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»»The GGF welcomed
three new Members
to its Marketing and
Communications Committee
(MCC) and a new full time
Marketing Executive to further
drive the GGF’s Marketing
strategy and activity, following
four years of consistent and
substantial marketing growth
for the Federation.
All four new marketers and
re-elected Members attended
the GGF’s first MCC Meeting
of 2015 to discuss the GGF
marketing activities and plans
for 2015 and into 2016.
‘substantial
marketing growth’
The newly elected
MCC Members are;
• Irene Smith, Marketing
Communications Manager,
REHAU Ltd
• David Thornton,
Managing Director,
The Window Company
(Contracts) Ltd.
• Mark Schlotel, Head of
Marketing, Synseal.
The three new
Members join the
six re-elected MCC
Members including;
• Anne Quayle, Marketing
Manager, Pilkington UK
Ltd. (MCC Chair)
• Steve Scrivens, Marketing
Manager, Guardian UK
(Deputy Chair)
• Stephen Byers, Managing
Director, Ritec
• Brian Baker, Glassolutions,
Saint-Gobain
• Greg O’Donoghue,
Owner/Director, Just
Windows and Doors Ltd
• Paul Rogers, Chairman,
Express Glazing
Contractors Ltd
In addition to the new
MCC Members, the GGF has
appointed Natasha Erskine as
Marketing Executive. Natasha
brings solid experience to the
GGF having worked in the
leisure and automotive sectors.
Green Deal
review welcomed
»»The Energy Secretary
Ed Davey spoke at the Ecobuild
Exhibition in London on 4th
March and highlighted that:
• Today there are over
100,000 jobs in the UK’s
multi-billion pound energy
efficiency market
• Average household energy
consumption has reduced by
20% since the first Ecobuild
exhibition
• We (the government) have
now the most comprehensive
framework for energy
efficiency that has ever
existed
• To date over one million
homes have been made
warmer, greener and cheaper
to heat through the Green
Deal and ECO
• Energy efficiency represents
an all-round social good
• Energy efficiency is one of
the main tools for reducing
the burden of energy prices
on all consumers
However, Mr Davey also
admitted that, “the Green Deal
hasn’t gone as planned or hoped
‘over 100,000 jobs
in the UK’s multibillion pound energy
efficiency market’
for. While we’ve had just shy
of half a million Green Deal
assessments, with the majority
resulting in people investing in
home energy efficiency, the Green
Deal Finance package itself hasn’t
proved attractive.”
Mr Davey said the
Government’s chief construction
advisor had been commissioned
to look at better ways of
triggering “innovation and
deployment” to encourage a
greater uptake in energy efficiency
measures, specifically solid wall
insulation.
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»»Last June,the Consumer
Rights Directive was implemented in the UK
via the Cons V