People, Safety & Wellbeing

Window Firms Outed As Minimum Wage Cheats

Nail bars and fast-food outlets perhaps but we don’t expect window firms not to even pay minimum wage. Yet three...

Mark Wilcox, Chair of The Rooflight Association, ahead of FIT Show 2027.

Living Daylights

Living well & daylighting will be the Rooflight Association’s focus at FIT Show 2027 along with standards,...

Deborah Roberts, Head of Procurement at Glazpart

Roberts Rounded Up & Mahoney Moves In

Deborah Roberts has joined Glazpart as the head of procurement and Chris Mahoney has been appointed Technical Sales...

Employers are being advised to focus on the substance of workplace complaints rather than AI-generated legal language.

AI Generated Grievance Complaints

Employers are being given legal advice to manage a surge in formal workplace grievances drafted using artificial...

Jacobs House tower block in Plaistow, East London, where five-year-old Aalim Ahmed died after falling from a 15th-floor window.

Child’s Window Fall Death Blamed On Scandalous Maintenance

The inquest into the death of a young boy who fell from a tower block window has concluded and found faults with the...

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Swapsies! Brits Want To Trade To Trade Jobs

Finding willing workers might be tough, yet there is good news as more and more Brits turn to swapping jobs for a trades...

Premier League – Top Job For Jim Smith

Premier League aluminium window and façade profile manufacturer, Reynaers Aluminium UK, has appointed the very...

Are You Mentored?

Recent research shows 8 out of 10 SME leaders credit mentoring as playing a vital part in their growth; and 7 out of 10...

Housing Health Risks – Healing Windows

The forthcoming second stage of Awaab’s Law adds hazards in social housing that must be made safe within 24-hours...

Founding Corporate Member For WFN

The Women in Fenestration Network has a new, high-profile, Founding Corporate Member. AluK is backing the initiative...

For The Love Of Dove

Thirteen members of the Hurst team have completed an 11-mile pub-to-pub charity walk to raise funds for Dove House...

Serious Injuries As Tumbling Tower Lands On Public

A company and its sole director have been fined after two members of the public were seriously injured by a falling...

Another Fall – Another Death

Thursday, 9 July at 1:51pm, the Metropolitan Police received a first emergency call to a building site in London’s...

Life-Saving Power In Your Pocket

A pocket-sized defibrillator has been launched by St John Ambulance’s to save first responders crucial minutes...

2,272 Dead, Yet UK Still Safest Place To Work

Great Britain continues to be one of the safest places in the world to work, according to new analysis published on 1...

Death By Accident More Likely Up North

RoSPA’s Annual Review of Accidents has exposed stark inequalities in accidental death rates across the UK,...

Down The Hatch – Roofer Rues Fall From Loft

A roofer suffered life‑changing injuries when he fell through an unprotected loft hatch while carrying out work on a...

Too Many Unsatisfactory Fire Safety Inspections

The latest figures from GOV.UK show that fire safety concerns are at an all-time high, with the number of unsatisfactory...

Calm Comes To Castle Vale

Children and young people with additional needs in Castle Vale are benefiting from a redeveloped sensory room designed...

Mind The Gender Low Pay Gap

The gender low pay gap has narrowed to its lowest level on record, yet over 2.5 million women still earn below the real...

Well Done Windows – No Minimum Wage Cheats This Time

The latest round of naming & shaming minimum wage cheats saw hundreds of big and small employers handed penalties...

Give To Gain Flame – Torch Of IWD initiative Being Carried To FIT

The theme of the recent International Women's Day 2026 (March 8) was Give to Gain. Women in Fenestration and the FIT...

Major Move For Mawford

The Glass & Glazing Federation has appointed Lauren Mawford as its director. She has been at the GGF for almost four...

The Hoppe Trinity

Hoppe (UK) has welcomed three experienced professionals in logistics, business development and technical sales...

Suicide Support Programme For Wales

The CITB is backing a new suicide support programme alongside NHS Wales. The campaign will be rolled out across...