UK Growth Slows To Just 0.1% In July
The "pingdemic" and supply chain problems have seen UK growth dribble to just 0.1% in July. This was after June saw GDP growth of 1%. Though COVID restrictions were [...]
Open Letter: Could Your Business Get Through ‘Another 2021’ In 2022?
We knew the road back from COVID and Lockdown would be bumpy but the challenges we and the window and door industry have contended with in the past year, [...]
Saint-Gobain Sells Two Glass Processing Businesses
Saint-Gobain has sold two of their European glass processing companies. One in France, to a former manager of Saint-Gobain, and one in Germany. This is the official statement from [...]
The Supply Chain Can Return To Normal If Two Things Happen
The one question everyone is asking is when the supply chain will return to normal. For over a year our sector has had to cope with steep and constant [...]
Want To Attract Youth And The Right Talent? It’s Time We Talked Money
There's a debate as to the best method in which to attract more young people and talented people to the UK fenestration sector. Career progression, inclusivity, rewarding work and [...]
Ningbo Partial Shutdown Could Cause UK Fenestration Sector Problems
Whilst the UK might be getting some level of control over COVID-19, much of Asia is gripped firmly by the virus once again. Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, Japan [...]
UK Economy Grows 4.8% In Q2
In positive news for the UK economy on Thursday, it was announced by the ONS that UK GDP grew 4.8% in Q2 this year. This was under forecasts of [...]
Could The Fenestration Sector Be Forced To Look For Alternatives To Steel?
Steel right now is expensive. Very expensive. To give you an idea as to how much the cost of steel has risen over the past year or so... [...]
Saint-Gobain’s New Glass Furnace Reaches Halfway Point
Saint-Gobain's new glass furnace, currently being built in Eggborough, North Yorkshire, has reached the halfway point. This is an important milestone for the company and the supply of glass [...]
MBO At Glazerite As New Team Seeks To Drive Business Forward
This is a press release from Glazerite: Leading trade fabricator, The Glazerite UK Group has been acquired in a management buyout. Led by Group Managing Director, Robert Brearley, the [...]
Furlough Begins To Wind Down – What You Need To Know
The start of July also began the start of the end of the highly successful furlough scheme, also known as the Job Retention Scheme. It has been one of [...]
Will Prices Ever Come Back Down?
Every week, every month the prices of all our raw materials continue to rise. Resin, steel, glass, hardware, composite door slabs. You name it, they're all going up, as [...]
Press Glass Secures £227m Financing Agreement
Press Glass have announced that they have secured new £227m bank financing (PLN1.2bn) in order to refinance debt, as well as build two new production plants, one in Lithuania [...]
If Fenestration Is Serious About Cutting Carbon, It’s Time To Ramp Up Domestic Production
For a while, the UK fenestration sector has talked about the need to produce more here and rely less on imports. There is a genuine argument for this. This [...]
High Home Improvement Demand Could Last Three Years
Demand in the home improvement sector is very high right now. Perhaps at record highs for some companies. Since the start of this huge bounce-back, which originated in mid-May [...]
ASSA ABLOY Provides Statement In Response To Trademark Decision
In response to the story published last week about ASSA ABLOY losing their trademark case, the company has provided a statement: As the global leader in access solutions, ASSA [...]
Yale (Assa Abloy) Loses Trademark Dispute And Told To Pay Costs
European Union trademark application No 18 086 744 is rejected in its entirety. This is a Letter to the Editor guest article by Giovanni Laporta: Dear Jason I’m getting [...]
Safestyle UK Provides Trading Update At AGM
Safestyle UK has just had their AGM and has provided a trading update in what continues to be an extraordinary year for the UK fenestration sector as a whole. [...]
Why Rapidly Rising Inflation Matters
You may have seen this morning that the UK's monthly inflation figures more than doubled from 0.7% to 1.5% in April. For a while I have been warning about [...]
Open Letter: Supply Chains And Price Increases
This is an open letter from Sternfenster MD Mike Parczuk about the state of supply chains and price increases: I speak to our installers every day. ‘Exhausted’, ‘stretched’, ‘frazzled’, [...]
Compusoft To Aquire First Degree Systems
This is a statement from First Degree Systems: Compusoft Group, a leading global visual CPQ provider, today announced an agreement to acquire First Degree Systems (FDS). The acquisition of [...]
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