GGF talks to Total Installer

Editor Nathan Bushell had an in depth conversation with the new CEO of Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) Tim Simmons about the strengths of the organisation and where it can be improved.

Topics included the organisation’s structure, a possible new pricing structure for members, the importance of data, and the Warm Homes Plan.

Nathan has already described the meeting as “revealing and fascinating”, where ‘modernisation’, ‘agility’ and ‘greater value for members’ were headline discussion points.

“We’re coming up to our 50th anniversary, and I think it’s really important that we remain the voice of the industry,” Tim told Nathan. “And then to be able to engage effectively with government.

“We have five subsidiary businesses [which are] very good in their own rights. But what I don’t see, actually, is that cross fertilisation where we can give a better proposition, membership proposition, by actually working a lot closer together.

“We are slow in some of our decision making, and I think we need to be a lot more agile.”