Customade Group Acquires Manufacturing Assets Of GBW Panels
Many have known about the misfortune to fall on GBW Panels of late. They had indeed gone into administration, but with little known about the future of the company, [...]
Masco UK Window Group Is Put Up For Sale
A few days ago I wrote that the review period at Masco US to decide on what to do about it's UK window businesses was nearing it's end. You [...]
Nearly Three Quarters Believe Home Owners Should Pay More For Their Windows And Doors
In the latest of my running series of weekly polls, I have been asking you whether you think home owners should be paying more for their windows and doors. [...]
How Our Industry’s Traded Companies Are Faring This Year
The fenestration industry isn't exactly littered with companies that are traded on the markets. But there are a few, and those few are key indicators as to the general [...]
Masco Is Nearing The End Of It’s “Strategic Alternatives” Review Period
Back on March 1st, Masco in the US announced that it was to review "strategic alternatives" for it's window and cabinetry businesses, and that it was to be concluded [...]
Acquisition: Key Acquisition Accelerates Caldwell’s Indian Expansion
This is a circulated article by Caldwell Hardware experts Caldwell are expanding their global reach with the acquisition of a key Indian distributor. Mumbai-based Archintex already supply quality Cotswold [...]
Four Seasons Home Improvements Of Exeter Goes Into Administration
It is being reported in the Devon Live website that Exeter-based Four Seasons Home Improvements has entered into administration. A statement on the Four Seasons Home Improvements website states: [...]
There Could Be A Huge Spending Boom Coming For Our Industry
Some of you may have seen on Twitter that I was kindly invited by the guys at MRA Marketing and Deceuninck on a trip to Belgium to visit their [...]
Safestyle Report £16m Loss In 2018 Full Year Results
That headline doesn't sound good does it. A £16m loss is a bad result no matter who you are. But, you only need to look at the share price [...]
Eurocell Announce Positive 2018 Full Year Results
It's the start of earnings season in the window and door industry, with the very largest companies, usually traded on the stock markets, begin to announce their 2018 full [...]
Interserve Fall Into Administration
Remember Carillion? Another huge Government contractor has gone into administration. This time round however there will be less disruption as the company has already been purchased by it's lenders [...]
Leads2Trade Acquires CloudGlaze
There has been more than one big industry acquisition just recently, but one that might have slipped under the radar for a few of us happened in the digital [...]
Synseal Group Acquired By Aperture Trading Ltd
BREAKING INDUSTRY NEWS: Aperture Trading Ltd announces it has successfully completed an agreement to purchase the majority of Synseal Group’s trade and assets from administration for an undisclosed sum. [...]
The Safestyle Share Price Rally Is Fading
The rally in the share price of Safestyle is losing steam. After hovering near the 100p per share mark near the end of 2018, it looked as though those [...]
Sentry Doors Partners With Cairngorm Capital To Accelerate Growth Strategy
We have acquisition news, and this time in the fire-doors part of the market which has been under intense scrutiny in recent months. Cairngorm Capital 2, part of the [...]
How Long Should You Wait To Get Paid?
When Carillion went bust in January of last year the shock waves were felt throughout all sectors of construction. This was a company that employed 43,000 people, had turnover [...]
BREAKING: Glaston Corporation To Acquire Bystronic Glass
Helsinki (Finland) / Neuhausen-Hamberg (Germany), January 25th, 2019 Glaston Corporation has signed an agreement to acquire the Bystronic glass Group. The globally operating high-end machinery, systems and services provider [...]
Panoramic Group Acquire Epwin Glass
It has been reported in recent days that Epwin Glass has been acquired by Panoramic Group for an undisclosed sum. This is the first major acquisition of 2019, and [...]
SafeGlaze Creditors Owed & Ex-Safestyle Co-Founder Loses Court Battle
SafeGlaze UK and Safestyle UK were companies that dominated the industry news in a big way in 2018. The former now doesn't exist, but that still doesn't stop the [...]
Acquisition: Premier Conservatory Supplies Acquires Scottish Manufacturing Plant
This article contains a circulated press release from Premier Conservatory Supplies Just when you thought we were headed for a sleepy end to the year, we get the news [...]
Safestyle Issues First Trading Update After Their Commercial Agreement
Safestyle UK have issued their first trading update since their October Commercial Agreement with Safeglaze. This is the first test for the company as they seek to recover lost [...]