Reviews

All The Major Glazing Industry Acquisitions Of 2016

On the mergers and acquisitions front, 2016 wasn't a bad year on the face of it. Although quiet at first, the bulk of the activity came in the second half of the year, after the EU Referendum. As we look towards 2017, I believe that the energy in the M&A market in our industry [...]

By |2017-01-06T00:49:03+00:00January 6th, 2017|Categories: double glazing industry, Reviews|

What Are The Prospects For The Glazing Industry In 2017?

Wow. 2016 has been one hell of a year, and a year many might be happy to see the back of. Brexit, Donald Trump, Middle East Crisis, procession of deaths of our country's best loved personalities. It seems as though there's not been all that much to be happy about. On the UK glazing [...]

By |2016-12-22T15:14:58+00:00December 22nd, 2016|Categories: double glazing industry, Reviews|

Review 2016: My Top 5 Fenestration Sectors Of 2016

My review of this year continues in good speed, and I want to take a look at five areas of UK fenestration that have made waves in our industry, in one way or another. To be clear, this list of five fenestration sectors is in no particular order. It's just five areas of our [...]

By |2016-12-15T22:37:41+00:00December 15th, 2016|Categories: double glazing industry, Reviews|

Review 2016: Business Review Of The Year

It's that time of year again. Where we all start to look back at the 12 months that have flown by, figure out what we have learned, and look forward to 2017 in what is sure to be an uncertain, exciting and potentially tumultuous year. That trend has already begun, with the latest CPA [...]

By |2016-12-13T21:48:40+00:00December 13th, 2016|Categories: double glazing industry, Reviews|

Review: November 2016

What a busy November it has been in the world of windows and doors. Awards, continued strong business activity, another major acquisition and a generally strong sector and wider economy. It felt more like the start of a year than the end of it. Unless you were working outside in the early snowfall and [...]

By |2016-12-02T00:38:54+00:00December 2nd, 2016|Categories: double glazing industry, Reviews|

Review: October 2016

Silly season continued in full swing in October as the industry grapples with the usual end-of-year demand from home owners looking to get their new windows and doors installed before Christmas. Add to the mix two pretty big industry acquisitions, a US Presidential election that became closer than anyone thought, and this website reaching [...]

By |2016-11-06T13:29:29+00:00November 6th, 2016|Categories: double glazing industry, Reviews|

Review: Opus Looks To Up The Luxury Glazing Stakes

If you're a fabricator looking to stand out from the crowd when that crowd is becoming increasingly vocal and diverse, what do you do? You up the ante. And with Opus, this is what Prefix Systems is aiming to do. Known as the largest fabricator of Ultraframe products, Prefix have invested their resources to produce [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:23:31+01:00September 4th, 2016|Categories: double glazing industry, Product Review, Product reviews, Reviews|

Review: August 2016

It is very difficult to believe that we are already into September. The kids are going back to school, Halloween isn't that far away and even Christmas is now being considered by a few people. But before we get ahead of ourselves and start looking forward to putting our feet up at the end of [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:23:31+01:00September 3rd, 2016|Categories: double glazing industry, Reviews|

Review: June 2016

Has there ever been a month like the one that has just passed? Probably not for a long time. Of course the single most dominant topic throughout June was the EU Referendum and the UK's momentous decision to leave the European Union after just over four decades of membership. The opinion polls got it wrong. [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:23:35+01:00July 8th, 2016|Categories: double glazing industry, Reviews|

FIT Show Review: The Tech

When it comes to technology and windows and doors, the link between the two has been weak at best. As a tech lover, you can imagine frustration at how slow the industry has generally been in adapting their products with 21st century tech. So you can imagine my surprise and enjoyment when I saw the [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:23:38+01:00April 19th, 2016|Categories: double glazing industry, FiT Show, Reviews, technology|

FIT Show 2016: Day 2 Review

Day 2 at the FIT Show was as expected. Mega busy, mega footfall and lots of industry engagement. Lets kick off the day 2 review. Fantastic footfall It probably goes without saying, but Wednesday was by far the busiest day in terms of footfall. There was a busy buzz throughout all the halls, with the [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:23:38+01:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: double glazing industry, FiT Show, Reviews|
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