Expect A Rise In Fenestration Companies Going Bust
We’re about to go through a hell of a hangover from the last two years. With unbridled success in 2020 and 2021, juiced thanks to Government-funded stimuli such as [...]
Epwin Group Acquires Poly-Pure Ltd
In the latest move within the PVC recycling space to indicate that there is a serious race on now for dominance in the UK in this market, Epwin Group [...]
Glass Could Be About To Get Even More Expensive
Just as other parts of the fenestration supply chain begin to bed in some stability, we are still seeing volatile conditions in the glass part of our market, with [...]
Open Letter: Roy Frost, MD Listers, Reaction To The Raising Of The Energy Price Cap
OPEN LETTER: On Friday [26/8/22] we learnt that we were all going to be a little less well off. Ofgem confirmed that the raising of the energy price cap [...]
Inflation Breaks Double-Digits And Hits 10.1%
In more grim news for the UK economy, data out of the ONS today showed that inflation in July reached 10.1%, once again exceeding forecasts. A couple of weeks [...]
Sentry Doors Acquires E & S W Knowles
Press release: Sentry Doors Limited (Sentry) is pleased to announce its acquisition of E. & S. W. Knowles & Company Limited (Knowles), accelerating its growth and creating the UK’s [...]
Like It Or Not, You’re Going To Have To Pass On Those Price Increases
Although not as constant as last year, the raw material prices continue to edge up. The latest being glass prices. PVC resin prices appear to have become more stable [...]
Fabricators Call For An Alternative Approach To Pushing Price Rises Down The Home Improvement Supply Chain
Six leading fabricators of products in the home improvement sector have called for a halt to the ongoing practice of pushing price rises at the top down the supply [...]
Open Letter: Energy Prices And Their Impact On Retail
Open letter from Rob McGlennon, Deceuninck UK Managing Director: ‘22% of homeowners intend to make home improvements in the next 12 months’*. That’s up from 16% in the final [...]
ASSA ABLOY Acquires Caldwell
ASSA ABLOY has announced that they have acquired Caldwell, manufacturers of fenestration hardware. This continues the growth of ASSA ABLOY as a business. This is the statement they provided [...]
How Much Are You Prepared To Pay Your Fitters?
I was shown an advert from a Facebook forum by a friend of mine the other night. It was advertising a fitter's position at a company. The wage was [...]
UK Fenestration Has To Act Now To Navigate Recession
Whether we want to talk about it or not, the UK economy is on the brink of something bad. Inflation is out of control, the cost of living is [...]
Safestyle Posts Interim Results
Earnings season continues in the UK fenestration market, with Safestyle UK posting their interim results for the first quarter of this year. This is the statement provided by the [...]
A Composite Door I Quoted Rose £600 In Two Years
The other day a client from March 2020, just before lockdowns came into force, came back to me to get a composite door re-priced at today’s prices. The scale [...]
Window Widgets Acquires Profoil And Forms The Q19 Group
The team that acquired Window Widgets in 2019 announced the formation of the Q19 Group and the acquisition of Profoil Limited, the deal was completed on the 13th May [...]
Crystal Clear Group Limited In Administration
It has been confirmed that there is another industry casualty today as newly updated records on Companies House show that Crystal Clear Group Limited has also gone into administration. [...]
The CMS Group Falls Into Administration
In one of the year's biggest casualties so far, The CMS Group in Scotland (CMS ENVIRO SYSTEMS LTD) has fallen into administration as of May 10th 2022. This is [...]
Some Tradespeople Are Now Making More Than £1000 Per Week
In another sign of the ongoing major squeeze on available skilled labour, new data shows that in three areas of the UK, the average weekly wage of tradespeople has [...]
Safestyle UK Publishes Full 2021 Financial Results
Earnings season continues as the biggest publicly traded companies in UK fenestration announce their full 2021 financial results. Safestyle is the latest to announce theirs and as expected, they [...]
Inflation Reaches 7%
As expected, inflation in the UK continues to rise. In March, inflation rose to a 30-year high of 7%, up from 6.2% in February. Crucially, this still doesn't take [...]
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