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Universal Arches Is Shaping The Future With The Appointment Of Andy Hornigold As General Manager

Universal Arches is delighted to tell you that Andy Hornigold (pictured) has joined the company as General Manager. Andy has represented a number of our industry’s leading brands, including Evolution, Sternfenster and Deceuninck and most recently was General Manager at Fire Glass in the North West. Andy joins at an exciting time, with the introduction [...]

By |2024-03-18T22:59:42+00:00March 18th, 2024|Categories: double glazing industry, people|

Tradesmith Ltd Falls Into Administration

In a message posted on Linkedin on Monday, it was announced that Tradesmith Ltd had been placed into administration after 31 years of trading. This follows on from the administrations of Euramax and then Prime Glazing Supplies within the last fortnight. Managing Director Mark Hutchinson posted the following on social media: I am [...]

By |2024-03-13T00:15:11+00:00March 13th, 2024|Categories: business, double glazing industry|

Prime Glazing Supplies Files For Administration

Q1 of 2024 is proving to be a tough one for parts of the sector, as Prime Glazing Supplies in Bolton files for administration. A fabricator of PVCu and aluminium products, the company had set up a distinctive brand with a number of ranges monikered under the "Prime" name. They become the latest in [...]

By |2024-03-07T00:39:10+00:00March 7th, 2024|Categories: business, double glazing industry|

Euramax Fall Into Administration

The tough start to the year continues as Barnsley-based Euramax, a supplier of windows and doors into the new-build and caravan sectors has fallen into administration. A victim itself It has been postulated online, via LinkedIn, that Euramax was in itself a victim of the collapse of Ilke Homes. Ilke Homes collapsed in June [...]

By |2024-03-04T22:45:50+00:00March 4th, 2024|Categories: business, double glazing industry|

The Importance Of Always Taking A Deposit

This particular subject matter was brought up on the Certass forum earlier this week, and it sparked a wider debate about taking deposits and stage payments and what to do if you are dealing with a customer who is unwilling to place a deposit. The principle of taking a deposit is certainly the industry [...]

By |2024-02-22T00:09:20+00:00February 22nd, 2024|Categories: double glazing industry|

Navigating A Recession

In the ever-evolving business landscape, window and door installation companies often find themselves adapting to economic fluctuations. As we face the challenges of a shallow recession, it becomes crucial for businesses in this industry to implement strategic measures to not only survive but thrive. This article explores key strategies for window and door installation [...]

By |2024-02-16T16:38:23+00:00February 16th, 2024|Categories: double glazing industry|

Pilkington St Helens Site Closes After 200 Years

A historic glassworks in Merseyside is set to close its doors for the final time, marking the end of nearly two centuries of production. Located in St Helens, this site holds significance as the birthplace of the modern float glass process pioneered by glassmaker Pilkington UK, a technique now utilized globally. The production activities [...]

By |2024-02-16T11:50:55+00:00February 16th, 2024|Categories: double glazing industry|

Will 2024 Be Another Year For Bankruptcies?

2023 saw the demise of Safestyle UK and the UK Windows And Doors Group. It saw Evolution saved via purchase by Everest, and there were a number of other middle-tier bankruptcies during the course of that year. It is hard to ignore the data that has been coming out of connected industries such as [...]

By |2024-02-13T15:09:08+00:00February 13th, 2024|Categories: double glazing industry|

Creating Practical Spaces For Bungalows

Victoria Brocklesby, COO at Origin, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of aluminium windows and doors, explains how renovators can make practical spaces in their properties without eliminating natural light. The way we use our homes has changed significantly in the past four years. Home and work life have crashed into each other, and [...]

By |2024-02-07T16:39:40+00:00February 7th, 2024|Categories: aluminium, double glazing industry, Origin Global|

Proving U-Value Compliance Is Going To Be Huge

As time goes on, the industry continues to digest what the Future Homes Standard in 2025 is really going to change. At the end of last year we discovered that there was to be no change to what the minimum u-values were going to be. Rather instead, we were going to be required to [...]

By |2024-02-09T16:55:04+00:00February 6th, 2024|Categories: Building Regulations, double glazing industry|

Evoframes Pre-Pack Sale To Rooms & Views

We always knew 2024 was going to be another tough year, and not long into this new year we have a notable administration in the name of Scotland-based Evoframes. The company was placed in administration with Begbies Traynor in January but has since been sold which has seen 76 jobs saved. But as we [...]

By |2024-02-02T14:38:03+00:00February 2nd, 2024|Categories: business, double glazing industry|

Profits In Line With Expectations At Eurocell

It is earnings season once again the fenestration sector as the largest publicly traded companies begin to report on their 2023 results. Eurocell have posted a trading update for the year ending December 31st 2023, and as the headline states, it is in line with their expectations for the year. They state that full [...]

By |2024-01-23T22:21:09+00:00January 23rd, 2024|Categories: business, double glazing industry|

Show Some Love For Installers This Week

You cannot failed to have realised that this week has been pretty cold so far. Not chilly. Cold. Temperatures have struggled to get above freezing. Some areas of the UK have seen double-digit negative figures overnight, and there has been snow in the northern half of the UK. But it is the cold that [...]

By |2024-01-16T23:35:11+00:00January 16th, 2024|Categories: double glazing industry|

Are Fenestration Sector Prices About To Rise Again?

Around this time four years ago, the COVID pandemic and the threat it would pose to every aspect of our lives was becoming clearer. At the turn of the new year in 2020 it was still very much a China problem, and the worst of the effects of it were being felt in the [...]

By |2024-01-11T23:23:53+00:00January 11th, 2024|Categories: double glazing industry|

Endurance Acquisition Of BDC Aluminium Shows Major Intent

Last week Rocal, producers of Endurance Doors, announced that they had acquired Witham-based BDC Aluminium. It meant the year started with a bang as a company predominantly in the composite door space made a massive move into the aluminium side of fenestration. Given the size of Endurance and the huge client base they have [...]

By |2024-01-09T23:23:21+00:00January 9th, 2024|Categories: aluminium, business, double glazing industry|

Safestyle Are Back

Well, sort of. Just before Christmas and in the New Year it is likely you will have seen adverts from Safestyle seeking out installers, surveyors, sales reps and so on. Yes in what seems like a Christmas miracle Safestyle are back, after their demise in October of 2023. It's a little less simple than [...]

By |2024-01-08T22:54:24+00:00January 8th, 2024|Categories: business, double glazing industry|
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