Mark Warren can now breathe a sigh of relief as his tenure as GGF President is now over! It might have slipped most minds as we all got down to work during a busy start, but on January 1st the GGF Presidency changed hands. For the next two years the GGF is in the hands [...]
I don't think there is much time left for Twitter favorite Mark Warren and his current term as President of the GGF. I'll admit that my attitude towards the GGF was less than positive prior to Mark taking over. But his appointment has pr0ved to be a productive one. As we all know, Mark is [...]
The GGF has recently helped the BBC in resolving a case about transferable guarantees not being transferred in the instance below: The producer of the BBC TV programme “Rip Off Britain” recently contacted the GGF following an investigation into a GGF Member’s conduct/policy on transferable warranties. The programme’s producers were concerned that a GGF Member [...]
Remember David Gauke? The Government 'spokesman' that said people who pay tradesman cash in hand are morally wrong and cost the Treasury £2bn a year? Well the GGF Group Chief Executive Nigel Rees has now commented on the matter: The GGF has responded to recent comments made by David Gauke MP who criticised cash in [...]
On Friday, I was lucky enough to attend this months DODS Green Deal Roundtable meeting, sponsored by the GGF. These meetings have been created with the aim to get everyone involved in the Green Deal to sit down, talk about the issues that surround the scheme, try and discuss solutions and generally gauge opinion on [...]
A couple of days ago I wrote about Crystal Home Improvements taking it upon themselves to attempt to start legal action against the Government over the Green Deal. Their aim is to stop the scheme being implemented until they are fully satisfied that SME's will be well represented and won't be forced out by the [...]
Since the inception of the Green Deal, one of the biggest concerns has been how the scheme will make sure that small to medium sized businesses also benefit from it, and that not just biggest companies take all the best bits. The DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) has formed a new group called [...]
New industry focused online TV channel MyTradeTV has landed the star business of the GGF! From today, the GGF will be sponsoring MyTradeTV and will be looking to work with each other in the long term. I welcome this sort of move as I have said in earlier posts that the GGF needs to engage [...]
We now live in an age of truth, openness and honesty. I would say it all started when the papers started publishing details of MP's expenses which then caused an almighty and disdain from the general public for their elected officials. From there, it has grown into a massive movement which has seen a plethora [...]
The double glazing industry gets to be in the BBC spotlight throughout April in the form of representation by the GGF! The GGF will be part of the new series of Don't Get Done Get Dom running through April, starring in 3 of the 6 episodes. These will be aired on the 10th, 20th and [...]
>There are a lot of 'yes men' in our line of work. Those who say yes to things, but have no intention of following through on their promises.Take FENSA for example. It was alerted to them that there was a company selling their certificates for £80 a piece. It was totally against their ethical code [...]
>The more you look at the Green Deal, the more you realise that small window companies (which make up a lot of our industry) are going to struggle to be able to take advantage of it. But first, some clarity on what the Green Deal is and how it is going to work:According to the [...]
>Finally, windows and doors look set to be recognized by our Government, by being included in the Green Deal, due to hit our shops October 2012. But this isn't going to be enough to help our beleaguered industry. Any advantage caused by the introduction of the Green Deal looks set to be swallowed up by super-companies [...]
>Looks like we're going to be dragging up the ombudsman issue again, as a GGF and FENSA backed scheme enters the fray, with their main rivals of course being the DGCOS. Here is the statement on their website:The Glazing Ombudsman Scheme has been launched for the Glazing Industry covering the installation of replacement windows and [...]
>The glazing industry's biggest organisation has finally joined the Twittersphere! Click here to go to their Twitter page.I'm hoping that this isn't going to be one of the Twitter accounts which posts one tweet per week, with things that we already know. Given the size of the GGF, they should be able to create a big [...]
>Dear Mr Nigel Rees,The glazing industry is certainly going through some turbulent times at the moment.The VEKA/Halo story certainly gave many something to talk about. But over the past week or so there has been two far more important issues that have shown their heads. Both of which stand to make a massive impact on [...]
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