With the autumn Budget looming and more tax pressures likely to hit the business community, Andrew Scott, CEO of Purplex, says marketing is the shield businesses need to survive yet another Labour onslaught with the economy still in the doldrums.
Bound to be iconic
IconiK is the brand new bifold from AluK. The company says it is designed to give fabricators and installers a new way to win strong margin business in bifolds and successfully defend themselves from the damaging race to the bottom on price.
Editor's Comment
We now have a building safety regulator telling the construction supply industry what it should do rather than an industry telling a regulator what it can do, writes Editor John Roper. The process is slowing up building and threatening the supply chain – but perhaps that is the pain we must go through to get buildings specified and built correctly…at last.
The Council for Aluminium in Building has reflected on a year of strong progress and renewed member engagement at its 31st annual general meeting, held at the Crowne Plaza, Stratford-upon-Avon on 23rd October.
Home in Swindon
Sheerline has opened a new permanent stand at the National Self Build and Renovation Centre in Swindon. It was unveiled as part of the centre’s third and final show of the year.
Ready at Reynaers
Reynaers Aluminium UK has become an approved GQA training centre. It is now offering its first course: An Introduction to Curtain Walling (CW 50). The course is designed to guide professional competency in fabrication and installation of Reynaers’ ConceptWall 50 curtain wall system.
How to attract new talent
Howard Trotter, business manager at Birmingham based window and door manufacturer Shelforce, spoke at this year’s Glazing Summit to about one of the industry’s most pressing challenges: skills and recruitment.
Integral with more colour
Slim Uni-Blinds integral blinds designed to fit within the 16mm cavity of double or triple glazed units are available in more colours than ever after the introduction of six new colours.
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