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 [...]
The Rise Of Steel-Look Aluminium Internal Doors
In recent years, steel-look aluminium internal doors have transitioned [...]
Final Thoughts On The Year
We're on the final day of the year. We're [...]
Will 2026 Be Any Different?
We are very nearly at the end of what [...]
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 [...]
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CAB Welcomes Minimal Frame Projects
The CAB Team and I are pleased to welcome Minimal Frame Projects into membership of the Association. There have been eleven new members joining CAB in the last few [...]
Origin Joins QUALICOAT
QUALICOAT UK & Ireland are delighted to welcome into [...]
REAL Aluminium Publishes Statement
Following the news of the administration of Customade Group [...]
The Skills Shortage In Our Industry
Not too many decades ago you became skilled in [...]
Glass Express Midlands Joins CAB
Glass Express Midlands is the first glass processing and [...]
G L A S S
Cornwall Group Flags Concerns To MP
Cornwall Group has raised its concerns about the impact of the increase in the National Minimum Wage and National Insurance with its Member of Parliament. Announced in the Autumn [...]
Could The Solid Roof Market Be Just A Temporary Niche?
I am a massive believer that the rapid rise of [...]
The Best Smart Window May Just Have Arrived
Innovations in the glass sector always continue to amaze me. [...]
Electrochromic Glass To Become a $4.2bn Market By 2023
The glass we use in our windows and doors in [...]
Mixed Fortunes For The Two Largest Glass Houses
My post yesterday made for good reading for many of [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Endurance® Aluminium Boosts Installer Sales Support
As part of its commitment to its installer partners, [...]
Endurance® Doors Assures Customers Of Continued Exclusivity
Endurance® Doors, the manufacturer of high-end composite doors, is [...]
BDC Aluminium Adds Two Experienced Figures To Growing Team
Since their acquisition by Rocal Group in early 2024, [...]
Hard To Tell From The Real Thing
Conti® woodec sets new standards with ultra-realistic real wood [...]
DAWS Announces £1.4m Investment To Power Further Growth In 2026
DAWS, one of the UK’s leading trade aluminium fabricators, [...]
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. [...]
LCD Credit Cards
Check this out: Seen it? Yes, that's right, that is a credit card with a LCD touch screen on it! How friggin' cool is that?! [...]
A Mobile Industry?
When I say 'mobile', I mean mobile in more than just the phone sense. But phones and other technology have helped. The smartphone, or now [...]
Tech Impresses
We live in a modern world people! If you don't move forward with the future, you're going to get left behind. Simple. This rule applies [...]
New Phone And New Computer
I'm coming to the end of my phone contract and I'm able to upgrade my phone within the next two weeks. Question is, what do [...]
Technology To Change The Way We Sell
Smartphones. Tablet computers. Email. All things which have revolutionized the way in which we all communicate and go about our daily lives. Indeed, it is [...]
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