Membership of a trade association delivers multiple benefits to business including a better understanding of regulation, opportunities for collaboration and in the case of CAB, a stronger voice for aluminium writes CAB chief executive, Nigel Headford.
Need to know business
Working with an agency with every specialist under one roof, from PR, branding and design through to digital, video, SEO and paid media, means clients benefit from coherent, joined-up campaigns rather than fragmented strands pulled together from different sources. It also means Purplex can move quickly when market conditions change, writes CEO, Andrew Scott.
Editor's Comment
Editor John Roper digs deep on the Building Safety Act and the Building Safety Regulator before concluding: ‘Some firms are struggling to provide the required documentation while the regulators are being stringent. As frustrating as delays are, at last we have a system that is focused on the safety of the occupants and not the convenience and profit of contractors and their supply chain.’
CAB to the Plaza
The Council for Aluminium in Building will hold its 31st annual general meeting at Stratford’s Crowne Plaza on the 23rd October.
Gateway 2 Compliance, introduced under the Building Safety Act 2022, has created widespread project delays, increased costs and logistical difficulties as developers and contractors adjust to the stricter regulatory environment, writes Tom Cherowbrier, the major projects manager at Aluprof.
Defying the odds
Rehau’s Barry Gilligan has reported that UK commercial new-build project enquiries have more than doubled year on year for the first six months of 2025, defying wider construction industry pressures and revised-down forecasts.
History builds us
150 years have taken the Nichols and Clarke group from Shoreditch High Street in London’s east end to national distributor, manufacturer, retailer, exporter of a wide range of building materials.
Working for the man
Software provider Forterro has appointed Marco Metzlaff to the newly created role of AI transformation leader, strengthening the company-wide commitment to artificial intelligence.
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