Dear Gerald

Over the past year, we all know there’s been a fairly radical shift in the supply chain dynamic – and not just when it...

Dear Gerald, Supply problems disrupt business. They can even stop it dead. Recently, the shortage of HGV drivers was one of...

I’m getting in touch with you for a couple of reasons. One, so that you can share the news that Yale (Assa Abloy) has lost...

Dear Gerald I’ve just seen the fairly chastening statistic from Building Our Skills of more than 1100 installer vacancies...

Image Above:  Richard Gyde It was six months ago that I first wrote to the press to sound an early warning about the storm...

Charlie Mullins from Pimlico Plumbers might just have been chasing publicity again when he announced that he would be...

SAFER Bi-Folding Door Deliveries Handling and moving big, heavy and cumbersome Aluminium Bi-folding doors is not a task you...

Image Above: Giovanni Laporta The fenestration industry has seen an enormous increase in sales over the last 9 months and I...

Image Above: David Thornton Dear Gerald Open, but at what cost? In the simplest terms, our business is measuring an...

Dear Gerald, Yesterday evening (Wednesday 20 January), following numerous discussions with Government departments, we had...

Image Above: Richard Gyde, Managing Director, Mila Even without the Coronavirus pandemic, this is peak season when it comes...

I wrote last month criticising the fact that far too many fabricators were using the Covid-19 crisis and ongoing supply...

I may be a lone voice, but, having spent so many years building Euroglaze into one of the most efficient fabricators in the...

It’s fantastic to see more and more fabricators and installers beginning to promote their Smart offering as they realise...

Dear Gerald There’s been a lot of talk in the press over the last week about lead times and the supply chain and I have to...

The latest news in the Green Homes Grant (GHG) is that there is little change for replacement windows, as we predicted...