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The 2020 Spending Review – What You Need To Know
On Wednesday the Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave his Spending Review for 2020. It was due to be a three-year forecast for public spending and finances, but due to the scale of the economic damage [...]
Administrators Appointed At Total Glass Limited
In what is beginning to look like a bit of a rocky patch for UK fenestration, Total Glass Limited have appointed administrators. For some, this won't be new news. However, I have waited until [...]
Are You Planning To Hire?
New month, new poll. This time I'm asking whether you're planning on hiring new staff over the next few months. In previous posts I have talked about the need for our sector to become [...]
Chancellor Set To Unveil New Job Protection Measures
As the new rules around the UK come into force to try to curb the spread of COVID-19, pressure has built on the Chancellor to extend the furlough scheme to prevent a much-predicted mass [...]
Safestyle Publishes H1 Financial Results
Safestyle have released their H1 figures for 2020, and just like all the others which have reported so far, the first half of the year shows a huge dent to revenues and profits. Major [...]
UK Window Group Issues Statement On Restructuring
The UK Window Group have provided a statement confirming that the business has been reformed: UK Window Group today confirms that following an extensive process, certain assets of the Company have been sold to [...]
Epwin Group’s First Half Results Published
Epwin Group today released their full H1 results for 2020. COVID-19 and the lockdown did of course have an enormous impact on the group's performance in the first half of this year compared to [...]
When Is A Recession Not A Recession?
What was expected became official, the UK saw the biggest drop in GDP in Q2 on record, plunging a massive 20.4%. Given the extent of the lockdown and the measures put in place to [...]
Confirmed: Double Glazing A Secondary Measure Under Green Homes Grant
We have been waiting a long time for anything substantial from the Government with regards to double glazing upgrades under the Green Homes Grant, and now we have it. And its exactly what we [...]
Safestyle Issues Half-Year Trading Update
Now we are passed the halfway point in the year, our publicly traded companies are starting to report their half-year trading updates. Safestyle released theirs this week, striking a positive tone, but with a [...]
Now Is Not The Time For Price Increases
Demand is good. Very good. Fenestration now has the nice problem to solve of managing high demand. As other sectors struggle, ours continues to perform well. Systems companies are reporting business back to pre-COVID [...]
Guest Post: Jon Vanstone’s Letter To Alok Sharma Re: Green Homes Grant Scheme
This is a guest post from Certass TA: Dear Mr Sharma, Including Glazing installations as Primary Measure for Green Homes Grant Scheme I am writing to you as Chair of Certass Trade Association, the [...]
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