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APRIL 2015 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
ISSUE 25
April 2015
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HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY
PRO INSTALLER!
Pro Installer is celebrating turning two this month.
Pro Installer magazine
was launched by the
Clearview Group in
April 2013 at the first
FIT Show, where 8000
copies were distributed
and has since developed into the most
highly distributed publication in its sector;
distributing 30,000 copies through 642 trade
counters across the UK,
every month.
Steve Sidebottom, Director
at Clearview Group, said:
“We created Pro Installer
magazine two years ago to
help give the fenestration
industry a voice, and allow
advertisers and contributors to communicate to
more than just the installers, but other tradespeople
too.
“We have since seen the
magazine grow rapidly
over this time and anticipate further growth in the
next 12 months to take
advantage of the growing
trade counter market.
“There are plans to also
post out Pro Installer
periodically with its sister
publication Clearview to
raise its profile further
with potential advertisers.
‘We would like to thank our readers,
advertisers and trade counters’
“We would like to thank
our readers, advertisers
and trade counters for
allowing this growth to
happen and supporting
the magazine throughout
its infancy.”
Showing their support
for the publication, regular
advertisers Rebecca Clegg,
Brand Manager for VEKA,
Network VEKA & Approved Installer and Carrie
Burton, Marketing Manager, UPVC Distributors
Limited commented:
“Huge congratulations to
Pro Installer on your 2nd
birthday. The newspaper
format of the magazine and
the targeted installer readership makes it a great choice
for our installer PR and
advertising. The best of luck
for the next 2 years and beyond” - Rebecca Clegg.
Carrie Burton, “We are
very pleased to wish Pro
Installer a Happy second
Birthday! National Plastics
has been proud to support
the publication with distribution and has benefited
from advertising within Pro
Installer over the past two
years. With its great mix of
informative editorial and
industry specific news, I’m
sure we’ll be seeing more
birthdays to come!”
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Budget “uninspiring and empty”
Last month, Chancellor George Osborne
announced his final
Budget before this
year’s General Election
in May, the GGF has
reacted by describing
it as “uninspiring and
empty”.
Nigel Rees, GGF Group
Chief Executive commented:
“It’s hard to find anything
of great significance to our
Members in this Budget
and we’re disappointed that
incentives to homeowners to
make their properties more
energy efficient are non-existent. On the manufacturing
front, we hope the updated
Enhanced Capital Allowance
for designated energy-saving
technologies will include
glass and glazing products.
The only other possible
positive on energy efficiency
is the proposal to bring forward the compensation for
ind irect costs for small scale
feed-in tariffs by one year.
This may assist our energy
intensive flat glass manufacturers, but is a relatively tenuous benefit in what is sadly
an empty and uninspiring
Budget for our industry.”
Nigel Rees continued: “One
positive announcement in
the Budget was the Govern-
ment’s proposal for “housing
zones” to build more affordable housing by regenerating
brownfield sites. Of course
we welcome any initiative to
increase new build but this
one is fairly limited; looking at the South West and
South East only. Aligned to
this, another proposal that
may help our industry is the
plan for a ‘Help to Buy ISA’
scheme which could stimu-
late new house buying and
carry through to replacement
windows and conservatories.
These proposals though are
hardly earth shattering for
businesses needing meaningful incentives to grow. We
were hoping for something
much more substantial to
boost our industry and the
UK economy, but it seems
the Chancellor has missed
this valuable opportunity to
do so.”