The National Fenestration Awards (NFA) has announced a major change to one of its most important categories for the 2026 campaign, revealing that the Young Person of the Year award will now see three winners crowned instead of just one. In a move designed to actively support the industry’s recruitment and retention efforts, the [...]
The National Fenestration Awards (NFAs) are proud to announce that Building Our Skills will continue its sponsorship of the esteemed Training Company of the Year category for the 2025 awards. This ongoing partnership underscores Building Our Skills' unwavering commitment to bridging the industry's skills gap and promoting fenestration as a viable and rewarding career [...]
The fenestration industry should leverage its environmental credentials to attract new entrants. That is the call from Building Our Skills and one of its National Partners, CNC Recycling. The ‘Making Fenestration, Glass and Glazing a Career of Choice’ campaign and the nationwide PVCU window recycling specialist company have already begun to make inroads into [...]
Eighteen-year-old Oliver Wells may only have been in the fenestration industry for a couple of years, but already he has been awarded a Distinction upon passing the Apprenticeship Standard in Fenestration Installation Level 2. ‘Ollie’ - as he is known to friends and colleagues – is on track for more success thanks to a [...]
Building Our Skills - Making Fenestration, Glass and Glazing a Career of Choice has secured John Fredericks Plastics Ltd as a supporter. Mark Handley, Building Our Skills’ Partnerships Manager says: “The name John Fredericks is synonymous with innovation and a loyal customer base. The company’s enviable and long track record of success in the [...]
Fenestration, Glass and Glazing – 50 Careers in one day Building Our Skills - Making Fenestration, Glass and Glazing a Career of Choice reports an excellent level of support for its two pilot bespoke industry careers festivals held last week. “We’re so grateful to everyone who backed this new initiative,” says Mark Handley, Building [...]
Building Our Skills – Making Fenestration a Career of Choice is in the final stages of its planning for two industry bespoke careers fairs at the start of March as a part of National Careers Week. The two events will feature over 30 of the industry’s best known names who are aiming to talk [...]
Fenestration, Glass and Glazing – 50 Careers in one day Building Our Skills - Making Fenestration, Glass and Glazing a Career of Choice says that ‘employability skills clinics’ are to feature at the first of its series of bespoke industry careers fairs in March. “The employability skills clinics should play a major part in [...]
Fenestration, Glass and Glazing – 50 Careers in one day Building Our Skills - Making Fenestration, Glass and Glazing a Career of Choice says student registrations for the first of its series of bespoke industry careers fairs in March has now exceeded 500. “This is brilliant news,” says Mark Handley, Building Our Skills’ Partnerships [...]
Fenestration, Glass and Glazing – 50 Careers in one day Having announced its intention to launch a series of bespoke industry careers fairs in 2024, Building Our Skills – Making Fenestration, Glass and Glazing a Career of Choice has now formally launched its ‘Career Families’ to help students understand the many career options open to them [...]
