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 [...]
Conservatory roof innovators Leka Systems has announced its presence at FIT Show 2021. The Leka stand will showcase a range of their popular conservatory roof solutions including the Leka Warm Roof, Leka Orangery roof and the modular Leka Xi conservatory wall and base system which taps into the trend for thermally efficient home extensions [...]
Laser finishing can be used to produce custom, functional and decorative glass products. The trend towards new applications has great deal to do with changes in customer demand and the feasible options for creating greater added value. Laser processing of custom glass products Until recently, laser-assisted finishing in glass processing was primarily considered an [...]
The students of Longroyde Primary School in West Yorkshire have been busy creating and cultivating green spaces as part of their ‘Easter Garden Project’, thanks to a £500 donation from Morley Glass & Glazing’s GreenVision Fund. Children have planned the garden and spent weeks digging out weeds, filling beds with compost and planting seeds. [...]
Building Our Skills – Making Fenestration A Career of Choice (BOS) has embarked on a recruitment drive with a difference - ‘highlighting the need for the industry to come together and eliminate its ever-growing skills gap’. Continuing to build on its key objective, heighten awareness of the Fenestration industry to new and young people, [...]
Masterframe Windows is one of the very few vertical slider manufacturers to have achieved the British Board of Agrément “Whole of Life” performance tested status for all the sash windows it produces. The onerous 20, 000 cycle endurance test simulates a “whole of life” test to prove longevity and guarantees a full BBA approval. [...]
For Kolorseal, one of the UK’s leading colour coating companies, there has been a recent surge in orders for striking new colours in the range. Despite tough market conditions over the last 12 months, homeowners have continued to invest in their houses and drive the market forward. For Deborah Hendry, Managing Director at Kolorseal, [...]
Building Our Skills has had confirmation from the Midlands Energy Hub and BEIS that the funding provided for skills training is unaffected by the cancellation of the Green Home Voucher Scheme. Speaking about the announcement and the funding, Building Our Skills Ambassador John Ogilvie commented “I think there had been a feeling for some [...]
Industry-leading PVCu systems company Liniar has strengthened its community focus and commitment to ‘doing the right thing’ by joining the Investors in Community platform. Designed to connect businesses with charities and good causes in their local areas, Investors in Community has helped facilitate hundreds of measurable volunteering hours, donations, and fundraising projects by firms [...]
On that one day, everything changed, everyone thought they saw it coming but nobody thought it really would, a lockdown, and a pandemic so serious that it would force Masterframe, along with many other manufacturers and businesses to close its doors. In procession of a full order book, it seemed for a brief while [...]
