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    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...

    Son-of-Safestyle returns under Anglian buy-out deal

    Safestyle has made a comeback – in name at least – with Anglian resurrecting the brand and styling as part the deal that saw it acquire the intellectual property along with the defunct company’s...

    NEW Year MBE for Trustmark’s Simon Ayers

    Simon Ayers, Chief Executive Officer of TrustMark, has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire Medal (MBE) in the King’s New Year Honours 2024 for his services to consumer protection. Simon...

    Mixed signals for industry as Gove threatens planners but relaxes homes targets

    Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has today (December 19) issued a new threat to English councils to ‘stop dragging their feet’ on consent for new homes or lose their responsibility for planning. At the same...

    Supply chain praised for signing to CCPI safety initiative

    Industry Safety Steering Group chair Dame Judith Hackett has praised industry merchants, distributors and wholesalers for their lead in signing up to the Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI). Her comments come after a new...

    Employee ownership beats skills shortage at Force 8

    Force 8 is offering to advise any other company looking to become an Employee-Owned Trust (EOT) as it celebrates the benefits of the move two years down the line. The specialist fabricator is thought to...

    VinylPlus answers ECHA claim over PVC additive risks

    VinylPlus has reacted to a report by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which called for regulatory action to limit the use of some additives currently used in PVC production. The organisation’s MD Brigitte Dero responded...

    Demand for homes at eight-year low – survey

    Demand for homes in England is now at its lowest levels since 2015 when records began, according to the latest House Builders’ Survey from the Federation of Master Builders. The survey, which keeps track of...

    Starkey leaves Victorian Sliders as BGF puts in £4m more

    Victorian Sliders founder Scot Starkey has left the company after investment group BGF putting an additional £4million into the business alongside new additions to the board. Group Managing Director Steve Winslet has been joined by...

    Sunak appoints Lee Rowley (formerly 13th Housing Minister since 2010) to become 16th Housing...

    Rishi Sunak’s latest reshuffle has seen the return of Lee Rowley as Housing Minister, a role he first took – albeit only for 48 days – early in 2022, and one that has seen...