supplies to its fabricator customers have continued reliably, and consistently, throughout the exceptionally busy home improvement boom of the past 12 months. Reflecting the value both companies place on long term supply partnerships, Window Ware and Rapierstar have worked together [...]
Morley Glass and Glazing has funded the creation of 50 virtual showrooms, with the help of VideoProduction4, the National Fenestration Awards and FENEX. With real-life showroom visits off the table during the pandemic, the virtual showrooms have allowed installers to grow their business in the most challenging of times. Each virtual showroom, worth £1500, [...]
Specialist window and door fastener supplier Rapierstar has boosted its range of complementary products for manufacturing and installation with the addition of DART power tool accessories. DART is a rapidly growing global brand offering superior performance drill bits, screwdriver bits, saw blades and other daily-use consumables, plus equipment such as PPE gloves. Its ‘Your [...]
Building Our Skills – Making Fenestration a Career of Choice is delighted to announce it has signed a partnership with FrontFoot, specialists in re-introducing service personnel into mainstream industry as a part of its aim to bridge the skills gap in the fenestration industry. It is the latest initiative from BOS following the signing [...]
Two-weeks into the launch of Building Our Skills #ICommit – Inspiring the Future campaign, Stephanie Tague, Head of the organisation tells how overwhelmed she is with the response, but still urges more Fenestration businesses and individuals to come forward and support what is currently one of the industry’s biggest challenges. “When we launched the [...]
