>Review Of The Year: 2011
>I know there are about 3 and a bit weeks left of the year, but I thought I might as well claim my spot and be the first to do a review of the year...from [...]
>No Smoke Without Fire
>There is still the odd rumour flying around about takeovers and mergers. Nothing I can confirm just yet. One rumour keeps getting denied, despite the fact that it keeps showing it's head. I published another [...]
>Big Home Improvements Company On The Edge
>Homeform Group, which consists of Moben Kitchens, Sharps, Kitchens Direct and Dolphin Bathrooms, looks set to be put into administration by private equity group owners Sun European Partners.The group have filed with the Court a Notice [...]
>Lister’s View On Veka’s Purchase Of Bowater
>Here is Lister's response to Veka's purchase of the Bowater group:We have been expecting Bowater to be bought for some months now as market share and demand for construction products including windows has been shrinking [...]
>Veka’s Official Announcement Of Bowater Takeover
>VEKA Plc has announced the acquisition of Bowater Building Products in a move which will further strengthen VEKA’s market position within the UK industry during its 25th anniversary year of manufacturing in the UK.Dave Jones, [...]
>Official: Veka Have Bought Bowater Systems
>After days of huge speculation and rumor, it has been announced today that Veka have bought Bowater Systems.The announcement comes after days of speculation, both here and on the Twittersphere, about whether the deal was done. Well, [...]
>More Pressure On HMV
>In an announcement expected to be made tomorrow, the trouble high-street music chain HMV is set to become owned by the general public. More specifically, banks such has the Lloyds Banking Group which are majority [...]
>Buyouts On A Personal Level
>Tomorrow we should be reading a statement which will confirm the buyout of one systems company by another. While this has been big news for those who have bothered to follow the tweets and blog [...]
>Veka/WHS Halo: Merger Or Veka Buyout?
>Ok, so it appears that I may have been a bit slow on the uptake of this news, but I learned today that Veka has bought, or is about to buy WHS Halo. Then later [...]
>Profits Up At Anglian, But Turnover Down Sharply
>Below is an article taken from the www.double-glazing-forum.com website reporting on the rise in profits, fall in turnover and job losses at Anglian:Anglian Group, the parent company of Anglian Home Improvement, has said that profits for [...]
>Anglian Up For Sale
>Press release from Reuters, brought to my attention via Quorn Conservatories on GlassTalk:ANGLIAN OPENS WINDOW TO SALEHome improvements firm Anglian Windows has appointed accountants KPMG to manage the auction of the business, which analysts say [...]
>Will Companies Really Go Bust?
>There is a lot of speculation that come 1st October, those who haven't conformed to the new rule changes to Part L will go out of business. But is that a scenario that is likely [...]
>Trouble For One Of The Big Nationals?
>When we went down to a recent product launch held by our manufacturers, we were quietly told that one of the big nationals of our industry had to be 'bailed out' by the banks. Now [...]
>Bankruptcy Figures Down In February
>http://www.double-glazing-forum.com/ has released the monthly figures of bankrupt companies for February and they have come down to 168, from January's 192. The more and more we look at the lists that get realeased, the more [...]
>Synseal Gets Bought Out…Aagin
>Today's big announcement was Synseal completing a MBO, and merging with global private equity firm H.I.G. Capital Ltd. Part of the statement released read:The management team of Synseal announced today that it had purchased the [...]
>Robert Peston
>Anyone read the BBC's Robert Peston's Blog? It's pretty good, but his knowledge of business of all types and his ability to foresee which road the economy is going to be headed is what impresses me most. It got [...]