News Bulletin - 01 September 2011

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MBA Associates Limited
“ I’ll do anything you ask me to… as long as you w
The age old question of how to get someone to do what you want.. it is asked every day by people wor...[more]

MBA Associates Limited
”…Treat Those Two Impostors Both The Same”
Triumph and disaster are of course the two impostors as those of you who were paying attention (and ...[more]

MBA Associates Limited
Stop Selling!
Strategy is as much about what not to do as it is about what you should do. This is often ignored in...[more]

MBA Associates Limited
Mindset, Market Polarisation and Grit
The most asked question of us at MBA is “how is everyone else doing?” something we can only generali...[more]

MBA Associates Limited
Who Do You Serve?
Fundamental to all strategy is a goal, nothing nebulous, none of the “we will be the best window com...[more]

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Door-Stop International
Sunday Telegraph names Door-Stop as crucial to eco
The Sunday Telegraph has named leading composite door manufacturer Door-Stop as one of Britain’s Bri...[more]

Rockdoor
Letter to the Editor - At last, Doors get their ow
It was February 2007 that we first wrote to Fenestration News pushing for the introduction of Door E...[more]

Wrightstyle Ltd
Wrightstyle Appoints Jimmy Chiu for UK Expansion
Wrightstyle Limited, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of advanced glass and steel glazing systems, ...[more]

AGC Flat Glass UK
Steve Beck joins the AGC team
A new addition to the market development division reflects AGC’s continuing commitment to its UK cus...[more]

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Listers Appoint a New Director
" " in Stoke on Trent have just appointed Derrith Turner as Director of Human Resour...[more]

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Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB)
CAB's Mini-conference Classic"
The stunning Sculpture Gallery at Woburn in the grounds of the Safari Park is the setting for CAB’s ...[more]

Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB)
CAB's £1,000 CRASH Support"
CAB was delighted to present CRASH, the construction industry’s charity for homeless people with a c...[more]

Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB)
CAB's New President Vows to Support Supply Chain"
Mo Panam was honoured to be voted in as CAB’s new President until mid 2013 at the Association’s rece...[more]

Glass and Glazing Federation(GGF)
Follow the GGF on Twitter"
To keep its members, the industry, consumers and the media up to speed with the latest news and even...[more]

Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB)
T is for Technical Support"
Where can you obtain generic and unbiased advice on standards, regulations and best practice for the...[more]

Tremco illbruck Limited
Cycling to charity success"
Glen Horrocks, Stuart Peet and Simon Quinn (left to right in photograph) of Tremco illbruck have suc...[more]

CENSolutions Ltd
CENSolutions MD Raises Money for CLIC Sargent in A"
Mike Gaillard, Joint Managing Director of CENSolutions, the leading consultancy and test facility fo...[more]

Edgetech IG UK
Edgetech’s Inaugural Golf Day Declared a Resoundin"
Edgetech, manufacturer of Super Spacer, the most cost effective and highest performing Warm Edge Tec...[more]

Solidor
Making a RIPPLE for charity"
Solidor quite rightly claim to lead the way in high quality composite doors and have now made an agr...[more]

Double Glazing and Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme (DGCOS)
Extra Windows donates £1,000 to ‘Iron Man’ for cer"
DGCOS member Extra Windows has sponsored a customer for £1,000 to do an ‘Iron Man’ challenge on beha...[more]

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Listers Launch iPhone Beacon App
" " of Stoke on Trent has just announced the launch of its own iPhone and iPad Appli...[more]

Mila Hardware
New video blog from Mila
Mila’s Head of Sales Rachel Attwood has posted her first video blog on the Mila website at www.mila....[more]

Conservatory Outlet
Introducing the triple glazing superheroes
Conservatory Outlet has unreservedly entered the triple glazed market with the launch of a unique co...[more]

HL Plastics
New Website dedicated to Bi-Fold Plus
Liniar, the innovative window system from HL Plastics Limited, has launched a brand new website to p...[more]

Ultimate 70 Ltd
Online ordering now available from Ultimate 70
Trade fabricator Ultimate 70 is certainly one company that recognises the importance of technology. ...[more]

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From the News

Solaglas - ‘Clare’ plays the lead in new EcoClear video. Cooke Brothers - introduces fully concealed 3-d hinges. Network Veka - Network improves training manual

Listers - launch Elitis Finesse Composite Doors. The Future’s Bright with Sash UK. Framexpress boosts staff morale with new training initiatives

Wicona’s - highly sustainable test centre generates 60 per cent more electricity than it needs for its own operations. New ‘contemporary’ composite doors from Phoenix Door Panels. Network connects with customers using QR codes

FENSA - Doors now rated for energy efficiency using A-G labelling. Liniar - gains PAS 23 and 24 accreditation. Spectus Window Systems and Worsley Glass help transform Manchest community under £17m retrofit project

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Could it be the future is still just around the corner?

Last week Business Micros hosted a press briefing for the industry's media Editors at the inspiring venue of Bletchley Park.

