8 | JULY 2018
News
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EUROCELL PROTECTS CUSTOMERS
WITH ACCREDITED CYBER SECURITY
protect against
‘ unskilled
internet-
In the wake of recent cyber
STATE-OF-THE-
ART FACTORY IN
JUST 60 DAYS
attacks on a well-known manu-
facturer in the industry, Eurocell –
the UK’s leading manufacturer, dis-
tributor and recycler of window,
door, conservatory and roofline
products – is pleased to reassure
its customers and suppliers that
it already has measures in place
to guard against hackers. These
measures are accredited under
the Government backed scheme,
Cyber Essentials, to protect its cus-
tomers, suppliers – and Eurocell
– from cyber attacks.
In the worst case, he said, a
cyber attack could stop a company
receiving even phone calls, emails
or faxes, or generating barcodes
for products, so its whole stock
VEKA Group is always proud to go
‘above and beyond’ when it comes to
providing excellent customer service.
This was particularly evident
when the Industry-leading systems
supplier helped a long-standing
VEKA fabricator get up and run-
ning with a completely new, fully
functioning factory, supplying a
new system, in less than 60 days!
Gwent-based Modplan has
established a fantastic new
business partnership with home
improvement specialists Leekes,
and agreed to supply the company
with VEKA Group’s high-quality
Halo System 10 products from a
purpose-built facility.
VEKA Business Development
Manager (West) Ian Smith ex-
plains: “Leekes chose Modplan
to be the main supplier of all
windows, selected doors and con-
servatories, after researching com-
panies up and down the UK.
“Modplan has a fantastic rep-
utation for quality and customer
service, so it was no surprise
that they should secure such a
contract, and VEKA was proud to
help them hit the ground run-
ning.
“The Modplan team have been
supplying the full range of VEKA
products to the trade for more
than 22 years.”
www.vekauk.com
based attackers
using commodity
capabilities
’
management, manufacturing and
delivery system would fail.
Cyber Essentials, now a mini-
mum requirement for bidding for
some government contracts, aids
companies in implementing basic
levels of cyber security. It enables
organisations to assess themselves
against five basic security controls,
while a qualified assessor verifies
the information provided. The
five basic controls within Cyber
Essentials were chosen because,
when properly implemented,
they will help to protect against
unskilled internet-based attackers
using commodity capabilities –
which are freely available on the
internet.
www.eurocell.co.uk
David Leng joins expert
panel at Glazing Summit
David Leng, group chief ex-
ecutive at Customade Group, has
urged any owners considering sell-
ing their firms to think ahead and
look at how they can add value to
their businesses before they begin
the sales process. David, who
joined a panel of experts on merg-
ers and acquisitions at the recent
Glazing Summit conference, also
called for them to be ‘straightfor-
ward’ with their figures to aid the
process of selling their business.
Sharing his experiences of buy-
ing and selling almost 20 compa-
nies in the fenestration industry,
David said: “Investors need good
reasons to buy a company, so
the first step for any vendor is to
spend time examining their own
business model before they even
put their firm up for sale”.
In light of the industry experi-
encing a 30% drop in fabricators
whilst the number of installers
rises, David and the rest of the
Glazing Summit panel also offered
practical advice to potential ven-
dors on how to raise their profile
in advance of a sale and how to
secure the right buyer.
www.customade.co.uk
CIC calls for an industry-imposed moratorium on the use
of combustible materials in high rise cladding systems
At the CIC Members’
Conference, held on 17/18
May, members present
welcomed the announce-
ment by The Rt Hon James
Brokenshire MP, Secretary
of State for Housing, Com-
munities and Local Govern-
ment, on 17 May, that the
government will consult on
banning the use of combus-
tible materials in cladding
systems on high-rise resi-
dential buildings.
The CIC Members
present at the Conference,
stressed that it was essen-
tial to begin the formal
consultation as soon as
possible. They also agreed
that it would be appropri-
ate for the industry itself
to impose a moratorium
on the use of combustible
materials in cladding sys-
tems on buildings over 18
metres, until there is a clear
decision by the government
on the definition, classi-
fication, testing and use
of combustible cladding
& insulation materials for
high-rise residential and
other higher risk buildings.
The use of combustible ma-
terials in cladding systems
on buildings less than 18m
high should be subject to
careful review on a case-by-
case basis.
The industry-imposed
moratorium should be
in conjunction with the
work on fire and structural
safety recommended in
the Independent Review of
Building Regulations and
Fire Safety.
CIC will make a formal
response to the Independ-
ent Review of Building
Regulations and Fire safety
following two Council
meetings in June, well
before the deadline set
by MHCLG and CIC will
respond, in due course,
to the consultations on
desk top studies in lieu
of testing and on banning
combustible materials in
cladding systems on high-
rise residential buildings.
cic.org.uk