In a week which saw the global oil price crash, David Cameron set out his plan to curb immigration and absolutely ridiculous scenes from stores taking part in Black Friday sales events, it’s time to take a look back at the weeks posts on DGB.
Now, as you can immediately see, I am having a play around with the format of weekly reviews. Whilst I believe the old format worked, it was very text heavy and took a while to put together on a Friday evening. However, whilst I was putting in a ton of effort to put together these reviews, I couldn’t see the wood for the trees. I actually have a feature in this site which will compile a lot of the content for me in a couple of clicks! The layout of the reviews are going to be a little different, but with added images breaking up the text. I think it actually looks better! Please give me your feedback on the new look.
This week the most talked about posts were the two which discussed the six things our industry was doing wrong and the five things our industry was doing right. I wanted to highlight areas that I thought the industry was still struggling on. If we could eradicate those things we were doing wrong, I think we could go a long way to repairing a lot of the damage we have done to ourselves as an industry. But I also wanted to highlight some of the areas which I thought our industry was doing well in. I think the two posts complimented each other quite nicely. And if you’re wondering why I stopped at five things for the positive post, I simply ran out of ideas when I was writing it!
There was a couple of sponsored posts in the mix this week, a black composite doors post for Door Supermarket, which was apt given it was Black Friday when it went out, and a post from the guys at Purplex on behalf of TWR Bifolds.
I wrote about the internet on Friday and how it has changed our working lives. This was a post I had planned in the works for quite a while, and I finally got round to writing it up to post this week. Also, a post about concrete and ceramic doors I was desperate to publish on DGB. Anyway, enjoy the new weekly review. As always, all comments welcome!
Freefoam Building Products Acquires Marley Alutec From The Aliaxis Group
Freefoam Building Products has acquired Marley Alutec from the Aliaxis Group, strengthening its position in the building products sector and expanding its portfolio into specialist aluminium rainwater systems. Following the acquisition, Marley Alutec will trade as Alutec Rainwater Systems. The transaction marks the beginning of a new chapter for one of the UK’s leading aluminium rainwater system specialists and brings together Freefoam’s building product expertise with Alutec’s established reputation for quality, technical knowledge and customer service. Freefoam intends to support Alutec’s continued development through investment in people, systems, product development and market expansion. Alutec customers will experience complete continuity [...]
SEO Is DEAD. AI Just Changed the Rules
Welcome to the first in a new guest series focusing on tech and AI, kindly provided by Paul Edwards, founder of AI fenestration company Aperture Works: Google just lost $500 billion in a single day. If you’re still paying someone to “do your SEO”, it’s time to ask some uncomfortable questions. On 29 October, Google’s parent company Alphabet had the worst trading day in its history. Around $500 billion was wiped off its value in 24 hours. The reasons were disappointing search advertising, huge AI spending, and a growing fear that AI is eating the thing Google was built [...]
Saint-Gobain Q3 Sales Rise As UK Construction Weakness Persists
Saint-Gobain reported third-quarter sales of €11.624 billion, up 1.8% from €11.424 billion a year earlier. Like-for-like growth reached 2.5%, although higher prices accompanied lower volumes. The construction products group’s update, published on 27 October, showed improving quarterly sales momentum alongside continued weakness in the UK and Ireland. Measure Q3 2026 January–September 2026 Sales €11.624bn €35.219bn Reported sales change +1.8% −0.2% Like-for-like sales change +2.5% +1.2% Price contribution +3.2% +1.5% Volume contribution −0.7% −0.3% Source: Saint-Gobain’s sales release. Prices remained the principal growth driver. Currency movements added 1.4% to quarterly sales, while changes in the business portfolio reduced them by [...]
Morley Glass Introduces ClimaGuard® 365 For Integral Blinds
A new type of glazing solution co-developed by Morley Glass in conjunction with Guardian Glass and ToughGlaze gives Uni-Blinds® integral blind customers a glass option that is purpose-designed to maintain comfort and energy efficiency in UK homes all year round, with particularly effective protection against overheating during heatwaves. ClimaGuard® 365 combines the proven benefits of low-emissivity (low-e) glass for superior thermal efficiency with the heat reflectivity of solar control glass to help maximise home comfort in all seasons. Such is its effectiveness at limiting solar gain that the glazing solution helps to keep a room’s temperature up to 9° [...]
Nineteen Group Acquires FIT Show
Nineteen Group has acquired FIT Show from Montgomery Group, bringing the UK fenestration exhibition into the same events portfolio as InstallerSHOW and London Build. The acquisition was announced on 26 October 2026. Nineteen Group’s announcement does not disclose a purchase price. FIT Show’s next edition will take place at the NEC Birmingham from 18–20 May 2027. According to Nineteen Group, the exhibition attracts around 10,000 visitors and more than 200 brands. FIT Show to retain its identity FIT Show will keep its established brand, identity and dedicated focus on the window, door and glazing sector. The 2027 exhibition will [...]
Forterro Continues To Build Momentum In Q3 2026 With Strong Recurring Revenue Growth And Sustained Profitability
Forterro, the European software provider dedicated to businesses that make, move and craft the products the world relies on, continued to strengthen its position in the third quarter of 2026, delivering growth in cloud bookings and recurring revenue while maintaining strong profitability. Through the first nine months of 2026, Forterro achieved: · 18% total bookings growth · 42% cloud bookings growth · 14% recurring revenue growth · 79% recurring revenue as a proportion of total revenue · 33% EBITDA margin The results reflect the resilience of Forterro's business model and the continued transition towards recurring revenue and cloud-based solutions. [...]
Inwido Q3 2026 Results Deliver Record Quarterly Earnings As Acquisitions And Project Demand Drive Growth
Inwido reported its highest quarterly operating EBITA in the third quarter of 2026, as acquisitions, stronger project demand and improved efficiency lifted sales and earnings. However, subdued consumer demand and a largely unchanged year-to-date profit margin show that recovery across the European window and door market remains uneven. The results, published on 21 October, show quarterly net sales increasing by 22% to SEK 2.724 billion and operating EBITA rising by 25% to SEK 334 million. Organic sales growth was 5%, making the distinction between expansion through acquisitions and growth within the existing business central to interpreting the performance. The [...]
