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    Insolvency Report highlights vulnerability of smaller firms

    Some 63 fenestration and associated businesses closed last month, with dual-sourcing accounting for a notable proportion, and all three principal materials PVC, ali and timber all seeing insolvencies. Hardest hit were the small operators, showing...

    Euramax Solutions goes into administration

    Euramax Solutions, fabricator to trade as well as modular and holiday home manufacturers, has been placed into administration following the collapse of a major customer as well as a downturn in demand for UK...

    All set for Fensterbau

    Fensterbau Frontale is set to return from 19-22 March, offering ‘the world’s best overview of the market for windows, doors and façades with a combination of a trade show and an extensive programme’. Within the biennial event, the Fensterbau Forum brings together...

    Premier Arches adds logo and customer pricing to portal

    Arched and angled frame manufacturer Premier Arches has updated its online pricing and ordering platform to let customers add their own logo, styling and selling price to quotations. Managing director Sean Greenall explained: “This is...

    Two centuries of glassmaking history ends with Pilks furnace move

    Nearly 200 years of glassmaking history is about to end when Pilkington UK closes its Watson Street, St Helens, site as part of a £multi-million upgrade. Production at the site where Sir Alastair Pilkington invented...

    BOS launches appeal to get students on the road to careers fairs

    Building Our Skills has issued an urgent appeal for cash to help students from less well-equipped schools to attend its bespoke careers fairs next month. The organisation has set up a GoFundMe page to pay...

    Rooms & Views buys Evoframes out of administration

    Livingston-based Evoframes has been acquired in a pre-pack sale by Welsh fabricator Rooms & Views after being placed into administration last month. Ken Pattullo, managing partner at Begbies Traynor in Scotland, said: “Unfortunately, like many...

    Debar talks sustainability in Dubai trade mission

    Debar has taken part in three major events in Dubai as part of a sustainable trade mission developed by the Department of Business and Trade involving the 33 companies that make up the Northern...

    New insolvencies report launched

    A new monthly report on industry insolvencies as been launched by Insight Data. The reports, created in conjunction with the Salestracker business intelligence software, provide “a comprehensive overview of market trends, potential pitfalls, and emerging...

    Endurance/ Rocal acquires BDC Aluminium

    Endurance Doors owner Rocal has announced the acquisition of Essex-based fabricator BDC Aluminium for an undisclosed sum. The move will give Endurance an additional aluminium window and door portfolio to offer its existing national network...