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THE UK’S LEADING TRADE NEWSPAPER FOR WINDOWS, DOORS AND CONSERVATORIES
THE RIGHT PEOPLE READ GLASS NEWS Issue 130 | January 2022
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Suppliers to the home improvement market have given their resounding approval to a new campaign designed to raise some of the challenges faced by the fenestration industry. Nine new companies have joined the founding 19 members of #unitedfront, taking the total number of firms adding their support to 28 and creating a collective voice that accounts for more than £600m of sales and over 5000 staff. Bosses from Central Window Systems, Donwood Group, Double R Glass & Roofing Systems, Garnalex, Modplan, Oakland Glass, Roseview Windows, Saveheat Group and Thermoseal Group are the latest signatories to highlight issues that the sector is facing as it attempts to meet
the national appetite for doors, windows, roofing systems and glazing products. The businesses, which are based across the UK and span all the different specialisms of the supply chain, clearly lay out three of the main challenges currently facing them, including disruption with materials, rising prices/energy costs and significant labour shortages due to the pandemic and Brexit. They call for industry to show a #unitedfront of solidarity in that every supplier is weathering the same storm and that, by giving customers an understanding, they can quickly work together to provide solutions and get back to delivering continuity of supply. “We have had such a fantastic response since we launched the campaign in October and the overwhelming reaction has been positive with suppliers in our sector,” explained Ryan Green, Managing Director of Clayton Glass. Continued on page 4... Read the letter on page 48.
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#UNITEDFRONT RECEIVES A FURTHER BOOST WITH NINE NEW SUPPLIERS ADDING THEIR SUPPORT
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REGIONAL I N S TA L L E R , N AT I O N W I D E BRANDING OR LEAD G E N E R AT I O N ? SOCIAL MEDIA & HOMEOWNER M A R K E T I N G PA C K A G E – only with Improve! Improve Magazine targets homeowners across the U K a n d i s d e d i c a t e d t o o u r i n d u s t r y. We p r o m o t e companies who sell windows, doors, conservatories and garden rooms to homeowners and we do this via our lifestyle magazine through email and social media.
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