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. [...]
Letter To The Media: Mark Frain, WarmCore
Dear Editor, For those that know me well I am a forthright person and one that’s passionate about the industry. But it is an [...]
Nearly A Quarter Of All PVCu Window Sales Are Flush
I have long argued that flush windows have been the biggest innovation to happen to PVCu windows in the last ten to fifteen years. [...]
Could The General Election Present A Window Of Opportunity?
Greg Beachim, Sales Manager - First Degree Systems, Cyncly The upcoming general election has the potential to bring significant changes to the housing market [...]
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 [...]
F E A T U R E D A R T I C L E S
Are Origin About To Shake Up Window Fabrication With YLTNO?
YLTNO stands for: Your Lead Time, Not Ours. It was a manufacturing principle introduced by one of the industry's well known aluminium manufacturers, Origin. [...]
Aluminium Could Really Threaten PVCu Residential Dominance
There was no doubting that the aluminium representation was the largest in the history of the FIT Show. In the exhibitions since it's launch, [...]
Why Has Residential Aluminium Made Such A Strong Comeback?
If there was an award for the strongest fenestration sector comeback over the past five to ten years then it would most certainly go [...]
The One New Product To Start Selling In 2017 Is Aluminium
It's nearly the end of the year, and some companies will start to look at tweaking things for 2017. One of things will be [...]
All PVCu Fabricators Should Probably Add An Aluminium System
If there was a word to describe our industry over the past five years it would be "diversity". Through necessity and turbulent economic climates, our [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Revamped Production With Fully Automated Line
John Fredericks Plastics (JFP) has revamped its production facility [...]
JFP Named Manufacturer Of The Year At Made In Yorkshire Awards
John Fredericks (JFP) joined other leading lights of the [...]
Value Sales In The First Two Months Were -3.4% Down On Jan-Feb 2023, Volume Was -5.5% With Prices Up +2.2%
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published [...]
The Cornerstone Of Trust: Why Quality Manufacturing Matters
As the industry strives to meet the ever-growing demand [...]
Brisant’s Lock Is First To Pass The New Security Test
Following a successful test on 25th April, Brisant-Secures patented [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
UK Growth Slows To Just 0.1% In July
The "pingdemic" and supply chain problems have seen UK growth dribble to just 0.1% in July. This was after June saw GDP growth of [...]
Open Letter: Could Your Business Get Through ‘Another 2021’ In 2022?
We knew the road back from COVID and Lockdown would be bumpy but the challenges we and the window and door industry have contended [...]
Saint-Gobain Sells Two Glass Processing Businesses
Saint-Gobain has sold two of their European glass processing companies. One in France, to a former manager of Saint-Gobain, and one in Germany. This [...]
The Supply Chain Can Return To Normal If Two Things Happen
The one question everyone is asking is when the supply chain will return to normal. For over a year our sector has had to [...]
Want To Attract Youth And The Right Talent? It’s Time We Talked Money
There's a debate as to the best method in which to attract more young people and talented people to the UK fenestration sector. Career [...]
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