CR Smith Creates 150 New Jobs As Business Expands To Deliver Social Housing Projects Across Scotland
Fife-based home improvements firm expands into Scotland's social housing sector following sustained growth in demand Investment creates 150 new jobs as CR Smith delivers major programmes for councils and [...]
Building Safety Regulator Faces New Challenges As Key Firm Collapses
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is grappling with fresh [...]
A New Age In Triple Glazing May Be Around The Corner
I think it is fair to say that triple [...]
MONET Money: 71% of Freelancers Paid Late
MONET Money: 71% of Freelancers Paid Late as £26bn [...]
Laumann Group Completes Acquisition Of Epwin Group
Following on from the news that VEKA parent company [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
BDC Aluminium Appoints New General Manager
BDC Aluminium has strengthened its senior management team. The [...]
G L A S S
£6m Biofuel Trial At Glass Futures And Pilkington
A major industrial trial was successfully undertaken this month as part of a Glass Futures project to identify and demonstrate a variety of economically and technically suitable low-cost bioderived [...]
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 [...]
London Is The Tail, Wagging The British Dog
I have just spent a fantastic early Valentines weekend with [...]
The Shard: The Glazing Industry’s Showpiece
Rarely does glass get to show itself off in such [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Discover The Difference With Origin Doors
When it comes to specifying doors for a project, [...]
Why High-End Developers Are Quietly Returning To Timber Joinery
by Joe Trueman, Director at Glyngary Joinery In recent [...]
Premier Arches Celebrates 10 Years Of ‘Shaping Success’
Specialist trade fabricator Premier Arches is marking a major [...]
True Choice In Colour: Direct Trade (Yorkshire) Ltd And VEKA Align With Market Trends
Direct Trade, a nationwide VEKA fabricator since 2005, has [...]
Merchant Q2 Value Sales Up +2.8% Year-On-Year As Volumes Pick Up +4.0%
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Safestyle Shares Suspended
In a new update published this morning by Safestyle UK, they have confirmed that shares in the business have been suspended. They published two [...]
Pilkington Group Posts £200m Loss
As if further evidence was needed as to the tough trading environment the glazing sector is in right now, accounts posted by Pilkington Group [...]
Safestyle Seeks Sale As No New Cash Comes
In what will be another worrying trading update issues by Safestyle UK this morning, they have confirmed that there are no new investors coming [...]
Glazing Summit Acquired By Mark Allen Group
Mark Allen Group, which owns Glass & Glazing Products magazine and the Installer Awards, has acquired the Glazing Summit conference. The move strengthens Mark [...]
Everest Announce Purchase Of Evolution From UKWDG
Everest 2020 Limited, owner of the UK’s most famous home improvement brand which has been operating for over 50 years, has announced the purchase [...]
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