BUSINESSNEWS
SIGNIFICANT RISE IN IBG
REQUESTS SAYS HOMEPRO
AS MORE INSTALLERS GET
THE MESSAGE
Gemini UPVC
celebrates
a decade
of VEKA
quality
VEKA fabricator Gemini UPVc is
celebrating 10 years using VEKA
profile.
MD Paul Griffiths says VEKA forms a
large part of the company’s offering: “It’s
very important to us to be able to offer
the finest quality product as well as the
best technical and marketing support.
We’ve been using VEKA for 10 years now
because alongside the technical quality,
their systems carry all the accreditations
you would expect from an industryleading supplier. Using VEKA profile has
allowed us to join Network VEKA and
be authorised to supply Network VEKA
installers.
“Our trade business has always been
busy but we are taking on even more
customers and have expanded our factory
to increase capacity to supply even more
installers, doubling our production facility
and separated the production lines, so one
is now dedicated to Casement and Tilt
and Turn windows, while the second line
produces PVC-U Door Sets, Composite
Doors and Bi-Folding Doors.
“If we can’t answer a customer query,
we know we can go direct to VEKA and
quickly source the required information.”
For an information pack about
Gemini UPVc products, email sales@
geminiupvc.co.uk, www.vekauk.com,
[email protected]
To read more, visit www.clearview-uk.com
After reporting recently
that a massive 80% of
companies contacted
regarding their Insurance
Backed Guarantee
(IBG) arrangements
had no knowledge of
the impending changes
to mandatory IBG
requirements for installers,
HomePro says that the
message seems to be getting
through, albeit slowly.
HomePro had revealed
earlier that, instead of
discussing its popular IBG
policies, its staff found
themselves informing
installers about the changes
that will compel every
member of Competent
Person Schemes to give their
customers financial protection
on every installation. It is
no longer an option simply
to offer an IBG – every
homeowner must be given
one for every installation.
The company, one of
the largest providers of
IBGs in the UK with more
than 1,000,000 policies
issued insuring more than
£3.5billion worth of home
improvements in the UK, is
now engaged in an extensive
campaign in a bid to ensure
that its products were
understood as the new rules
become mandatory on 6 June
this year.
Find out more:
www.homepro.com
or call 08707 344 344.
GLAZERITE LEADS THE
WAY WITH NEW SECURITY
HINGE COLOURS
Glazerite Windows Ltd has become the first
trade fabricator to offer the high security
Dynamic 2D hinge from SFS Intec in the
manufacturer’s five new colours for its
VEKA-based door range.
‘keeping our customers
one step ahead’
The offering means Glazerite is currently the
only VEKA supplier of all 15 colour variants of
this acclaimed hinge and reflects the fabricator’s
expanding portfolio of door and window profile
foils and colours.
Director Jason Thompson said: “Demand for
foiled and coloured products is still growing
fast and we have always committed ourselves to
keeping our customers one step ahead of every
industry trend. We are sure others will follow
our lead in the near future but until then,
Glazerite is believed to be the only source of
VEKA doors with this respected hinge in its full
range of colours.”
The 2D hinge is tested with various profile
systems, including VEKA, to perform in excess
of PAS24 and also carries SBD accreditation.
It is also acclaimed for its sleek looks and
smooth, silent operation. As well as the popular
Chartwell Green four new grey shades: Agate,
Silver, Basalt and Slate are now available.
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