A global family
We report on how a scheme part-funded by the UK window industry is helping to bring rugby and opportunity to some of Delhi’s most deprived schools. “You officially fall below the poverty line in India when you’re living off less than 52p a day. That’s the kind of poverty we’re talking about. It’s incredibly humbling”, […]
Sliders UK launches ‘assisted-fit’ as part of its technical support servic
Sliders UK has expanded its technical support offer with the launch of its ‘assisted fit’ service. With four Regional Technical Managers operating from strategic locations throughout the UK, Sliders UK launched its technical support service as part of its wider customer support offer last year. This has now been expanded to include an assisted […]
Equity – Good news for door installers
Steve Mines, National Sales Director Sliders UK explains why sustained but slower growth in the housing market is good news for installers. According to the latest data from the Finance & Leasing Association, so-called ‘second charge mortgage lending’ is galloping ahead and has leapt to its highest level since 2008. During the year to […]
Can PVC-U bi-fold doors take market share from aluminium?
Steve Mines, Sales Director, Sliders UK, explores the impact a new wave of PVC-U bi-fold doors are having on the bi-fold door market as a whole. PVC-U bi-fold and inline sliding doors have been the ever so slightly ‘poor relation’ to aluminium for some time. When was the last time, for example, that you saw […]
Installer’s liability? – When PAS24:2012 isn’t PAS24:2012
Sliders UK has warned that lack of clarity, continuous testing and third-party accreditation, could mean thousands of PAS24:2012 accredited doors fitted in the UK fall short of Part Q. Introduced in October last year, Building Regulations Part Q, sets PAS24:2012 as the new minimum standard for security in new build. But in failing to […]
