Labour Wants A £10+ Minimum Wage – Agree Or Disagree?
Its conference season at the moment, and as of writing, it's the Conservatives that are holding theirs. But it was the Labour conference last week that saw a policy grab [...]
DGB Business: A Lehman Brothers Moment Is Looming For Deutsche Bank
I am sure many of us will remember the calamitous moment when Lehman Brothers, the 150 year old bank that was a fundamental corner stone of the US and global [...]
Sweden Based Inwido Acquires CWG Choices In £11.6m Deal
The industry M&A season shows no signs of slowing, with the acquisition of CWG Choices being announced on the website of Sweden-based Inwido. There had been rumours of an imminent [...]
Huge Deal Done In US As Vitro To Purchase PPG Flat Glass Operations
Whilst the M&A scene has been busy in our industry in the UK over recent weeks, there is a deal being done over the pond in the States which dwarfs [...]
Industry Acquisition: Clayton Glass Acquires Romag
Industry acquisitions are like buses, you wait ages for one then three come along. Well, it's not quite a perfect analogy, but you I'm sure you catch my drift. We [...]
Management Buy-In Completed At Barnsley Based Sash UK
Last week ended with the big news that Polyframe had completed a management buyout which saw the first industry deal of it's kind in quite a while. Then, just a [...]
Executive Team Announces Acquisition Of The Polyframe Group Of Companies
Polyframe Group Limited, the leading manufacturer and distributor of trade windows and doors, announced today that its senior management team has successfully acquired the Polyframe group of companies. Polyframe began [...]
Despite #EUref and #EURO2016, Business Still Seems Brisk
It is often said that during big sporting occasions, such as the European Football Championship, the World Cup, the Olympics etc, that sectors like ours tends to suffer. New windows [...]
M&A: What Are The Chances Of More Big Name Buyouts In The Glazing Sector This Year?
It's May. And this time of the year tends to be a bit quiet on the industry news front. The industry seems like it's taking a minute to catch a [...]
Eurocell Acquires Vista Panels
Eurocell has announced this morning that they have acquired Vista Panels from CorpAcq Ltd. Here is their full press release: Eurocell – the UK’s leading manufacturer, distributor and recycler of [...]
35% Of Fabricators Are “Very Optimistic” About Business In 2016
In a recent poll that has just concluded here on DGB, fabricators from within the UK window and door industry have voted to tell us how they think 2016 will [...]
Can The Business Models Of The Nationals Work In A Modern Fenestration Industry?
Of the leads I have sat so far this year, nearly almost all of them I have been up against at least one of the nationals, be it the one [...]
Elumatec Announces Takeover By Cifin
Big acquisition news to start the year off as Elumatec is sold to Cifin, the holding company of the Emmegi Group. Elumatec released a statement on their website, and it [...]
Is Social Media Part Of Your 2016 Business Plan? If Not, It Should Be!
It's 2016. We live in very modern times that continue to move forward at a quicker and faster pace than ever before. It also means that businesses and business plans, [...]
Acquisition – Bowater Doors Acquired By Birtley Group Ltd
Some positive news on the jobs front just before Christmas as Bowater Doors has been sold to Birtley Group Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Here is the official press release: [...]
Spending Review: Big Business To Pay 3% Levy To Fund 3m New Apprenticeships
You couldn't escape it on the news or social media on Wednesday, it was the 2015 Spending Review. This was George Osbourne's opportunity to tell Parliament and the UK how [...]
Octopus completes investment in Anglo European Group
The money continues to flow well within the glazing industry as Octopus announced they have invested a large sum of money in the Anglo European Group. The statement: Octopus Investments [...]
Roto Frank AG To Acquire The Deventer Group
The world of business has seen a rush of very high value mergers and acquisitions over the past couple of weeks. Recently Dell went out and purchased data storage company [...]
Review: Summer Budget 2015
As far as budgets go, the Summer Budget 2015 was a pretty big one. This was the first totally Conservative budget since 1996, and the Tories would finally be able [...]
Analysis: Quanex Buys HL Plastics, Wegoma Machinery Sales And Vintage Windows
The big industry news on Tuesday was definitely the announcement that North American super-group Quanex, who also owns spacer bar manufacturer Edgetech, had bought Flamstead Holdings Ltd, which owns HL [...]
Quanex Acquires Flamstead Holdings Including HL Plastics, Wegoma and Vintage Windows
The acquisition road continues to be a busy one as it was announced today that North American based Quanex, owners of spacer bar manufacturers Edgetech, have acquired the HL Plastics [...]