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INDUSTRYNEWS

CALL FOR “BEST HOME IMPROVEMENT
GLAZING PROJECT” ENTRIES
»»The Best Home
Improvement Glazing Project
award is sponsored by the GGF
and with the closing deadline fast
approaching, the GGF invites
entries from across the spectrum
of glazing modernisation projects
including windows, doors,
facades, structural glazing, and
conservatories.
Entry for the GGF award
is free and more details and
the application form are now

available/downloadable from the
NHIC website http://www.nhic.
org.uk/
The straight forward entry
form must be submitted with
any supporting evidence
by the closing date of 22nd
September.
The GGF award covers any
glazing related project completed
within the past 12 months. By
entering you can take advantage
of the PR opportunities around

the awards and raise your profile
to the broader field of home
improvement.
Winners will also receive
a special profile on the new
GGF consumer website so that
thousands of homeowners can
view the excellence of your work
online.
It’s a big opportunity for
companies wanting to raise
their profiles in the home
improvement sector.

To enter the GGF Award
FREE please visit http://
www.nhic.org.uk/

Unimpressed With
Chancellor’s Budget
»»The Glass and Glazing
Federation (GGF) was unimpressed with
July’s budget announcements by Chancellor
George Osborne.
Nigel Rees GGF Group Chief Executive
commented: “It is yet another budget
that doesn’t have great significance for
our industry. The bold plans to fund
infrastructure projects with £15b may be
positive for some in construction but it won’t
have a huge impact on the glass and glazing

industry. We would much rather have seen
that kind of commitment for house building
projects and energy efficiency programmes
that would really attack the UK’s energy
efficiency issues and the growing housing
crisis.
Nigel Rees continued: “On the positive
side for SMEs; cutting corporation tax by
2% over the next five years, increasing the
permanent level of Annual Investment
Allowance (AIA) for plant and machinery

and reducing SMEs National Insurance
contributions are welcome announcements.
“It was particularly disappointing that any plans
to incentivise homeowners to increase energy
efficiency in their homes were not even mentioned
in this Summer Budget. The Government’s own
target reductions for carbon emissions are high
yet there seems to be a complete lack of intent to
actually achieve them.”
www.ggf.org.uk

GGF alerted to scrappage scheme scam
»»The Glass and Glazing
Federation (GGF) has recently
been informed of a scrappage
scheme scam with the fraudsters
falsely claiming that the GGF
offers rebates for old windows
being replaced under Green Deal
and ECO.
Nigel Rees, GGF Group Chief
Executive commented: “To make
the public aware of this scam and
to try and prevent homeowners
being duped, we will be issuing
a statement to the mainstream
media, Trading Standards and

Action Fraud, stating that; the
GGF neither operates nor funds
any such scrappage scheme.
We also urge anyone who has
been a victim of a scam or has
experienced scam callers to report
them directly to Action Fraud.”
The GGF received
information of the scam from
two independent sources from
a Trading Standards Officer at
the recent Chartered Trading
Standards Institute Conference in
Bournemouth and from a GGF
Member.

The GGF urges all companies
to report any frauds in the
industry by callingAction
Fraud UK on 0300 123 2040
to speak to an adviser or reprot
an incident online via their
online reporting tool
http://www.actionfraud.
police.uk/
Action Fraud is the
UK’s national fraud
and crime reporting
centre. It provides a central
point of contact about fraud and
financially motivated crime.

For further information visit
www.ggf.org.uk

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