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SEPTEMBER 2015 PRO INSTALLER
GGF NEWS
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GGF Annual Report
Highlights A Good Year
Glass and Glazing Federation
GGF Annual Report 2015
for the year ended 31st December 2014
The Glass and Glazing
Federation has released
its Annual Report for 2014,
showing a highly productive
year against the recovering
economy.
New Consumer
Website To Help
Homeowners
The GGF has launched a new
website called MyGlazing.
com, to help consumers
make informed decisions
when it comes to choosing
the right windows, doors
and conservatories for their
homes, as well as the right
companies and tradespeople
to supply and fit glass and
glazing products.
Nigel Rees, GGF Group Chief
Executive commented: “It makes
perfect sense for the GGF to
introduce this online resource for
homeowners. For many years the
Federation has run schemes and
produced literature to help and
guide consumers, this new site
aims to promote our work and
our Members’ professionalism
when dealing with homeowners.”
As well as providing easy to
understand information around
the benefits of installing energy efficient glazing, MyGlazing.
com offers an interactive energy efficiency calculator to help
homeowners work out how much
they could save on their energy
bills by upgrading their windows
and doors.
Consumer protection is another
key feature highlighted on MyGlazing.com. The website features
advice on guarantees, choosing
a reputable installer and how to
ensure your project is secured via
a free deposit protection scheme
which safeguards up to 50% of
contract value or £12,500 - whichever is less (the best deposit protection scheme in the industry).
Visitors will also be able to find
out how they can take advantage
of a conciliation service offered to
those who are unhappy with the
work carried out on their property.
James Lee, Head of GGF Group
Marketing and Communications,
said: “MyGlazing.com aims to help
consumers make the right choice
for their home, so their selection
and installation, be it for windows,
doors, conservatories, or any
other home improvement glass
products, runs as smoothly as
possible.”
MyGlazing.com includes an easy
search function to enable consumers to easily find a GGF Member
company to supply and/or fit their
new glass and glazing products.
GGF Members who are consumer facing will be listed on the site’s
directory and will have their own
profile page as well as being able
to feature their promotions, news
and case studies.
MyGlazing.com was previewed
at the GGF Members Day 2015, on
1st September 2015 and launched
on 3rd September.
Visit www.MyGlazing.com to
find out more.
GGF President, Brian Baker
of Glassolutions Saint-Gobain,
stated:
“Against this more stable economic climate and with signs of
positive change, the Glass and
Glazing Federation met its targets
within a substantial strategic
plan that saw significant progress
on many fronts. The year saw
steady growth in recruitment and
delivery of several high quality
technical products and services
whilst on the marketing side the
online metrics showed outstanding growth. Most importantly,
the GGF achieved its operational
objectives and remained in a
financially stable position.”
Nigel Rees, GGF Group Chief
Executive commented: “Our
Annual Report reflects a positive
year for the GGF in which we
enjoyed a high retention rate and
our Membership once again stood
up to the trading pressures in yet
another difficult year. Last year 30
companies joined the Federation,
many of which are high profile
businesses in the industry.”
The Annual Report highlights
the Federation’s hard work on
technical, political and legislative
issues and shows outstanding
online results from strong marketing and communications strategies, including a 21% increase
(120,000) unique visitors viewing
the GGF website www.ggf.org.
uk and a 13% increase in unique
page views (510,000).
Nigel Rees concluded: “This
Annual report shows the GGF is
fulfilling its promises to Members. There are many challenges
facing the industry but working
together we can not only cope
with the pressures but also grow.
I thank all Members for their
much valued input and continued
support.”
ANOTHER SPECIAL DAY
FOR GGF MEMBERS
For the second consecutive
year, GGF Members’ Day was
a resounding success as
130 delegates filled Glaziers
Hall, London on the 1st September for a day of presentations, launches, awards
and networking.
The second GGF Members’ Day
consisted of a strong line up of
keynote speakers from the worlds
of politics, retail, broadcasting,
market research, government and
the public sector.
Brian Smith, GGF Director of
Home Improvement presented
the GGF’s consumer offering,
highlighting the success of the
GGF Conciliation Scheme and
how consumer facing Members
should use the unrivalled GGF
Deposit Indemnity scheme to
gain greater consumer confidence. In addition, Brian also
explained the new GGF Consumer Code of Practice which all
Members must adhere to.
At the end of the consumer
presentations, James Lee, Head
of Group Marketing provided a
preview of the GGF’s new consumer website, myglazing.com
and outlined the overarching
objectives behind what was described as being “one of the most
exciting projects ever undertaken
by the GGF.”
It was a very special day for
one Member as GGF President,
Brian Baker accepted a special
award on behalf of his company,
Saint-Gobain to commemorate
their 350th anniversary.
Nigel Rees commented: “SaintGobain is the oldest brand in our
industry and have contributed
so much to the GGF and the
industry over many years. It is
particularly fitting that Brian as
President accepted the award
as his work with the GGF on so
many fronts has been and still is
exemplary.”