Company News
What’s on our Christmas Autumn Budget Wish List?
What’s on our Christmas (Autumn Budget) Wish List? With Chancellor Phillip Hammond due to release the Autumn budget on Wednesday 22 November 2017, we are waiting with fingers crossed to see if anything on our wish list comes true. As an SME in construction we are...
Made in Britain: how glazing specialists are beating the Brexit blues
Our Midlands based glazing specialists firm, Howells Patent Glazing, have been a big name in the industry for over 40 years. Now, with the media awash with post-Brexit fears and expectations, we’re keen to show that the phrase ‘Made in Britain’ is more...
High profile clients help Howells Patent Glazing aim for another record breaking year
Howells Patent Glazing, our family run manufacturing firm with over 40 years’ experience, are on their way towards another record breaking year with the help of some very high profile contracts. Our already impressive list of prestigious projects include: the...
Top tips for adding value to your home from our experts
With the costs involved in moving house endlessly increasing, and the stress involved in doing so being no secret, it is no surprise that so many people choose to extend or modify their homes rather than sell them. Our experts have put together their top tips on how...
NVQ offerings for the workforce- is it worthwhile?
Everyone is talking about apprenticeships and NVQ’s at the moment, but how can that help you and your business to prosper? We have looked at what they can do for your business, how you can access funding to lower the impact on the balance sheet and how...
How to get a job in construction; our top tips!
How to get a job in construction – the demand for skilled laborers with solid employability skills is becoming more prominent. We’re hoping to help more young people into the profession in a bid to plug the domestic skills shortage gap. Here are some...
NVQ’s – We’re proud to offer training to all of our staff!
Our rapidly growing local manufacturing firm is continuing to invest in our workforce, and the future of manufacturing by offering NVQ training to all of our staff! Investing in NVQ training for staff has become an important part of Howells Patent Glazing’s working...
Celebrate Easter in UK – predicted to be hotter than Spain!
Easter is fast approaching Sunday April 16th 2017 followed by Easter Monday, and here at Howells we are all looking forward to our Easter celebrations. Apparently it is predicted to be hotter than Spain according to the Met office so fingers crossed this happens....
Women in construction; manufacturing firm tackles gender divide
Women in construction; There are many industries that are seen as male dominated, but few as much as construction. Our family run industrial firm, based in the Midlands, want to show the trade that things are changing. Women are finding niches in every industry,...