Playing Fair
Geopolitical instability is feeding cost pressure into the window and door supply chain, as rising energy prices, transport disruption and raw material volatility create fresh challenges for manufacturers, fabricators [...]
You Already Need To Look Past The Budget
The key fiscal event of the year is about [...]
Tool Theft Crisis Persists In UK Construction Sector
Tool theft continues to plague the UK's construction industry [...]
UK Construction Sector Suffers Sharpest Decline in Over Five Years
UK construction output plunged at its fastest rate since [...]
Stuga Enters ‘A Completely Different Kind Of Ownership’ Under Voilàp
Stuga Machinery says its new position within the Voilàp [...]
F E A T U R E D A R T I C L E S
A L U M I N I U M
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 [...]
Sheerline Issues Statement On Continuation Of Supply
One of the big outstanding questions following Ultraframe's acquisition [...]
Origin Discusses Home Safety
Ben Brocklesby, Director at Origin, the UK’s leading manufacturer [...]
Designing With Colour: The Role Of Doors And Windows
Ben Brocklesby, director at Origin, discusses the impact of [...]
What Has DAWS New Concealed Trickle Ventilation Solution, And A Mullet Haircut Got In Common?
Well now that we have your attention – mullets [...]
G L A S S
Saint-Gobain Glass Wins Design Of The Year Award
Saint-Gobain Glass has won the coveted Design of the Year Award for its Eden – New Bailey project at this year’s Glass Focus awards. The awards took place in [...]
Tornado Strikes Pellini Blinds Factory in Czech Republic
There was devastating news last week as a rare [...]
Press Glass Secures £227m Financing Agreement
Press Glass have announced that they have secured new [...]
Planning Permission Granted For £54m Glass Futures Development
This is a press release issued by Glass Futures: [...]
These Windows Made With Silver Promise Super-Quick Transition
Technological advances in glass are moving at an incredible pace. [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Certass Leads The Charge On Competence Reform
The glazing and home improvement industry is entering a [...]
How To Drive Profitability By Standing Out In A Saturated Market
Ben Brocklesby, Director at Origin, leading manufacturer of premium [...]
Endurance® Doors Invests In Future Success
Endurance® Doors is taking steps to ensure its continued [...]
Builders’ Merchant Value Sales Drop -5.0% In August As Volume (-4.1%) And Price (-1.0%) Fall Year-On-Year
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published [...]
New Brochure Reflects Endurance® Aluminium’s Evolving Offer
Reflecting its continuing growth and evolving offer, Endurance® Aluminium [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Google Trends Data Shows Search Data At 2016 Levels
Back in COVID times (remember that?) much of the industry lauded Google Trends as an indicator as to how the market was performing. Indeed, [...]
UK Out Of Recession
It has been confirmed this morning, as had been expected, that the UK had left the shallow recession it had entered in 2023. Figures [...]
Anglian Home Improvements Acquires Everest Order Book
In news that was perhaps widely expected, it has been announced that Anglian Home Improvements have reached an agreement to fulfil the orders on [...]
Everest 2020 Ltd Put Into Administration
Following reports two weeks ago that Everest was being put up for sale, it has been confirmed via Evolution Home Improvements that Everest 2020 [...]
Quanex Acquires Tyman
Major US/UK acquisition news this morning as it has been announced that Quanex have acquired ERA owners Tyman in a deal valued at $1.1bn. [...]
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 [...]
Support For Android As Well As iOS
I went to see a customer the other night, you know, on a proper "lead" ;-) and he had been looking online at composite doors, [...]
Something Cool For The Future
I am a bit of a geek. I'm always looking things for things which might have an influence on how we might sell our products [...]
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