One In Four Homeowners Encounter Problems With Home Repairs, Citizens Advice Finds
New research highlights widespread issues with home improvement work and growing consumer distrust One in four homeowners has experienced problems with their most recent home repair project, according to [...]
New Windows And Doors Excluded From Govt Warm Homes Plan
Positive news today if you sell solar panels, heat [...]
AI And Automation Will Change The Face Of Our Sector
Earlier this week, I was treated to a first-hand [...]
BM Group To Operate Under The Forterro Name Going Forward
New brand identity for BM products and digital solutions [...]
Fix Radio Prediction: Construction’s 2026 Recovery Will Stall Without Skilled People To Deliver It
Fix Radio’s key predictions for 2026: • Modest growth [...]
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The Skills Shortage In Our Industry
Not too many decades ago you became skilled in a profession such as joinery, plumbing or glazing, by becoming an apprentice with a company where a skilled person taught [...]
Dutemann UK Closure Announced
In an emotional statement published on Linkedin this morning, [...]
Origin Achieves World-Leading Powder Coating Accreditation
Origin, the UK’s leading manufacturer of aluminium doors and [...]
Let The Light In
Providing far more than a functional necessity, Victoria Brocklesby [...]
Sheerline Issues Statement On Continuation Of Supply
One of the big outstanding questions following Ultraframe's acquisition [...]
G L A S S
Regency Glass Announce Collaboration With Corning Incorporated
Now, this is quite something. Lancashire-based IGU suppliers Regency Glass have announced a partnership with global glass innovators Corning Incorporated aimed at introducing a revolutionary new triple-glazed product that [...]
The Growth Potential For Integral Blinds Remains Huge
Our sector, like others, always looks for new products [...]
New AM-III Glass As Hard As Diamonds Developed In China
Scientists in China have developed a new type of [...]
When Will The Glass Shortage End?
Deliveries delayed? Missing items? It's probably because of glass. [...]
Saint-Gobain’s New Glass Furnace Reaches Halfway Point
Saint-Gobain's new glass furnace, currently being built in Eggborough, [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Endurance® Doors Makes Further Investment Into Production Operations
Endurance® Doors has made a further investment in enhancing [...]
Design Made Clear: Three Aesthetics, Endless Possibilities
In today’s design-led market, homeowners are presented with more [...]
Endurance® Doors Maintains Commitment To Customer Success
To ensure new and potential customers can reap the [...]
Baxi Joins BMBI Expert Panel As Expert For Heating And Hot Water Solutions
Paul Haynes, Product, Solutions & Marketing Director at Baxi, [...]
BDC Aluminium Is The Go-To Solution For Flexible Interior Layouts
Internal aluminium screening has become a popular inclusion in [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Quanex Building Products Closes On Acquisition Of Tyman
Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE: NX) (“Quanex” or the “Company”) today announced that it has closed on its acquisition of Tyman plc (“Tyman”), creating [...]
GAP Acquires Horizon Plastics
M&A activity in our sector continues as it has been announced that trade-counter business GAP has acquired southwest-based Horizon Plastics for an undisclosed sum. [...]
Thermoseal Group Sold To Fenzi In Landmark Deal
Breaking M&A news from the UK fenestration sector as it has been announced that Thermoseal have been acquired by Milan-based Fenzi Spa Group for [...]
Everest Owed More Than £30m As It Went Under
Weeks after the collapse of one of the largest national installers of windows and doors, Everest 2020 Ltd, it has been revealed that the [...]
SIG Cuts Profit Forecast Amid Subdued Demand
Construction materials supplier SIG has issued a trading update in which is has downgraded it's profit forecasts amid subdued demand and weaker business activity. [...]
Will The Internet Of Things Come To Windows And Doors?
Heard of the "internet of things"? If not, basically the internet of things are items and objects controlled via the use of the internet. For [...]
Apps Are Going To Become Key Consumer Sales Tool
I have written before on DGB about the immense amount of choice that exists in our industry now. Even for me, who actively works selling [...]
HTC One M8 Review
I have been using my HTC One M8 for a couple of months now, and given the importance of a smartphone in most people's lives, [...]
The Exciting Possibilities Of Glass Technology
Something a little different for today's post, a video. I found this small Israeli company, based in Tel Aviv, who specialise in glass technology. They [...]
Door-Stop’s Brochure Builder Points To Future Of Print Marketing
I'm not a Door-Stop customer, as some of you will know, but whether you are a customer or not, you have got to take your [...]
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