Jane Embury gets into the Festive spirit by taking a positive peek ahead. It’s the season to be jolly, so let’s try to be a little bit jolly. For a start, according to consultants PWC, all sectors of the economy can expect a return to growth in 2021. This will be aided by the delivery […]
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Shutting the door on fire
This week is Fire Door Safety Week, an initiative that Wrightstyle continues to lend its support to. As a company in the fire door market, we recognise the importance of properly-fitted fire doors in a fire emergency. Fire Door Safety Week is all about getting rid of the legacy of fire door neglect and to […]
First signs of optimism
After the worst of times, we may now be seeing better times ahead for the construction sector. As we’ve said, the value of the construction industry is often overlooked, even by the Office of National Statistics. But, as the Chartered Institute of Building makes clear in a new report, the sector accounts for about 6% […]
A history of safety
Jane Embury concludes her backward look at the history of building fire regulations. In the first part of my gallop through the history of fire safety standards, I said that the first fire regulations were made by William the Conqueror in the 11th century. He decreed that all hearth fires should be extinguished at night. […]
Better by design
Our advanced glazing products are designed to protect buildings against a range of threats. Most commonly, that threat is fire and our products and systems can be found here and internationally. We also have experience of working across all sectors, whether that’s offices, retail, healthcare, transport or education. Right now, we’re working on two educational […]
