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 [...]
NorDan UK Acquires RED Systems
The steady beat of M&A activity in the UK [...]
Inwido Acquires UK Manufacturer Sovereign Group Ltd
Inwido has announced the acquisition of a majority stake [...]
The £530 Billion Construction Pipeline: Navigating Cost Pressures In A Growing Market
The government's Infrastructure Pipeline sets out 780 projects worth £530 [...]
US Asset Management Firm Apollo Acquires Pilkington Parent Company NSG
US-based asset management firm Apollo has announced a strategic [...]
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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 [...]
Discover The Difference With Origin Doors
When it comes to specifying doors for a project, [...]
New Digital Marketing Campaign Supports Installers’ Success
Endurance® Aluminium is investing into a new digital marketing [...]
BDC Aluminium Expands Heritage Style Offering With Vertical Sliding Windows
With heritage-inspired design becoming a major trend in commercial [...]
Origin Reveals Its OS-29+ Sliding Door
Ben Brocklesby, Director at Origin, leading manufacturer of premium [...]
G L A S S
British Glass Announces Leadership Changes And Strategic Restructure
British Glass has announced significant changes to its leadership and operational structure as part of its ongoing commitment to strengthen the UK glass industry and its technical services. Dave [...]
Neglecting Triple Glazing Carries Significant Risk For Britain’s Glass And Glazing Industry
Edgetech Managing Director Chris Alderson analyses the fast-approaching Future [...]
Saint-Gobain Divests Its Glass Processing Business In Slovakia
Saint-Gobain has today completed the sale of its glass [...]
Morley Glass Helps Installers ‘Switch On’ To Smart Glass Sales Opportunities
The new Uni-Switch® switchable glass product from Morley Glass [...]
Leading IGU Manufacturer Padiham Glass Renews Investment With Super Spacer®
Padiham Glass, part of the Emplas Group, has renewed [...]
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Clayton Glass Welcomes Peter Ferguson To South-East Role
Clayton Glass has strengthened its presence in the South-East [...]
Endurance® Aluminium Advocates Benefits To Buying British
Endurance® Aluminium is highlighting the benefits of installers buying [...]
High Quality Visual Content Key To Sales Success Says Endurance® Doors
Endurance® Doors is urging installers to consider high-quality visual [...]
41% Of Builders’ Merchant Branches Expect Sales Increases In Q1
MRA Building Market Reports (MRA Reports) has released its [...]
Merchants Q4 Like-For-Like Value Sales Down -1.2% On Q4 2024
Merchants Q4 like-for-like value sales down -1.2% on Q4 [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Stuga Provides Stürtz Trading Update
Following on from the news of the insolvency proceedings in Germany of Stuga's parent company Stürtz Group, Ed Williams of Stuga has provided an [...]
Andrew Wright Windows Of Scotland Placed Into Administration
Irvine-based Andrew Wright Windows, a stalwart in Scotland’s double glazing industry for nearly nine decades, has ceased trading and entered provisional liquidation, resulting in [...]
Brisant Secure Acquired By Allegion Plc
Wow, the M&A train is in sixth gear right now... This afternoon it has been announced by Brisant Secure by Allegion Plc. This follows [...]
Disruption?
Darren Woodcock, General Manager, Deceuninck explains why in a period of significant change in the systems market, Deceuninck will continue to focus on its [...]
Reports Anglian To Be Put Up For Sale
In a significant development for the UK double glazing and home improvements sector, reports have emerged that Alchemy Partners, the long-time owner of Anglian [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Brisant Launch Trade Facebook Page
This is a sponsored article by Brisant Secure: Brisant-Secure is all about making it easy for locksmiths to sell locks and door installers to [...]
Apply For One Of Five Free Virtual Showroom Tours Courtesy Of The NFAs, Fenestration Digital And Morley Glass
In an effort to help installers adapt to the new normal as the industry begins it’s toughest ever fight, Morley Glass has teamed up [...]
New ‘Wonder’ Technology Makes It Easy For Installers To Sell And Homeowners To Buy
This is a press release by Tommy Trinder TommyTrinder.com Ltd has launched its new Framepoint Technology® so installers can sell with a ‘Wow’. Designed [...]
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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