DGB Business
Saint-Gobain Q3 Sales Rise As UK Construction Weakness Persists
Saint-Gobain reported third-quarter sales of €11.624 billion, up 1.8% from €11.424 billion a year earlier. Like-for-like growth reached 2.5%, although higher prices accompanied lower volumes. The construction products group’s update, published on 27 October, [...]
Nineteen Group Acquires FIT Show
Nineteen Group has acquired FIT Show from Montgomery Group, bringing the UK fenestration exhibition into the same events portfolio as InstallerSHOW and London Build. The acquisition was announced on 26 October 2026. Nineteen Group’s [...]
Forterro Continues To Build Momentum In Q3 2026 With Strong Recurring Revenue Growth And Sustained Profitability
Forterro, the European software provider dedicated to businesses that make, move and craft the products the world relies on, continued to strengthen its position in the third quarter of 2026, delivering growth in cloud [...]
Inwido Q3 2026 Results Deliver Record Quarterly Earnings As Acquisitions And Project Demand Drive Growth
Inwido reported its highest quarterly operating EBITA in the third quarter of 2026, as acquisitions, stronger project demand and improved efficiency lifted sales and earnings. However, subdued consumer demand and a largely unchanged year-to-date [...]
MRA Research Launches MRA Tech Research And Acquires Data Services To Help Customers Grow
In its strategy to build on MRA’s legacy and grow across the construction industry, MRA Research has announced two initiatives. First, the launch of MRA Tech Research, spearheaded by Callum Budd, Research Director, and [...]
Allegion Acquires Overly Door Company Following UAP And Brisant Secure Deals
Allegion has acquired Overly Door Company, adding a US manufacturer of specialist security doors to its portfolio following its purchases of British hardware businesses UAP and Brisant Secure in 2025. Announced on 5 October [...]
Apollo Funds Complete Acquisition Of NSG Group
Funds managed by Apollo have completed their acquisition of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (NSG Group), with the glass manufacturer launching a new management structure following the transaction. Apollo announced completion on 29 September [...]
Clayton Glass Restructures To Strengthen Its Nationwide Glass Offering
Nick Dutton is joining Ryan Green and Clayton Glass as a strategic partner as the glass manufacturer restructures its operations to create a stronger nationwide offering aligned with the changing needs of the UK [...]
Eurocell H1 2026: Alunet Drives Growth As Core Fenestration Markets Remain Under Pressure
Eurocell increased revenue and adjusted operating profit in the first half of 2026, despite difficult conditions across UK housing and home improvement. However, the results show an uneven performance: a stronger contribution from Alunet [...]
Teqnion Acquires Unique Door Panels
Teqnion acquires Unique Door Panels in a deal bringing the Manchester-based door manufacturer into the Swedish industrial group and changing the ownership of a supplier to the UK fenestration trade. Announced on 10 September [...]
Rising Oil And Gas Prices Put UK Fenestration Manufacturing Under Fresh Pressure
Rising wholesale oil and gas prices are increasing cost pressures across the UK fenestration supply chain. For manufacturers, the exposure extends beyond factory energy bills to glass, profiles, components and transport. If higher prices [...]
Saint-Gobain H1 2026: Construction Giant Demonstrates Resilience
Saint-Gobain has delivered a robust set of first-half financial results for 2026 that underline both the resilience of its diversified business model and the gradual improvement beginning to emerge across parts of the global [...]
DGB Brexit
No Trade Deal With EU Most Likely As Talks Continue To Stall
This evening dinner talks between the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this evening have broken up without a breakthrough, with both sides deciding that if no [...]
A No-Deal Brexit Looks Very Likely Right Now
Remember back to a simpler time. It's not that long ago. When all we had to talk about was Brexit. Do you miss it? A global pandemic puts things like that into perspective. Yes, [...]
Brexit Phase One Is Complete, Now The Future
While I was on vacation, I missed the moment when the UK officially left the EU. I did keep an eye on the festivities and commiserations from the Caribbean, and it did seem to [...]
30 Days Until Brexit, Still Nothing Is Certain
Its October 1st, which means we're 30 days from the Brexit deadline. Boris Johnson is due to announce detailed new plans to help try and secure a deal with the EU. Parliament has passed [...]
A No-Deal Brexit Is Now Most Likely
As it stands right now, a no-deal Brexit is looking like the most likely outcome. Despite Boris Johnson saying he would attempt to seek a new deal which removed the Irish backstop arrangement which [...]
Construction Industry Suppliers Are Prepared For Brexit
This is a sponsored article by MRA Marketing As part of a larger survey which included merchants and other construction industry stakeholders, MRA Research, the specialist research division of MRA Marketing, asked building and [...]
6 Month Delay To Brexit, Nightmare For Businesses
So, as expected, the Brexit can has once again been kicked firmly down the road as Parliament found it impossible to decide on precisely no way forwards in any direction on Brexit. May went [...]
There Could Be A Huge Spending Boom Coming For Our Industry
Some of you may have seen on Twitter that I was kindly invited by the guys at MRA Marketing and Deceuninck on a trip to Belgium to visit their vast recycling facility in Diksmuide [...]
Brexit Day Delayed – What Happens Next?
I fully appreciate that by the time this is published the goal posts on Brexit will have been moved again. Right now MPs are debating as to whether the House should vote to take [...]
Brexit Delay Inevitable After PM’s Deal Voted Down, Again
It's beginning to sound disingenuous when we say it has been another dramatic day in Parliament and the whole Brexit process. We have been here so many times before. A vote planned, a vote [...]
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