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    UKWG closing HQ in restructuring plan

    UK Window Group, the former Masco Corporation division, is closing its Caerphilly HQ and fabrication plant as part of a long-term restructure.  Staff at the site have been told some of the 200 employees could...

    STOP PRESS: UK Window Group assets sold to owner subsidiary

    UK Window Group today announced it has sold assets, including the entire Duraflex PVC-U system facility, to a subsidiary of Boxwood Capital, the company that bought the group from the Masco Corporation last year. The...

    Eurocell confirms redundancies and redeployments in face of shrinking market

    As The Glazine was being prepared for publication, Eurocell plc confirmed widespread rumours of redundancies and job redeployments, thought to relate to its UK-wide network of 200-plus trade counters, as well as the sale...

    CMS Group in administration

    CMS Group, one of Scotland’s biggest PVC-U and aluminium fabricators has been placed into administration. The move was posted earlier today on official websites that CMS Enviro Systems Ltd, trading as CMS Group, of Castlecary,...

    Howarth group’s window business in liquidation

    Howarth Timber (Windows & Doors) Ltd, the 47-year-old division of the family-owned Howarth Timber group, has been placed into liquidation at the request of creditors. A statement on the group’s website announcing the liquidation, adds:...

    UK Windows & Doors in administration – but ‘majority of’ 27-depot Sevendays sold on

    Days of speculation were ended this morning with the announcement that UK Windows and Doors Group – formerly Griffin Windows – has been placed into administration with the loss of more than 560 jobs...

    Liquidators appointed at Newview

    Newview Homes Ltd, t/a Newview Windows and Conservatories, has been placed into voluntary liquidation less than a year after announcing a £1million investment into launching its own fabrication business. The Worthing-based company, best known in...

    Customade trade debt tops £8million – Smart and Veka each owed £1m-plus

    Customade Group Trading Ltd had trade debts of over £8million when the group went into administration as part of a pre-pack sale in June, with Smart and Veka each owed more than £1million each...

    Safestyle ditches Duraflex for Liniar

    Safestyle has dropped the Duraflex PVC-u system after ten years and handed the account, said to be worth around 3,500 tonnes a year, to Liniar. The retailer said in a statement to the Stock Market...

    Supply problems ‘set to get worse through 2021’

    There was little comfort for companies already suffering supply problems and long lead times this week after a forecast from industry leaders that things are very likely to get worse before they improve. Amid reports...