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Safestyle UK Publishes Full 2021 Financial Results
Earnings season continues as the biggest publicly traded companies in UK fenestration announce their full 2021 financial results. Safestyle is the latest to announce theirs and as expected, they show a very profitable 2021 [...]
Inflation Reaches 7%
As expected, inflation in the UK continues to rise. In March, inflation rose to a 30-year high of 7%, up from 6.2% in February. Crucially, this still doesn't take into full account the invasion [...]
Inflation Hits 6.2% As Cost Of Living Crisis Hits Home
Near the end of March, we saw a double-dose of bad financial news. First, inflation rose to 6.2%, which exceeded forecasts of 6%. Rising inflation has prompted the Bank of England to start to [...]
More Price Increases Are Coming
As is to be expected, persisting and rising inflation, coupled with the commodity spikes after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a new wave of material price increases are incoming. Unlike 2020 and 2021, where [...]
Management Buyout At Improveasy The Home Improvement Finance And Funding Specialist
This is a press release from Improveasy: Austin Barcley, CEO and original founder of Improveasy, has completed an MBO for a controlling stake in the business. Austin, along with key personnel Chris Antrobus - [...]
Markets Are Beginning To Break And It Will Affect Everything
The war in Ukraine grinds on, and with each day the humanitarian crisis grows. Millions of people are being displaced within the country and are fleeing to their neighbours in Eastern Europe. But as [...]
Glass Energy Surcharge Reductions May Not Last
It seems rather frivolous and frankly quite pathetic to be talking about glass energy surcharges when you consider the carnage and suffering that is being endured by the Ukrainian people right now. But the [...]
Dekko Windows Acquired By Inwido
In a major deal for the fabrication sector within UK fenestration, it has been announced that European fenestration giants Inwido have acquired a 70% stake in Dekko Windows. Statement from Dekko Windows Inwido, Europe’s [...]
Inflation Rises Again
Against expectations, inflation in January rose once again, for the fourth month in a row, to 5.5% from 5.4% in December. Whilst 0.1% might not seem all that much, it was predicted that rates [...]
Stürtz Group Acquire Stuga Machinery Ltd
M&A activity in the fenestration sector continues to pick up as it has been announced that Stuga Machinery Limited has been acquired by Stürtz Group. This is the statement that has been published on [...]
Safestyle UK Posts Better Than Expected 2021 Trading Update
As we approach earnings season in the UK fenestration sector, Safestyle UK are making moves first as they issue a new trading update and state that their full-year 2021 results will be ahead of [...]
Window And Door Prices Needed To Rise, But Not Like This
I have long argued that the price of new windows and doors should be higher than it was. In fact, it's a point I have made almost since the beginning of DGB nearly 13 [...]
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