DGB Average Prices Survey: The Results
A little while ago I launched a multiple-poll post in an effort to find out what the industry thinks our most popular products should be sold to home owners [...]
Safestyle Hires Restructuring Expert In Bid To Turn Around Fortunes
In a bid to turn around the fortunes of struggling national window and door retailer Safestyle UK, they have announced that Michael Gallacher is to replace current group CEO [...]
Eurocell Bucking The Trend On The Markets
In what is a fairly turbulent time for the window and door industry and it’s biggest companies, you could be forgiven that ever single major player is looking over [...]
Safestyle UK Shares In Freefall After Latest Profits Warning
Another quarter and another profit warning from national window and door installers Safestyle UK. This time, the statement was pretty grim, and the resulting share price performance matched the [...]
Safestyle UK Shares Fall More Than 6%
Beleaguered national window and door installers Safestyle UK saw their share price fall by over 6% on Thursday, adding to fears about the company. There was no trading update [...]
The Next Recession Might Not Be That Far Away
I think it's time to mention that "R" word again. Yes, recession. The last one we had was the Great Recession, brought on by the downfall of Lehman Brothers [...]
Safestyle UK Release Full 2017 Results
Embattled Safestyle UK have released their full 2017 financial results. There are some positive nuggets of information in there, but the overall picture is that of decline. Despite the [...]
Safestyle Shares Got Slammed Last Week
Another Safestyle UK trading update and another disappointing one from the company. During the course of 2017 there was a procession of negative news out of the business, which [...]
There Will Be More Big Window Industry Buyouts This Year
Last week we saw the major news that US-based Masonite, one of the largest door companies in the world, had bought the entirety of the DW3 Products Group from [...]
Florida Based Masonite Acquires DW3 Products Group
Massive news in the UK and international door sector as it's announced that Masonite, one of the largest door companies in the world, has acquired the whole of the [...]
Rare Good News: Brisant Secure Have Held Their Prices
Under normal circumstances, a company holding their prices probably wouldn't make any sort of news anywhere in glazing media. But we operate in circumstances far from normal, and in [...]
ASSA ABLOY Acquires Smart Lock Maker August
Big moves in the digital door tech world on Thursday as mega group ASSA ABLOY announced it was to acquire smart-lock maker August. August has been making big moves [...]
Roy Frost Acquires The Assets Of Lister Trade Frames
Some good industry news has broken late on Wednesday evening as it was announced that Roy Frost, not too long off the back of his GJB acquisition has purchased [...]
Safestyle Share Price Plummets After Latest Profit Warning
Bradford based national installers Safestyle UK saw their share price plummet on Friday by 30% as their latest trading update disappointed investors. This follows a string of bad news [...]
Could There Be A Wave Of Industry Disruption?
It felt like August was the climax to some of the risks that were present in the industry right now. Usually a slow month on all fronts, the industry [...]
Lister Trade Frames Go Into Administration
Now here is a headline I never thought I would have to write. It has been announced that Lister Trade Frames, a long established UK fenestration industry fabricator of [...]
Entu To Be Placed Into Administration
At the end of last week we got a further update on trouble home improvement group Entu. Here was update number one, posted on the Entu Media Centre part [...]
Epwin Group Share Price Plummets On Half-Year Trading Update
To say it's a bit of a rocky time for some of the bigger companies in this industry at the moment is a bit of an understatement. There is [...]
If A Recession Comes, Is The Window Industry Ready?
Around a year ago it was predicted that the UK economy was going to be plunged into financial chaos and recession as a result of voting to leave the [...]
Have You Raised Prices To Pay For Minimum Wage Increases?
I was listening to a report on the radio last week on my way into work that said two fifths, or 40%, of businesses have either sacked staff or [...]
Should Glazing Industry Prices Be Coming Down?
At the time of writing this post, Sterling stands at $1.3255 against the Dollar (it fell back a little after the BoE's announcements on Thursday). This is the highest [...]