Supporting you through COVID-19

Supporting you through COVID-19

As the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues across the world, our industry is witnessing and experiencing one of the most extraordinary periods in living memory.

Across the UK and Ireland, Members continue to make tough decisions and take unprecedented measures to ensure their companies stay solvent against a bleak business backdrop. The trading environment is sharply brought into perspective by the health statistics and the omnipresent risk to everyone’s health and safety. To prevent the spread of this deadly virus, it is essential that everyone follows the Governments’ health and safety guidelines which include frequently washing your hands, self-isolation, working from home or only working if you have to. The Government has closed down several industries but the construction is one they are keen to see continue if workers can operate within the Public Health Guidelines.  

To help GGF Members cope during this crisis, the GGF has set up several platforms and communications channels under a new service titled “Business Continuity Support”.

The GGF Business Continuity Support has three strands:

• To collate key information and communicate it to Members during the crisis
• To communicate Members and the industry’s issues to relevant Government departments and in doing so lobby for greater support for our industry
• To adjust the GGF’s resources and services so they provide more focused support for Members during this crisis

Every day the GGF External Affairs and Marketing Department is monitoring the information and updates received from Government departments, related construction trade bodies and the political media. The most relevant information for our industry is then selected and cascaded to GGF Members often on a daily basis.

The GGF conveys this key information via the following channels and platforms.

• Regular Business Continuity Support emails  – if you are not receiving them contact marketing@ggf.org.uk
• Uploading direct links to Government support measures and guidance. These can be found on the GGF website www.ggf.org.uk homepage
• Uploading articles with the latest news and information in the GGF website news section https://www.ggf.org.uk/category/covid-19/
• The new GGF Business Continuity Support section on the Members’ Area of the GGF website https://www.ggf.org.uk/covid-19/ to house all updates
• Upload of key Government documents such the Site Operating Procedures on the GGF website publications section
• Sharing information and toolkits from our business support partners such as Citation the HR, Employment Law and Business Support consultants. These can be found in the GGF Members Area https://www.ggf.org.uk/homeworking-guide-and-business-toolkit/
• Sharing information on social media via twitter @GGF_News and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/glass-and-glazing-federation

On the Business Continuity Support service, James Lee, GGF Director of External Affairs commented, “At this time when companies need as much support as possible, the GGF has set up this bespoke service to help Members cope during this crisis. We will continue to update as and when we receive new information to ensure Members get the very latest news affecting our industry.”