All eyes are on 2025. The Future Building Standard will be the biggest set of revisions to Building Regulations in a very long time and will force change and adaptations not only to the products within our sector, but the wider construction sector as a whole. As a result, we are beginning to see [...]
With continuing certainty over the actual health and state of the fenestration sector at the moment, we can turn to other ways to measure interest that the industry heralded as good indicators. In this case, Google Trends. Google Trends data was used in the Spring and Summer of 2020, after the first lockdown ended, [...]
Last week I held a poll on the DGB Twitter account, further exploring the idea that Anthracite Grey was being oversold on new windows and doors. The question I asked on Twitter garnered a lot of responses, mostly "yes", so I put it to a vote to see if that would back up what [...]
Press release issued by Safestyle UK: Safestyle UK plc (AIM: SFE), the leading UK-focused retailer and manufacturer of PVCu replacement windows and doors for the homeowner market is pleased to announce the appointment of Phil Joyner to the Board of Safestyle as an Executive Director in the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with [...]
Leaving a chaotic 2022 and looking forward to an equally uncertain 2023, Head of Sales at Eurocell, Steven Miller granted DGB time to answer 12 important questions which give us an idea about where the market might be headed for the rest of the year. 1. Did 2022 turn out as you expected? We [...]
In true industry style, the picture of the true state of the market is deliberately murky. If you were to read just the PR, you'd think we'd barely changed from the heady days of 2020 and 2021. In private, however, the conversations are rather different and point to areas of the sector that could [...]
The first Building Safety Regulator Conference was held at Central Westminster Hall on 22 March 2023 and saw delegates hear from the major players involved in putting the Building Safety Regulator into operation. Opening the conference was Sarah Newton, Chair of the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), followed by Lee Rowley MP — Parliamentary [...]
The latest move represents a major foray into the English market and adds significantly to the fast-growing Edison group skills portfolio. Edison Group, the fast-growing Ayrshire-headquartered construction, property and investment business, has acquired Crown Architectural Systems, a north-east of England-based company which operates from a 6500 sq. ft facility in Washington, in the City of [...]
Anthracite Grey. That one shade of Grey has come to symbolise the trend in colour for windows and doors over the past decade or so. Just in case you were wondering, the origins of Anthracite can be found in the world of coal, where Anthracite was known as hard coal or black coal. So [...]
The debate around trickle vents is morphing into one which will continue to rage within the sector, but actually go nowhere. The petition that was launched at the start of the year to try and force the Government to overturn the newly revised regulations stands at a grand total of 624 signatories. For the [...]
Press release from Residence Collection: As we approach the spring, many homeowners will be looking to update their homes for the year ahead. And now, premium window and door designer The Residence Collection has worked with interior design experts to identify the top six interior design trends in the UK, providing advice to help [...]
On Friday 24th March 2023, it will mark the three-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown due to COVID-19 in the UK. Remember the pandemic? In what now seems such a distorted and strange period of time, filled with fear, frustration, anger and conspiracy theories, the pandemic has left an indelible mark [...]
UPVCWindowBeads.com has been running for a few years now steadily growing. The store however will soon be moving to its NEW website at www.WindowBeads.com over the coming weeks with a totally new easier to navigate design. WindowBeads.com is an online store designed to help fitters, window doctors & fabricators alike identify & purchase UPVC [...]
Safestyle UK plc (AIM: SFE), the leading UK-focused retailer and manufacturer of PVCu replacement windows and doors for the homeowner market is pleased to announce the appointment of Michelle Williams to the Board of Safestyle as an Executive Director in the role of Chief People Officer with immediate effect. Michelle joined Safestyle as the [...]
In response to new Building Regulations that came into force in June 2022, requiring all window replacement installations to include trickle vents, a Government petition has been launched with the aim of reviewing these regulations. “Go back to original regulations” The petition, launched at the start of the year, aims to bounce the Government [...]
From 1 March 2023, Bert Geerinckx will be appointed as the new CEO of Reynaers Group. He succeeds Dirk Bontridder who has announced his intention to leave the company. The Board of Directors is grateful to Dirk for his contribution in steering the company through the challenging times following Covid and setting out a [...]
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