Saint-Gobain Q3 Sales Rise As UK Construction Weakness Persists
Saint-Gobain reported third-quarter sales of €11.624 billion, up 1.8% from €11.424 billion a year earlier. Like-for-like growth reached 2.5%, although higher prices accompanied lower volumes. The construction products group’s [...]
Making Tax Digital: Two Weeks To The 7 August Deadline
Subbies who haven’t started can still be filed and [...]
Dual Seal Glass Enters Administration After 31 Years In Business
Huddersfield-based glass processor Dual Seal Glass Ltd has entered [...]
Gramo BV Formally Launches Mandatory Takeover Bid For Deceuninck
Gramo BV has formally launched its mandatory public cash [...]
Deceuninck Takeover Bid Launched As Gramo BV Exceeds 30% Ownership Threshold
Belgian PVC systems manufacturer Deceuninck is the subject of [...]
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Fentrade Aluminium Acquired By Aluminium Vision
The M&A activity in the aluminium sector within fenestration shows no signs of stopping as yet another deal has been announced today. Following the slew of deals announced within [...]
How To Drive Profitability By Standing Out In A Saturated Market
Ben Brocklesby, Director at Origin, leading manufacturer of premium [...]
New Brochure Reflects Endurance® Aluminium’s Evolving Offer
Reflecting its continuing growth and evolving offer, Endurance® Aluminium [...]
Future Proof By Design
Energy efficiency has become one of the most important [...]
Mutares Group Acquired Kawneer EU
Major M&A news once again, this time in the [...]
G L A S S
US Asset Management Firm Apollo Acquires Pilkington Parent Company NSG
US-based asset management firm Apollo has announced a strategic investment that will see funds under its management acquire control of Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG), the parent company of Pilkington, [...]
Pilkington UK Plans To Scale Low Carbon Glass Production Under Pioneering Hydrogen Plans
Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, [...]
VIG vs DGU
As the construction and fenestration sectors strive towards sustainability [...]
Interactive 3D House Is Centrepiece Of New Website By Saint-Gobain Glass
An interactive 3D render of a stunning home is [...]
Cornwall Group Acquires Forward Glass
Cornwall Group has acquired Birmingham-based Forward Glass in a [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
‘Forever Home’ Renovations Drive Demand For Premium Aluminium
Economic uncertainty has changed the way many homeowners now [...]
Origin Responds To Market Demand By Launching The All-New Tilt And Turn Window
A Tilt and Turn Window has been one of [...]
Merchants Q1 Volume Sales Down -8.1% Year-On-Year As Iran War Hits Pause
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals [...]
Certass Shares Key Compliance Insights Following Discussions With OPSS
Recent discussions between Certass, OPSS and product information specialists [...]
Positive Outlook For The Evolving UK Decking Market
A new report by MRA Building Market Reports estimates [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Livingston Based Evoframes To Go Into Administration
In a post on LinkedIn earlier this evening, it was announced that Evoframes, a VEKA fabricator, is to be placed into administration with the [...]
Inwido AB Reports 2025 Full-Year Results
Inwido AB (publ) today published its full-year and fourth quarter 2025 financial results, highlighting a return to organic growth, solid profitability and continued strategic [...]
Saint-Gobain To Delist From London Stock Exchange
Saint-Gobain has confirmed that it will delist its shares from the London Stock Exchange, ending the trading of its CREST Depository Interests in February. [...]
Inwido Expands Its Footprint In The UK
Inwido acquires Fast Frame in Nottingham, England, a company specialising in the manufacturing and supply of PVCu windows and doors for both commercial and [...]
Inwido Acquires Victorian House Window Group
Just when you thought M&A season in UK fenestration had finished for the year, two pop along at one. After Window Ware had announced [...]
We’ve Focused Too Little On Ventilation
Over the past decade and longer, our industry, along with the wider construction sector, has been working hard to make sure that the product [...]
Vanishing Act
This is a sponsored article by Window Ware With its super compact, low-visibility design and wide colour choice to blend in with any style [...]
The Enduring Issue Of Trickle Vents
My most read post of ALL TIME on this website is a little post I wrote all the way back in 2009 and was an [...]
Trickle Vents Are The Marmite Product In The Window Industry
If there was ever a product that has split the opinions of the industry and home owners alike it has to be the humble trickle [...]
Why People Hate Trickle Vents
If we were to pluck out of thin air a product in our industry that has an almost universal disliking by the general public [...]
Onsite 7 Job Management Software Proving Its Worth With Installers
This is a sponsored article by Onsite 7: Onsite 7, the job management software designed for the trade by the trade has been gaining [...]
There Is A Tech Race In UK Fenestration
Whether you have realised it or not, technology is now running the fenestration sector. Social media plays a central role in almost every company. [...]
Compusoft To Aquire First Degree Systems
This is a statement from First Degree Systems: Compusoft Group, a leading global visual CPQ provider, today announced an agreement to acquire First Degree [...]
Guest Post: Times, They Are A Changing!
This is a guest post from Alan Burgess, Chairman of Masterframe: Someone once said the world has changed more in the last 400yrs than [...]
Three Quarters Of Our Business Is Now Done Digitally
During lockdown, many businesses in our sector, including ours, made rapid changes to digitally transform their businesses to allow them to function whilst most [...]
What Do Homeowners Really Think About Sustainability?
Sponsored news from Deceuninck UK: Rob McGlennon. Managing [...]
New-Build Homes Are Woefully Unprepared For Hot Weather
In the grand scheme of British summers, this one [...]
CNC Recycling – Investing For The Future
Sponsored news from CNC Recycling: CNC Recycling is delighted [...]
Eurocell Enhances Outdoor Living Solutions To Meet Increasing Demand In The Sector
This is sponsored news from Eurocell: Eurocell has extended [...]
CNC Recycling Strengthens Sales Team
This is a press release from CNC Recycling: UPVC [...]
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