We Need To Approach Trickle Vents From A Different Angle
The debate around trickle vents is morphing into one which will continue to rage within the sector, but actually go nowhere. The petition that [...]
The Residence Collection’s Windows Help Match Interior Trends
Press release from Residence Collection: As we approach the spring, many homeowners will be looking to update their homes for the year ahead. And [...]
How COVID-19 Has Changed UK Fenestration Three Years On
On Friday 24th March 2023, it will mark the three-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown due to COVID-19 in the UK. [...]
WindowBeads.com Launches NEW Website…
UPVCWindowBeads.com has been running for a few years now steadily growing. The store however will soon be moving to its NEW website at www.WindowBeads.com [...]
Safestyle UK Appoints Michelle Williams As An Executive Director, The Third Woman On The Board Of Five
Safestyle UK plc (AIM: SFE), the leading UK-focused retailer and manufacturer of PVCu replacement windows and doors for the homeowner market is pleased to [...]
Everything You Need To Know About Selling Pivot Doors
For those of you who follow me on social media, you’ll know that at the end of last year, we installed our first pivot [...]
Vitrine Aluminium Launches New Product For 2023
Sponsored news from Vitrine Aluminium: Vitrine Aluminium’s new internal door and fixed glazing system is the ideal product for creating bespoke glazed interior partitions, [...]
Sheerline Adds Clip-In Bead Option To Its Popular Ultra-Slim Classic Range
Sponsored news from Sheerline: Sheerline’s latest addition to the popular Classic range is the newly launched clip-in bead option. This fabricator and installer-friendly addition [...]
New Thermal Calculator Exclusive To Sheerline Customers
Sponsored news from Sheerline: Sheerline has launched a new Thermal Calculator exclusively for its customers so they can calculate Energy Ratings and U-values quickly [...]
Fineline Aluminium Fall Into Administration
The tougher economic environment appears to be beginning to bite as documents on Companies House show that Fineline Aluminium, part of the original Customade [...]
Glass Could Be About To Get Even More Expensive
Just as other parts of the fenestration supply chain begin to bed in some stability, we are still seeing volatile conditions in the glass [...]
Black Is The New Black With New Uni-Blinds® Colour Option
Sponsored news from Morley Glass: Morley Glass has added a new black option for its Venetian Uni-Blinds® integral blinds range to provide the perfect [...]
Review: W Smart System Uni-Blinds® By Morley Glass
Around this time last year, I had a set of Decalu88 aluminium bi-folding doors installed at my home, with W Smart System Uni-Blinds kindly [...]
‘Incredible Response’ To Latest Uni-Blinds® Systems At 2022 FIT Show
This is sponsored news from Morley Glass: The 2022 FIT Show proved to be a tremendous success for Uni-Blinds® integral blind systems manufacturer Morley [...]
Saint-Gobain Achieves The First Zero-Carbon Production Of Flat Glass In The World
The race to produce glass with as little impact on the planet as possible continues to heat up, with the announcement that Saint-Gobain has [...]
Open Letter: Guy Hubble, Joint Managing Director At RegaLead Ltd
Dear Jason, I read your recent article regarding global freight prices with interest last week, and whilst I would not normally respond to an [...]
Saint-Gobain Divests Its Distribution Business In The UK
Saint-Gobain has announced that they have signed a binding agreement which will see them sell builders merchants Jewson to the Stark Group. This is [...]
Fineline Aluminium Fall Into Administration
The tougher economic environment appears to be beginning to bite as documents on Companies House show that Fineline Aluminium, part of the original Customade [...]
Window Ware Announces Management Buyout
In a statement published today via its social channels and website, Window Ware has announced that it is under new ownership via a management [...]
Glass Prices May Continue To Rise In 2023
Some scary predictions today on Halloween. In a recent Linkedin post, Ryan Green, MD of Clayton Glass, explained the situation with float glass production [...]
All Eyes On 2025
We’re still feeling the effects of the newly updated Building Regulations that came into force in June 2022. The main point of contention remains [...]
Window Energy Ratings Need To Be Updated
I think the sector can think of itself in a new era. There will be the pre-June 2022 era, before mandatory trickle vents, and [...]
