Saint-Gobain H1 2026: Construction Giant Demonstrates Resilience
Saint-Gobain has delivered a robust set of first-half financial results for 2026 that underline both the resilience of its diversified business model and the gradual improvement beginning to emerge [...]
Reeves’ Revenue Raid: How The Autumn Budget 2025 Will Hit the UK Fenestration Sector
Chancellor Rachel Reeves today delivered the largest tax-raising Budget [...]
How Best To Judge Success This Year
This time last year, I am sure all of [...]
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 [...]
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
WindowBASE And Tommy Trinder Report Reinforces Aluminium’s Momentum
It's not as if anyone is denying that the aluminium market is the part of the fenestration sector with the most energy and drive at the moment. It's a [...]
Exceeding Homeowner Demands
Quality, service, and aesthetics are now more important than [...]
The Rise Of Heritage Style Steel-Look Windows And Doors
In recent years, the fenestration sector has seen a [...]
How Child-Proof Doors And Windows Can Boost Sales
Victoria Brocklesby, COO at Origin, the UK manufacturer of [...]
Origin Launches New Contemporary Door
The UK’s leading manufacturer of luxury aluminium doors and [...]
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 [...]
Is There Any Money Left In Glass?
That might sound like a bit of an odd question to [...]
Where’s The Glass?
Usually, there's not much discussion on a Friday night on [...]
A Day Made Of Glass 2
Remember when I posted the video on this blog of [...]
Lots Of Leads, Lots Of Glass
I'm happy to report today that the busy period after [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Breedon And MRA Research Shortlisted For Construction Marketing Award
Breedon Group plc and MRA Research have been named [...]
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 [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Brisant Acquires 3 Star Lock Business Deseo
On Friday 5th January Brisant Secure acquired the business and intellectual property of Deseo Locking Systems Limited for an undisclosed sum. Deseo, based in [...]
Endurance Acquisition Of BDC Aluminium Shows Major Intent
Last week Rocal, producers of Endurance Doors, announced that they had acquired Witham-based BDC Aluminium. It meant the year started with a bang as [...]
Safestyle Are Back
Well, sort of. Just before Christmas and in the New Year it is likely you will have seen adverts from Safestyle seeking out installers, [...]
Rocal Endurance Holdings Acquires BDC Aluminium
Rocal Endurance Holdings acquires aluminium fabricator BDC Aluminium. Rocal Endurance Holdings, renowned for its expertise in manufacturing composite doors, door panels, and specialist plastic [...]
Cornwall Group Acquires Forward Glass
Cornwall Group has acquired Birmingham-based Forward Glass in a transaction that completed on December 1st in the Group’s most substantial deal to date. Cornwall [...]
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