DGB Business
Inwido Acquires Victorian House Window Group
Just when you thought M&A season in UK fenestration had finished for the year, two pop along at one. After Window Ware had announced that they had acquired BJ Waller, Inwido, who already own [...]
SRS8 Invests In The Future Of Fenestration With BJ Waller Acquisition
SRS8, the parent company of leading fenestration hardware distributor Window Ware, is thrilled to announce a significant expansion to its portfolio with the acquisition of specialist ironmongery distributor, BJ Waller. This strategic investment marks [...]
Reeves’ Revenue Raid: How The Autumn Budget 2025 Will Hit the UK Fenestration Sector
Chancellor Rachel Reeves today delivered the largest tax-raising Budget since the early 1990s, with measures expected to raise £26.1 billion a year by the end of the decade. According to the Office for Budget [...]
UK Construction Sector Suffers Sharpest Decline in Over Five Years
UK construction output plunged at its fastest rate since May 2020 in October, according to the latest S&P Global UK Construction PMI® report, marking the tenth straight month of contraction and the longest downturn [...]
Stuga Enters ‘A Completely Different Kind Of Ownership’ Under Voilàp
Stuga Machinery says its new position within the Voilàp Group marks a major step forward for UK operations. Following the acquisition of its parent company, Stürtz Maschinenbau GmbH, in September, the move has already [...]
Building Safety Regulator Faces New Challenges As Key Firm Collapses
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is grappling with fresh concerns over its ambitious plan to clear a backlog of 91 pending Gateway 2 applications, following the sudden collapse of Assent Building Compliance, one of [...]
Laumann Group Completes Acquisition Of Epwin Group
Following on from the news that VEKA parent company Laumann Group was to launch a bid to acquire Epwin Group Plc, the company has now announced that the acquisition has been completed. This mega-merger [...]
Saint-Gobain Unveils New Strategic Plan
After the success of its previous plan (“Grow & Impact”), Saint-Gobain, the worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, launches its new strategic plan, “Lead & Grow”. With #1 positions in every region and [...]
Mutares Group Acquired Kawneer EU
Major M&A news once again, this time in the aluminium part of our market, as it is announced that the European arm of Kawneer has been acquired by Munich-based Mutares Group. This continues a [...]
Thermoseal Acquires Solutions UK
Thermoseal, a leading manufacturer and distributor of insulating glass components and part of the Fenzi Group, is proud to announce the acquisition of Solutions UK, a respected British sales agency serving the glass and [...]
Voilàp Acquires Stürtz
After the news that Stuga's parent group, Stürtz, was to be placed into administration in Germany, it appears we now have a resolution which puts the entire group, including Stuga, on a firmer footing. [...]
NorDan Acquires Majority Shareholding in Esk Glazing
NorDan Secures Majority Shareholding in Esk Glazing to Strengthen UK Market Reach NorDan announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Esk Glazing Ltd, a leading supplier of glazing and specialist interiors in Arbroath, [...]
DGB Brexit
DGB Brexit: Govt Defeated In Supreme Court, Article 50 Bill By Thursday
At 9:30am on Tuesday 24th January, the Supreme Court ruled that Parliament had to be the body that officially gives permission to trigger Article 50, the process by which the UK formally notifies the [...]
DGB Brexit: May Speech Reveals Brexit Objectives
DGB Brexit: UK To Leave Customs Union And Parliament To Get A Vote Late on Tuesday morning Prime Minister Theresa May’s long awaited speech on her Brexit approach was unveiled. As is pretty much [...]
Brisant Reduces Prices Due To Steady Recovery In Sterling
In what I believe to be an industry first, Brisant, makers of the highly successful Ultion door cylinder, have announced that they are to reduce their prices by 2.5% due to the slight recovery [...]
Stop Talking Yourself Out Of Business!
A little over a week ago I published a post called "Sterling Falls Further, Why I'm Not Worried". It sparked a debate on Twitter that I perhaps had not expected to be so strong. [...]
DGB Brexit: Sterling Falls Further, I’m Not Worried
The value of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro continues it's steady fall. It's not in free-fall, and it's still miles away from it's 1985 low of $1.08. The headlines in the media though [...]
PM May To Trigger Article 50 “Before End Of March 2017”
One of the biggest questions since the UK voted to leave the European Union is when will the process to leave actually begin? It's all down to something called Article 50. The part of the [...]
Brexit: UK Economic Apocalypse Didn’t Happen
Two and a half months on from perhaps the most momentous vote taken in over 40 years, the British economy, despite apocalyptic predictions from almost all financial institutions, still stands strong. The much talked about [...]
Elephants In The Room
In a continuation of the Brexit debate and the ramifications for our industry and the wider economy, MD of Deceuninck UK weighs in on the subject of price increases, house building and the wider economy. [...]
Brexit: Business As Usual For FIT Show Post Brexit Vote As Exhibition Looks To Build International Audience
As expected, as the days and weeks zip on by, and with the political landscape of the UK seemingly changing on a daily basis, business leaders from the UK fenestration sector are going to the [...]
Brexit And Bust?
I'm very happy to publish this exclusive article for DGB on the immense issue that is Brexit, by Mike Rigby from construction and home improvement industry PR and marketing agency experts MRA Marketing. Please feel [...]
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