Take a closer look at the Link vent Mk2( 5000) which is close to the size of a traditional 4000 vent. You will see 13 fixing positions which would look odd to most. However, put the vent up to the window, fit the 4 clips( in the bag) where there is a rout and push fit the vent in seconds( if needed fit with screws into the frame

material and you are done). The Link vent Mk2( 2500) with 2 clips replaces a traditional 2000 vent, both fitting 10mm to 13mm rout heights.

So, one vent product in 2 sizes fits all to grow your footfall / walk-ins and revenue without significantly increasing your stock.

Installers can now carry a couple of repair vents for

those occasional RMI jobs with the confidence they will fit most surface mounted applications.

According to Dean Bradley, Sales and Marketing Manager:

“ The new DIY version of the link vent Mk2 addresses a need in the market that has benefits for trade counters, distributors, installers and home owners.

Air quality improves with a product with very low air leakage and a wide-ranging colour palette. Stockists minimise stock investment, maximise stock turn and address a profitable market niche and who knows what else customers will buy whilst they are on your site.”

www. glazpart. com

High security is a crucial attribute of modern, high-performance windows – and especially so on new build sites, where properties remain extra vulnerable to break-ins and thefts prior to occupation.

Fitting doors and windows as early as possible in the build programme – so securing the structure – can pay huge dividends in preventing the loss of tools, materials, valuable metals and, in extremis, even kitchens and appliances.

Never was this better graphically illustrated than on an unnamed site where specialist new build partner Nationwide Windows & Doors had recently installed Secured By Design windows and doors manufactured from Eurocell profiles. As the pictures show, even some quite determined burglars were successfully thwarted by the combination of quality products and a quality fit.

www. eurocell. co. uk

Following the collapse of Carillion, Phil Pluck, GGF Group Chief Executive, raises his concerns.

“ As the assessment of the true damage continues following the collapse of Carillion, it does raise some fundamental issues in terms of protecting both smaller companies caught up in the collapsing supply chains and the jobs that may be lost as a result.

“ The Glass and Glazing Federation( GGF) has sympathy with local government and other bodies tasked with delivering major build projects on ever decreasing government funding. This creates a race to the bottom in terms of procurement practice in that more and more major contracts are awarded based on the lowest price.

“ This is a poor, short-term approach which causes companies throughout the supply chain to operate at almost impossible margins. The companies that the GGF represents operate to the highest standards of manufacture, supply and installation. As a result of short term procurement practices

and government’ s fixation with cost savings, a clear risk has been built into major construction projects.

“ GGF members aim to be- and many are- the best in the world in their given sector and collectively the membership represents over 30,000 jobs in the UK alone. A cost-cutting approach to the awarding of contracts puts at risk build quality, safety and jobs. In doing so, no legal protection is afforded to those in the supply chain that are now the victims of the Carillion collapse. This in turn could result in further company failures and consequent losses of jobs and talent.

“ A knee-jerk reaction comprised of government rescue packages to selected companies is of no reassurance to GGF member companies and does not allow them to plan for long term sustainability. A lasting negative effect on government tax revenue would be the result.

“ I urge the government to assess the long-term damage that shortterm cost savings creates and to take heed that Carillion may not be the last company to collapse as a result. There are other major supply chains also operating at near impossible margins.”

www. ggf. org. uk