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PRO INSTALLER DECEMBER 2016
PRO NEWS
@proinstaller1
NEW COMPETITION
IS THE REAL DEAL
Customade is on the
lookout for more
impressive aluminium
window, door and lantern installations that
showcase great design,
creativity and workmanship as its ‘REAL
Aluminium Installation
of the Month’ competition gathers pace.
into the competition for a
chance to win fabulous prizes and gain valuable retail
exposure.
Claire Miller, Group Marketing Manager at Customade Group explains: “This
has been a terrific year for
Customade and demand
for our new range of REAL
Aluminium products has exceeded all expectations. Our
REAL Aluminium installers
are creating a stunning array
of installations throughout
the UK and we’re excited
to recognise and honour
them in this new monthly
contest.
Every month, a lucky installer will win a £200 John
Lewis voucher and a £50
Majestic Wine voucher, plus
The competition was
launched in October to
reward Customade’s skilled
network of REAL aluminium
installers.
The company is inviting
network members to submit
worthy REAL Aluminium
window, bi-folding door,
sliding door, residential
door, composite door and
lantern roof installations
full use of the Installation of
the Month logo to promote
themselves as a top-ranking
aluminium installer in their
region. The winning installation will be showcased on
the retail aluminium website
– www.re-aluminium.co.uk
– to maximise the installer’s
presence among homeowners and drive traffic to their
website.
For further information,
visit www.customade.co.uk
NEW COMPLIANCE GUIDE
The in-house technical experts at systems house Liniar have
reviewed the legislative requirements for Document Q compliance
and produced a guide for the benefit of its fabricator customers.
Described as ‘the best of
its kind’ by several of the
first fabricators to get their
hands on a copy, the Liniar
Part Q Manual uses detailed
illustrations and instructions
to explain how to achieve
compliance for every Liniar
product in the range.
The full-colour document makes
it easier for Liniar fabricators to
ensure compliance with Part Q
security regulations for windows
and doors, as well as helping
them build their own products for
testing.
The strict requirements of
Document Q refer to all easily
accessible windows and doors
installed within new build
dwellings and flats in England,
together with excepted energy
buildings in Wales – including
extensions to existing properties
and material change of use of a
building, or part of it.
For compliance, windows
and doors need evidence to
demonstrate the product has
been “manufactured to a design
that has been shown by test to
meet the security requirements
of British Standards publication
PAS 24:2012/PAS 24:2016, or
equivalent enhanced security
testing.
Liniar customers requiring
a copy of the new Part Q
Manual can email marketing@
liniar.co.uk or call the Liniar
Technical team on 01332
883900.
Double glazing
surveyor sentenced
A former double glazing surveyor, who failed to declare
his earnings so that he could
pocket more than £59,000
that was due in Income
Tax and National Insurance
contributions, has been sentenced.
Andrew Overton, 55, of Foxholes
Road, Poole, Dorset, was paid
£255,000 in commission over a
six-and-a-half-year period on the
sales he generated for a national
window company. However, he
didn’t complete Self Assessment
tax returns.
The fraud was d iscovered as
part of HM Revenue and Customs’
(HMRC) Double Glazing Taskforce,
targeting individuals working in
the industry suspected of not paying the correct tax.
Andrew Overton pleaded guilty
to tax evasion at Bournemouth
Magistrates’ Court on 27th October
2016. He was sentenced to 12
months imprisonment, suspended
for two years, at Bournemouth
Crown Court on 23rd November
2016. He must also complete 200
hours of unpaid work.
Anyone with information about
tax fraud can call our hotline
on 0800 59 5000 or report it
online at: https://www.gov.uk/
topic/dealing-with-hmrc/taxcompliance