2026 Installer Survey
It has been a while since the last poll or survey of any kind on DGB, so I thought now would be a good time to take the temperature [...]
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 [...]
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
Glass Express Midlands Joins CAB
Glass Express Midlands is the first glass processing and IGU manufacturer to become members of the Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB), solidifying its support to the domestic and [...]
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
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 [...]
Saint-Gobain’s New Glass Furnace Reaches Halfway Point
Saint-Gobain's new glass furnace, currently being built in Eggborough, [...]
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: [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Builders’ Merchant Like-For-Like Value Sales For November Down -0.4% Year-On-Year
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published [...]
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, [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
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. [...]
Inflation Finally Falls Back To 2%
In a boost for the UK economy, it was announced this morning that inflation in the UK had fallen to 2% last month, which [...]
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 [...]
3D Printing – Has It A Future In Fenestration?
For the tech geeks out there, you will know that the annual technology spectacular has been held in Las Vegas, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). [...]
For God’s Sake Back Up Your Computers
Some of you may have seen on Twitter over the past 24 hours that I was in a bit of a flap Friday night and [...]
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