It was hard not to be impressed and inspired by the history of the location and as such being able to relate to the synergy between Bletchley Park and how modern computing has changed the Fenestration Industry.

The industry use of computing, apart from accounts, starts out with the need to move away from 'handrolic' calculations of cutting sheets with their need for repeated check, check and check again discipline - to a simplified input output consistency. Things have now moved on infinitely further, starting with the simple input, then we got optimisation of material, direct input to cutting, so on and so on. ...[ more ]

“ I’ll do anything you ask me to… as long as you wear a white coat” - Leadership and Management in the Workplace

The age old question of how to get someone to do what you want.. it is asked every day by people worldwide. Wives wanting new kitchens, daughters wanting new shoes… and by people in the workplace.

So… How DO you get groups of people to conform to your will and your way of thinking? Whether you are bringing in a new business strategy, a new management team, or a general change of pace? Do you offer them pension schemes? Pay rises? Or do you don a white coat and tell them that they have no choice? ...[ more ]

Catherine Ball is an associate at MBA and a graduate psychologist.

In Box

Letter to the Editor - At last, Doors get their own energy rating. - Mark Simm, Rockdoor Ltd

Dear Ian,

At last, Doors get their own energy rating.

It was February 2007 that we first wrote to Fenestration News (click here) pushing for the introduction of Door Energy Ratings (DER’s), following on from the successful launch of Window Energy Ratings (WER’s).

A lot has happened in the last 4 years… a Recession, a Banking Crisis, a new Government….,...[ more ]

Yours Sincerely

Mark Simm, Rockdoor Ltd

In Box

Letter to the Editor - Alan Burgess, Managing Director, Masterframe

Dear Ian

I read with interest the first three letters in last week’s fenestration news and find they are in fact closely related.

Firstly, the note from Vic De Costa, suggesting investment in ever more efficient machinery. Well I have always been an advocate of investment because the reduction of waste often pays for the investment, certainly better than not having efficient machines and still having the waste!

However, as an industry we are still over capacity. Total volumes are significantly lower than a few tears ago ,...[ more ]

Yours sincerely

Alan Burgess, Managing Director, For and on behalf of Masterframe Windows Limited

In Box

Letter to the Editor - Navigating legislation - Alan Fielder

Dear Ian,

Navigating legislation

The standards governing the window industry continue to tighten, in part to bring us into line with mainland Europe. As they do it’s more important than ever that suppliers do their bit to get up to speed with the changes that are being made, so they can offer customers the support they need. Most fabricators and sealed unit manufacturers have enough on their plate at the moment, without having to negotiate their way around the revisions to relevant legislation.

On July 1st 2013 CE marking will become mandatory under the European Construction Products Directive. ...[ more ]

Yours sincerely

Alan Fielder, Director of Sales and Marketing

Also in the news....

Saint-Gobain Solaglas -
'‘Clare’ plays the lead in new EcoClear video'
Solaglas, the award winning sealed unit business of Saint-Gobain, has filmed a new video to promote EcoClear® with Planitherm® inside. Planitherm, as seen on TV and in consumer mag ..[ more ]

HL Plastics -
'Liniar gains PAS 23 and 24 accreditation'
Liniar, the energy efficient window system from HL Plastics Limited, has recently gained PAS 23 and 24 accreditation for its French doors. - The doors achieved PAS 23 (General Perf ..[ more ]

Ultraframe (UK) -
'Ultraframe classic roof gets even lower'
Ultraframe, the UK’s leading manufacturer of conservatory roof solutions, has further developed its innovative Classic conservatory roof by facilitating its use down to an incredib ..[ more ]

Gablecraft ltd -
'GableCraft Launch NEW Digital Retail Brochure'
Industry leading Conservatory Gable & Raked frame manufacturer GableCraft, have just launched their NEW Digital Retail Brochure. “Helping our customers to sell more Gable fronted c ..[ more ]

Solidor -
'The Italia Job'
When A & A Double Glazing Ltd in Leicester were tasked with creating a more featured front door combination for a home owner, they looked to leading composite door manufacturer, So ..[ more ]

British Fenestration Rating Council (BFRC) -
'Doors now rated for energy efficiency using A-G labelling'
The British Fenestration Ratings Council, the main regulator of energy efficient windows in the UK, has extended its famous rainbow label rating scheme to cover all kinds of domest ..[ more ]

Wicona Projects -
'Wicona’s highly sustainable test centre generates 60 per cent mor'
In its first year of operation, the new dedicated test centre for Wicona’s façade products – one of the first energy-positive industrial buildings in Europe – has generated 60 per ..[ more ]

Sash UK -
'The Future’s Bright with Sash UK'
For many businesses like Radbury Double Glazing, the bankruptcy of its biggest customer almost certainly spells disaster. But it’s not all doom and gloom out there. Since partnerin ..[ more ]

Network VEKA -
'Carly’s Network VEKA’s new ‘leading’ lady
…and Sebastian’s'
Network VEKA has appointed Carly Barton to a newly created position of Leads Administrator to look after the organisation’s ever-growing lead generation programme. - Carly will ove ..[ more ]

