The UK has voted to leave the European Union in a result that has sent shockwaves around the world. It’s effects will be felt by everyone, in every industry, in the UK, including the fenestration sector.
Keep up to date with the latest on Brexit and it’s effects on the window and door industry with analysis, opinion and industry reaction as and when it happens.
There are more questions than answers right now. But over the coming two to three years, we’ll understand more what this means for our economy, and the fenestration industry in particular.
DGB Brexit: May Speech Reveals Brexit Objectives
DGB Brexit: UK To Leave Customs Union And Parliament To Get A Vote Late on Tuesday morning Prime Minister Theresa May’s long awaited speech on her Brexit approach was unveiled. As is pretty much [...]
Brisant Reduces Prices Due To Steady Recovery In Sterling
In what I believe to be an industry first, Brisant, makers of the highly successful Ultion door cylinder, have announced that they are to reduce their prices by 2.5% due to the slight recovery [...]
Stop Talking Yourself Out Of Business!
A little over a week ago I published a post called "Sterling Falls Further, Why I'm Not Worried". It sparked a debate on Twitter that I perhaps had not expected to be so strong. [...]
DGB Brexit: Sterling Falls Further, I’m Not Worried
The value of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro continues it's steady fall. It's not in free-fall, and it's still miles away from it's 1985 low of $1.08. The headlines in the media though [...]
PM May To Trigger Article 50 “Before End Of March 2017”
One of the biggest questions since the UK voted to leave the European Union is when will the process to leave actually begin? It's all down to something called Article 50. The part of the [...]
Brexit: UK Economic Apocalypse Didn’t Happen
Two and a half months on from perhaps the most momentous vote taken in over 40 years, the British economy, despite apocalyptic predictions from almost all financial institutions, still stands strong. The much talked about [...]
Elephants In The Room
In a continuation of the Brexit debate and the ramifications for our industry and the wider economy, MD of Deceuninck UK weighs in on the subject of price increases, house building and the wider economy. [...]
Brexit: Business As Usual For FIT Show Post Brexit Vote As Exhibition Looks To Build International Audience
As expected, as the days and weeks zip on by, and with the political landscape of the UK seemingly changing on a daily basis, business leaders from the UK fenestration sector are going to the [...]
Brexit And Bust?
I'm very happy to publish this exclusive article for DGB on the immense issue that is Brexit, by Mike Rigby from construction and home improvement industry PR and marketing agency experts MRA Marketing. Please feel [...]
Has Business Activity Dropped Since The Brexit Vote?
The one topic that has dominated the national conversation since June 23rd is the EU referendum result and the UK's decision to leave the European Union. To cover this momentous decision, I have set up [...]
Deceuninck’s Roy Frost On Brexit: “Its Business As Usual”
Voters’ decision to leave the EU in the Brexit referendum caught commentators and the political establishment by surprise. We were warned about short term volatility in shares and exchange rates and we got them. A [...]
GGF: Open Minded About #Brexit
As the realization of Brexit starts to sink in with the business community, we're starting to see businesses and business leaders give their initial reactions to perhaps the biggest political and economical upheaval since the [...]
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