4 | APRIL 2018
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SMALL SITES AND SMALL BUILDERS WILL BUILD HOMES FASTER
The best way to speed up
housing delivery is to get more
small builders back into the market
and focus more attention on the
potential of smaller sites, according
to the Federation of Master Build-
ers (FMB).
In response to the Prime Min-
ister’s speech, Building a Britain
fit for future, Brian Berry Chief
Executive of the FMB, said: “Small
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There is a reason to push back against
developers who have a particularly
poor track record of delivery
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sites tend to deliver more quickly
and smaller builders, for whom
short term financing is more of a
concern, have every incentive to
build and sell quickly. More oppor-
tunities for these smaller develop-
ments will diversify the market,
boost capacity and speed up de-
livery. The Government has clearly
recognised this and is today setting
out a raft of changes to national
planning policy that will encourage
more small sites to come forward.
We particularly welcome the move
to ensure that at least 20% of the
sites identified for housing in local
authority’s plans are smaller sites.”
Berry concluded: “There is rea-
son to push back against develop-
ers who have a particularly poor
track record of delivery, and those
who seek planning permissions
purely for speculative purposes,
but the Government needs to make
sure that rhetoric doesn’t get ahead
of reality. It should recognise that
attempts to force building at a rate
which makes poor commercial
sense could end up slowing down
delivery. This could end up dis-
couraging rather than incentivising
the SME builders and new market
entrants we need to diversify the
market.”
www.fmb.org.uk
CUSTOMADE GROUP
STRIDES AHEAD
Customade Group has
rounded off a historic year
since it merged with Poly-
frame and is on course to
double its scale to become a
£200 million business. Now
comfortably the biggest
fabricator in the UK with
revenues of more than £100
million, the group is poised
for an era of rapid growth
with new group chief exec-
utive David Leng driving its
ambitious plans.
David Leng, who was
formerly Synseal Group’s
chief executive officer,
joined Customade Group in
February. He is leading the
next phase of development
for the business, which has
invested £2.5 million in
site developments, machin-
ery and IT in the last 12
months.
A substantial investment
programme of £2.5 million
across several manufactur-
ing sites has significantly in-
creased Customade Group’s
capabilities and doubled
production output. Three
of the group’s nine sites
in Livingston, Gloucester
and Norwich have recent-
ly expanded to cater for
increased demand across
both PVCu and aluminium.
With additional capacity
and unrivalled purchas-
ing power, the group has
welcomed more than 500
new customers on board
and will roll out several new
products nationwide during
the year.
Website designed
to increase lead
generation
www.customade.co.uk
BRITAIN MEANT BUSINESS AT FENSTERBAU
ers for the glass and glazing
industry. RegaLead is one
of 12 co-exhibitors on the
UK Pavilion and showcased
their cutting edge Color-
Spray Aqua glass and PVC-U
paint technology.
The GGF had an ex-
tremely busy week (21-
24 March) at Fensterbau
Frontale, the world’s largest
window exhibition held
every two years in Nurem-
berg, Germany.
With 200 square metres
showcasing the best of
British, the GGF is hosting
the UK Pavilion, taking
the theme “Britain Means
Business” to the interna-
tional industry and bringing
together 12 prominent UK
brands who will be pre-
senting and demonstrating
their latest products and
services.
One of the key features
of the UK Pavilion was the
British Reception which was
sponsored by RegaLead,
Europe’s leading colour ex-
perts and paint manufactur-
The 12 co-exhibitors on
the UK Pavilion were:
Clearview Magazine
www.clearview-uk.com
FIT Events
www.fitshow.co.uk
Glazpart
www.glazpart.com
GQA Qualifications
www.gqaqualification.com
HOPPE UK
www.hoppe.com
The Jackloc Company
www.jackloc.com
Made forTrade
www.madefortrade.co
Reddiplex
www.reddiplex.xom
RegaLead
www.regalead.co.uk
RITEC International
www.ritec.co.uk
Roseview Windows
www.roseview.co.uk
Window Ware
www.windowware.co.uk
www.ggf.org.uk
PatioMaster, the nation’s
favourite patio door brand, has
just launched a new website.
The new site has a
fresh, high quality, person-
able style that reflects Pati-
oMaster’s brand personality.
It has been designed to be
easy to navigate, including
the use of clearly defined
calls to action at the end
of each page that direct
visitors to more informa-
tion that may aid their
decision-making process.
A Door Builder platform
allows homeowners to
design their own door. A
regular programme of con-
tent marketing will ensure
traffic will be consistently
driven to the site to boost
visitor numbers and lead
generation opportunities.
PatioMaster dealerships
have been highlighted
throughout the site to em-
phasise one of the brand’s
USPs of the reassurance of
a trusted major brand that
still allows homeowners to
support their local econ-
omy.
One of the biggest
features of the new site is
the Technical Hub. It’s a
dedicated area for trade
customers that contains
valuable technical and mar-
keting support.
www.patiomaster.co.uk