Saint-Gobain Signs Microsoft Agreement To Accelerate AI Use In Construction
Building materials group targets productivity, sustainability and data centre development through new framework agreement Saint-Gobain has signed a framework agreement with Microsoft aimed at expanding the use of digital [...]
Making Tax Digital 2026: What Every Tradesperson Needs To Know
If you’re a sole trader in the glazing industry, [...]
What I’ve Learned Selling High-End Projects
Over the last few years, our family-run installation business [...]
Forterro Acquires Klaes
A powerful three-material portfolio: Forterro acquires Klaes and becomes [...]
NorDan UK Acquires RED Systems
The steady beat of M&A activity in the UK [...]
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What Trump’s Tariffs Could Mean To UK Fenestration
An already complicated and difficult trading picture for our sector just got a little bit more so as the US implemented 25% tariffs on UK and EU steel and [...]
Endurance® Aluminium Launches Installer Partner Scheme
Endurance® Aluminium has begun onboarding businesses to its newly [...]
Origin Launches OS-29+ Sliding Door
Origin has launched the OS-29+ sliding door, which combines [...]
Introducing The UK’s Most Thermally Efficient Aluminium Slider
Origin, the UK’s leading manufacturer of premium aluminium windows [...]
Endurance® Aluminium Celebrates ‘Best Of British’ Offer
Endurance® Aluminium is highlighting its ability to offer installers [...]
G L A S S
Glass Futures And VEC Partner On £1.5m UKRI-Funded AI Glass Initiative To Drive Process Optimisation And Reduce Emissions
Glass Futures and the University of Liverpool’s VEC (Virtual Engineering Centre) are launching AI Glass, a digital twin project designed to accelerate decarbonisation and drive innovation in the glass [...]
Vacuum Insulated Glazing: Yes Or No?
Over the past week or so, a debate on [...]
New Integral Blind Colours To Make Debut At 2023 FIT Show
Sponsored news from Morley Glass: Visitors to the Morley [...]
The Performance Of Glass To Be Put To The Test In Net Zero Energy House 2.0
Double and triple-glazed windows featuring high-performance glass from Saint-Gobain [...]
Morley Glass Named GGP Installer Awards Finalist For Glass Recycling Service
Sponsored news from Morley Glass: Uni-Blinds® integral blinds manufacturer [...]
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Endurance® Doors Launches Contemporary, High Performance Glazing Design
Endurance® Doors has strengthened its offering with the addition [...]
Clayton Glass Welcomes Peter Ferguson To South-East Role
Clayton Glass has strengthened its presence in the South-East [...]
Endurance® Aluminium Advocates Benefits To Buying British
Endurance® Aluminium is highlighting the benefits of installers buying [...]
High Quality Visual Content Key To Sales Success Says Endurance® Doors
Endurance® Doors is urging installers to consider high-quality visual [...]
41% Of Builders’ Merchant Branches Expect Sales Increases In Q1
MRA Building Market Reports (MRA Reports) has released its [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
AluFold Direct Set To Enter Administration
I fear it may have been too early for me to write just last week that [...]
EAG And Multifab Ltd Enter Administration
In a blow to the UK construction and building products sector, English Architectural Glazing Ltd (EAG), prominent façade and curtain walling specialists, has officially [...]
Weathering The Storm: A Practical Guide For UK Fenestration Installers Amid Economic Turbulence
In 2025, small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK fenestration sector are facing headwinds from multiple directions. From global economic slowdowns, high inflation, [...]
What Trump’s Tariffs Could Mean To UK Fenestration
An already complicated and difficult trading picture for our sector just got a little bit more so as the US implemented 25% tariffs on [...]
Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems Acquired By Bailey
This wave of consolidation within the fenestration market is really picking up pace as yet another acquisition of an aluminium systems company has just [...]
Is The Fenestration Industry Ready For Smart Window And Door Tech?
One of the big takeaways from the FIT Show this year was that smart window and door tech is really starting to take root [...]
Yale Had Smart Lock Problems At The Weekend
Technology is a great thing is it not? It's allowing you to read this via your phone, tablet or laptop. You can order groceries [...]
SageGlass Connects It’s Dynamic Glass To Amazon’s Echo
"Alexa, dim the glass". Some of you will know who SageGlass is. For those who don't, they are a US-based arm of Saint-Gobain whose [...]
How Software Is Changing The Window Industry
As an industry we're in the midst of massive change and overhaul. Products of old are slowly being phased out. Better, more advanced products [...]
Would You Stop Using Facebook?
There has been much in the news these past couple of weeks about Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and their misuse of personal data affecting at [...]
Less Is More – Our Future
The arrival of vacuum insulated glazing, or VIG, has [...]
Everything UK Fenestration Does Has To Be Seen Through The Prism Of Climate Change
We live in a post-COP26 and net-zero world now. [...]
Three COP26 Pledges UK Fenestration Could Make
COP26 is finally upon us. The most important UN [...]
Morley Glass Triples Post-Consumer Glass Recycling Capacity
This is a sponsored article by Morley Glass: The [...]
This Is How Much You Actually Save By Recycling Glass
Recycling is going to play a massive part in [...]
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