Positive response
The GGF Green Deal Debate captured the interest of many GGF Members and the Federation was pleased that members of all sizes, profiles and regions across the UK attended on Thursday November 17th in Birmingham.
The event was moved to a larger venue to accommodate the numbers attending and included presentations from Giles Willson, GGF deputy CEO and director of technical affairs as well as Pamela Mulcahy of GK Political – the lobbying firm that has worked closely with GGF on Green Deal from the outset.
“The GGF Green Deal Debate provided essential background knowledge and facts for the Government’s initiative for energy efficient measures but more importantly it gave our membership a great platform to air their views and concerns,” Giles said. “As a result, this has equipped the GGF with genuine industry feed back to start work on the Green Deal Consultation document which DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) are about to publish soon.”
The debate included presentations, Q&A sessions and break off workgroups to allow members the opportunity to discuss the burning issues on the Government’s flagship policy.
Pamela Mulcahy said: “We feel it’s highly important that we’re able to provide members with as much information as possible about the Green Deal. We’ll continue to work with government to achieve the best possible solution for GGF members, and hope that the soon to be published consultation document will contain workable models for Green Deal provision that will guarantee access to the market for members of all sizes.”
“It was a really refreshing and informative debate. I got the sense that the GGF were really on the ball with the Green Deal developments to date, but that they were also extremely eager to hear from their members as to how the Government could improve it for our industry.” Mark Warren, managing director of Lister Trade Frames, said.
