And just like that, another year has almost slipped by—proof, perhaps, that time really does fly when you’re ISO-certified, conference-hosting, qualification-launching, and competence-defining!
2025 has been a year of remarkable progress for DHF. From earning ISO 9001 certification to launching the ABBE Level 3 Award in Fire Resisting Roller Shutter Doors and even helping to shape the industry’s new Competence Framework, we’ve shown that when it comes to raising standards, we don’t just talk about it — we publish, deliver, and certify it.
So, what awaits us in 2026? In no particular order (and with a fresh notebook at the ready):
- Publish a Technical Specification for key safes—complete with aspirations of a BSI Kitemark and Secured by Design support.
- Host another DHF Conference and Exhibition, following the success of RAF Cosford 2025.
- Encourage more face-to-face events to give members space to connect (and maybe even debate which buffet sandwich reigns supreme).
- Launch an Apprenticeship Scheme for installers of industrial and garage doors and gates.
- Roll out an Ofqual-accredited training programme for building hardware manufacturers.
- Continue guiding our members through the ever-twisting path of sustainability and add PSTI to the list.
- Raise the bar of competency through offering NVQs and CSCS cards.
- Continue offering our standards training through various means, making them accessible to all and encouraging the uptake on refresher courses or CPD webinars.
- Promote the use of timber and steel doorsets.
- And, as ever, deliver the best possible technical support for our members.
Twelve months from now, we’ll look back and, with any luck, tick off most of these boxes (and perhaps even add a few surprise achievements for good measure).
Until then, thank you to the entire DHF team for their unwavering commitment, professionalism, and good humour—it’s your work that turns ambition into accomplishment. And thank you to our members, without whom none of this would be possible.
Here’s to another year of challenge, change, and progress—and to proving once again that for DHF, “business as usual” means anything but.
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