INDUSTRY NEWS
FIVE AWARDS IN 2022 NFAS
» UNI-BLINDS ® INTEGRAL BLINDS manufacturer Morley Glass has repeated its 2021 success in the National Fenestration Awards ( NFAs ) by winning in five categories again in this year ’ s awards programme .
The company won the award for Integral Blinds Company of the Year for the fifth year in a row , reflecting its strategy to provide a continuously developing range of superior quality products backed by unrivalled service and lead times . Morley Glass also won the NFA for ‘ Best use of video ’, an award it also won in 2021 , which continues to be a key part of its marketing programme given the medium ’ s ability to bring the benefits of integral blinds to life for installers and end-users .
Three members of the Morley Glass team were also recognised for their outstanding contribution . The NFA for ‘ Office Manager of the Year ’ was presented to Jess Owens , the award for ‘ Social networker ’ went to Charlotte Gilbert and Bryony
Shaw was named the proud winner of the ‘ Young person ’ award .
Ian Short , Managing Director of Morley Glass said : “ Thank you to everyone who took the time to firstly nominate us , and secondly to those who cast their vote in the NFAs . It means so much to us to win awards that are voted for by people working in the window and door industry as they are the ones whose opinion matters most .
“ Being part of the NFAs is important to help us gauge how well we ’ re doing as a supplier to the industry . And winning inspires us even more , encouraging everyone in our team to push harder so we can stay at the forefront of the market .”
Winning these latest five NFAs marks the sixth year in a row that Morley Glass has won accolades in this awards programme . It has done so in a year of major investment to increase its production capacity and the size of its delivery vehicle fleet , as well as boosting its recycling operations – all of which helps Morley Glass give its installer customers a unique advantage .
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BUILDING SAFETY – WHY SHOULD YOU CARE ?
» HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED TO move from compliance to leadership in building safety , ASSA ABLOY ’ s latest white paper is designed to challenge the way the industry thinks about safety within the built environment – encouraging building owners , managers and developers to elevate safety from just being a ‘ tick box ’ exercise .
Download the latest white paper from ASSA ABLOY here : https :// www . assaabloy . com / uk / en / stories / news / accelerating-culture- change---moving-from-compliance-to- leadership-in-building-safety
Following a series of reports on building safety from Dame Judith Hackitt and the Industry Safety Steering Group ( ISSG ), the white paper uses the same framework as the most recent ISSG report , and examines the roles of : Leadership and collaboration , Compliance and capacity building , and Responsibility and transparency when it comes to building safety .
Speaking on the launch of its latest paper , Eryl Jones , Managing Director of ASSA ABLOY Door Hardware Group , said :
“ In essence , more needs to be done to accelerate culture change in the built environment industry , so we can move from a position of compliance to leadership in building safety . With an extensive supply chain involved in building projects and a wide-ranging number of groups , associations and authorities trying to tackle this issue , we felt it was our role to help provide advice and recommendations on what we believe are the best opportunities to help address this challenge , which is the reason for this white paper .”
With approval and endorsement from the GAI and DHF , the document highlights case studies where a lack of compliance and leadership led to tragic consequences and delves into how recommendations from the ISSG will help to avoid this in the future .
The paper which also sets out the benefits of regulatory and legislative changes , such as Whole Life Costings , Environmental Product Declarations and improved competency criteria , and argues strongly that in order for prescribed changes to have any impact , there must also be a change in mind set when it comes to building safety .
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