Gary Morton joins Board of Trustees at Hope House Children’s Hospices
We are very proud to announce that our founder and chairman, Gary Morton, has joined the Board of Trustees at Hope House Children’s Hospices from 1st July, 2020. Gary said: “It is a huge honour More...
Clare O’Hara, Managing Director of Epwin Window Systems
First Job: Development Chemist in Marine Development at Castrol Oil.Most useful/favourite gadget: My iPhone – it’s like a portable office.Favourite/most useful website: Am I allowed an app? I’m trying to More...
Arbuthnot backs MBO of Britdoors and JCK with £3.75m all assets funding package
Arbuthnot Commercial ABL has supported a management buyout (MBO) of Britdoors and JCK, two door manufacturing businesses within the System Building Products Group. The £3.75m asset based lending facility comprised More...
Industry using GGF Safe Guide to tackle Covid-19
In May, the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) was first to launch comprehensive Installer and Homeowners’ Safe Guides for the industry. The high-quality content which is underpinned by the latest Government More...
Further drop in contract awards for May but there are signs of improvement as planning approval figures steady
The total value of construction contract awards in May 2020 was £2.4 billion based on a three-month rolling average. This is a decrease of 45.9% on April and is also 52.3% Lower than May 2019. Contract awards More...
Masterframe stands virtually behind its customers
During lockdown the Directors at Masterframe continued to work, talking to customers via one on one zoom meetings to get a feel of how they were weathering the storm both personally and commercially. More...
Antimicrobial handle helps boost active protection methods against bacteria
Specifiers can now help to reduce the spread of bacteria by choosing an antimicrobial surface for door hardware. HOPPE has developed SecuSan®, an antibacterial More...
GGF welcomes new Government plans to boost construction
New measures to help the construction industry boost building and return to work safely will be introduced this week, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced on 22 June 2020). The key measures include: Planning More...
Building back better
Many business leaders believe the key theme of the coming months will be how to ‘build back better.’ Returning to work after a lockdown enables many businesses to re-set and almost start from a blank More...
In the face of continuing pressure from Covid-19 G-Awards postponed until 2021
The organisers of the G-Awards has announced that the planned 2020 event has had to be postponed until next year in the face of continuing pressure from Covid-19 and the ongoing lockdown. Organiser Tony Higgin More...
Deceuninck sales bounce back quickly to pre-lockdown levels
Deceuninck has seen a sharp rise in sales as the industry moves out of lockdown. The leading PVC-U systems company says sales in June are already at 95% of usual volume. From 1st June, all Deceuninck fabricators More...
Drop in sales forces business review for VEKA plc
Burnley based PVC-U window system company VEKA plans to launch a consultation process, which unfortunately may result in job losses. In March this year, Burnley based uPVC window system company VEKA made the More...