Kommerling -
'A lasting legacy'
CWG Choices have just launched their traditional Legacy window, which incorporates Kömmerling’s O70 Gold sculptured outer frame, C70 Gold slim sash and a number of other key featur ..[ more ]

FrameXpress -
'Framexpress boosts staff morale with new training initiatives'
FrameXpress, the midland’s leading fabricator is once again reinforcing its corporate position and boosting team morale by enrolling ten staff onto various NVQ training initiatives ..[ more ]

Sidey Ltd -
'KitFix simplifies timber frame fenestration for faster builds'
Designed specifically for off-site manufacturing, the new patented KitFix System – exclusively from Sidey, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of windows and doors – enables timb ..[ more ]

" " -
'Listers launch Elitis Finesse Composite Doors.'
" " of Stoke on Trent, best known for their dual rebated Gallery Composite Door range have just launched a new single rebated range called Elitis Finesse. - The Fin ..[ more ]

Cooke Brothers -
'Cooke Brothers introduces fully concealed 3-d hinges'
Cooke Brothers Ltd have confirmed that they signed an exclusive distributorship arrangement with one of Germany’s leading hinge manufacturers BaSys, to market their range of high s ..[ more ]

Network VEKA -
'Network improves training manual'
Network VEKA has stepped up its installer training with an updated Surveying and Installation Manual, a key part of the training programme offered to new members.- The new manual i ..[ more ]

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L.B. Plastics -
'Asset Fineline delivers in Colchester’s exemplary private-public '
Leading social housing fenestration contractor Asset Fineline is working with Lovell Partnerships on an innovative project in Colchester which is breathing new life into a formerly ..[ ]

D&G Consulting -
'D&G’s Annual PVC-U Window, Door & Conservatory Industry
(U'
The 7th Consecutive Year of Decline, but what happens next? - Just released, the Annual PVC-U Window, Door and Conservatory Industry Report from independent specialists D&G Consult ..[ ]

Spectus Windows Systems -
'Spectus Window Systems and Worsley Glass help transform Manchest '
PVC-U profile producer, Spectus Window Systems, and window fabrication and installation partner, Worsley Glass, are helping to transform a Manchester community in partnership with ..[ ]

MBA Associates Limited -
'“ I’ll do anything you ask me to… as long as you wear a white coa'
The age old question of how to get someone to do what you want.. it is asked every day by people worldwide. Wives wanting new kitchens, daughters wanting new shoes… and by people i ..[ ]

Network VEKA -
'Network newcomer doubles sales with first month’s leads'
New Network VEKA member Barrington Lewis needs no convincing it was the right thing to do – the Stockport installer doubled its turnover in its first month just from free leads. - ..[ ]

Modplan Ltd -
'Modplan team sees immediate results from its information day at V'
The Modplan team has just returned from Denmark after attending the latest information day in support of Modplan Nordic, its Scandinavian operation. - Heidi Sachs, Modplan’s Managi ..[ ]

Phoenix Door Panels -
'New ‘contemporary’ composite doors from Phoenix Door Panels'
Phoenix Door Panels, one of the UK’s largest domestic replacement door manufacturers, has added three new contemporary designs to its County Collection range of composite doors. - ..[ ]

Balcony Systems -
'Clear glass Juliet balconies take care of the views'
Castleoak, a leading care sector development and construction company, specified clear glass Juliet balconies from Balcony Systems for its latest care project to make the most of m ..[ ]

Landfill Alternatives Ltd -
'CR Laurence environmental initiative reduces costs'
CR Laurence has recently undergone a comprehensive environmental review of the resources they use. - As part of the review CR Laurence has purchased a recycling compactor from Land ..[ ]

Door-Stop International -
'Sunday Telegraph names Door-Stop as crucial to economic recovery'
The Sunday Telegraph has named leading composite door manufacturer Door-Stop as one of Britain’s Brightest Businesses, ‘set to be the foundation of the UK’s recovery’. The listing ..[ ]

REHAU -
'Dennis Taylor opens new trade counter in Wrexham'
Snooker legend Dennis Taylor was the guest of honour at the opening of a new showroom and trade counter by Thermseal Windows and Doors in Wrexham recently - Dennis was joined by Ma ..[ ]

Fenestration News -
'Could it be the future is still just around the corner?'
Last week Business Micros hosted a press briefing for the industry's media Editors at the inspiring venue of Bletchley Park. - It was hard not to be impressed and inspired by the h ..[ ]

GAP (General All Purposes Plastics ) -
'GAP adds 8 new depots.'
GAP, the leading home improvement stockist, has just completed a deal which instantly adds 8 new depots to the group, increasing their coverage to 24 locations across the UK. - Spe ..[ ]

Business Micros -
'New mobile apps from Business Micros'
Business Micros today officially launches a series of new mobile apps designed to make its EvoNET management software platform even more user friendly and accessible. - They are th ..[ ]

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