Six Months On From Mandatory Trickle Vents
The implementation of the new Building Regulations was perhaps the biggest talking point of 2022. In particular, the introduction of trickle vents to every [...]
£1bn In New Grants For House Insulation Measures, But Nothing For Windows Again
Another Government brings with it another new initiative to try and spur work in insulating the leakiest of Britain's homes. This time, there is [...]
We’ll Likely Never See 0% VAT For Windows
Back in March of this year, then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that energy-saving measures such as insulation and heat pumps would have their VAT lowered [...]
Smart Ready® Director Giovanni Laporta: Warts And All Interview – Part 1
A few weeks ago I posed a series of questions to Smart Ready® founder Giovanni Laporta to get his take on himself, the industry, [...]
First TOUCH Portal Ordering System Goes Live At Endurance Doors
Sponsored news from Business Micros Group: Endurance Doors has launched the UK’s first TOUCH Portal live online ordering system, in partnership with the Business [...]
Ultion Nuki Review: Smart Door Tech That Actually Fits Into Home Life
When it comes to smart tech of any kind, it is the tech that provides a tangible benefit to daily life. Smartphones are an [...]
Adoption Of Smart Window And Door Technology Should Be Far More Advanced
Last week, Alex Dutton from Brisant Secure came to see us at our place to begin our journey with Ultion Nuki. This is Brisant’s [...]
Making Your Space Partners With Business Micros Group
This is a sponsored article by Business Micros: The breadth of expertise within the Business Micros Group, and its reputation as the industry’s number [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Haffner Becomes Strategic UK Machinery Partner For FOM Industrie
Sponsored news from Haffner: Machinery innovators Haffner has cemented [...]
Cladding Is King
Sponsored news from Freefoam: Colin St John, Freefoam Commercial [...]
The New Decalu88 Flush Casement – 1.2W/m2k Double-Glazed In aluminium!
Sponsored news from Deceuninck Aluminium: Deceuninck Aluminium has continued [...]
We’ll Be In Great Company At The 2023 GGP Installer Awards!
Sponsored news from Morley Glass: Ian Short, MD of [...]
Haffner Gears Up For FIT Show 2023
Sponsored news from Haffner: Machinery specialists Haffner are gearing [...]
PVCu As Part Of The Sustainability Conversation
Martin Benn, Head of New Build at Eurocell, outlines [...]
Eurocell Invests Nearly £3million To Support Growth In Fabricator Network
Sponsored news from Eurocell: Eurocell has further demonstrated its [...]
Morley Glass Named GGP Installer Awards Finalist For Glass Recycling Service
Sponsored news from Morley Glass: Uni-Blinds® integral blinds manufacturer [...]
CNC Recycling To Support Building Our Skills
Sponsored news from Building Our Skills: Building Our Skills [...]
C H A R I T Y
We Mind & Kelly Matters Charity Hails FIT Show Stand Success
This is a press release from We Mind & Kelly Matters: Mental health charity, We Mind & Kelly Matters (WM&KM) used this year’s FIT [...]
Window Widgets Reaches Halfway Point For Fundraising Goal
Press release from Window Widgets: Leading universal window ancillary supplier, Window Widgets, has so far raised £10,510 as part of their mission to raise [...]
Industry Veterans Prepare For Mammoth ‘Loneliest Road’ Charity Cycle
Former Glazerite UK Group chairman John Hewitt has announced his latest ‘Kelly’s Heroes’ fundraising challenge for mental health charity, We Mind & Kelly Matters [...]
Lewis Walters: A Remembrance Donation To Lauren’s Legacy
Please join Masterframe Windows in supporting a wonderful cause in memory of Lewis Walters who sadly lost his five year battle with cancer a [...]
GM Fundraising Announces GMF100 Cycling Challenge Total
GM Fundraising has just announced that its GMF100 Cycling Challenge has raised an impressive £55,000. The funds will go to Hope House Children’s Hospices, [...]
U K R A I N E C R I S I S
Glass Energy Surcharge Reductions May Not Last
It seems rather frivolous and frankly quite pathetic to be talking about glass energy surcharges when you consider the carnage and suffering that is [...]
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