On Friday night the industry gathered at the Hilton Hotel in London as the winners of the G17 industry awards were announced. Here is the list of winners:

COMPONENT SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR

Mila

CONSERVATORY INSTALLER OF THE YEAR

Thistle Windows & Conservatories

CUSTOMER CARE INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

Glassolutions

FABRICATOR OF THE YEAR

Glazerite UK Group

GLASS COMPANY OF THE YEAR

Global Glass

INSTALLER OF THE YEAR

SEH BAC

NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

Heritage Flush Sash by Deceuninck

PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – RETAIL

SEH BAC

PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – TRADE

REAL Aluminium

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

Epwin Windows Group

G17 UNSUNG HERO AWARD FINALISTS

Danny Barnett, Solidor

COMMERCIAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR

HSSP Architects & Oxted Window Systems: The Baily Building

DEREK BONNARD AWARD

Thermoseal Group

FENSA INSTALLATION OF YEAR

Artisan Conservatories and Windows

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Greg O’Donaghue

DGB Brexit

A massive well done to all those who got to take home a trophy over the weekend. Any result like this is recognition of the hard work and effort for a person or company over the year, and is always a proud moment.

They also prove useful for companies in winning new future business. I have had experience of this with the NFAs where previous winners have told me that in their dealings with future prospects, the fact they have won awards have either swayed new business in their favour, or put them on the radar in the first place.

No doubt there will have been a few sore heads on Saturday morning, and even a few quiet Sundays too. As we head towards the Christmas period, this will have been a nice end to the year for the lucky few.

Plenty of time in #NFA17

As you read this there are still 10 days left in which to place your votes in the 2017 National Fenestration Awards campaign. This is bags of time in which to take part.

We have made it easier to take part this year, by dropping the requirement to be logged into the site in order to cast your vote. Instead, all pages are open to everyone, whether logged in or not. To cast your vote, each category page has a form that takes less than a minute to fill in. Fill that in, press submit, then you’re done.

With over 2300 votes cast so far, we’re seeing record participation numbers, before the expected end-of-campaign rush towards the last few days which always sees a huge downpour of votes just before the campaign closes. Still, if you have a spare minute, head over over to the NFA website now and cast your vote: http://www.fenestrationawards.co.uk/

Head over to the NFA website and you’ll find out more information on the dates, as well as take part in the last monthly Cool Wall competition, find out more about the Wall of Winners competition starting December 1st…and we have an extra surprise to announce once the voting is complete ;-)

A massive congratulations to all the G Award winners for this year, job well done!

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