Terry Healy Group acquires Custom Build Solutions
Terry Healey Group, Edinburgh-based window, door and all-trades contractor, has acquired Custom Build Solutions Ltd (CBS), with all the latter’s employees and client & service agreements transferring to the new owner.
CBS director Danni Moss...
Home working fuels demand for garden buildings – AMA Research
Demand for garden buildings has continued to grow during the pandemic, with a key trend towards all-year insulated constructions, according to the latest report from AMA research.
“There has been greater demand for more premium...
New bid to license all builders goes to MPs this week
Another bid to curtail cowboy window installers and other dodgy builders – and compensate their homeowner victims – is being put before parliament this week with a Bill to introduce obligatory licensing of all...
LHC seeks windows and doors for new £66m framework
Window and door fabricators and installers are being sought by the LHC procurement group for a new £66million, four-year framework for public sector projects.
The Windows and Doors framework (WD2) allows local authorities, social landlords...
Soltech Systems goes to MBO
Soltech Systems, supplier of blinds, curtains, control systems and associated window accessories, has been acquired by its management led by managing director Guy Simmonds and chairman Robert Wilson MBE.
“This MBO is a significant milestone...
Sumner hands Force 8 to workers as 100% Employee-Owned Trust
Force 8 MD Dennis Sumner has announced that the family-run business is to be handed over to its workforce in the form of an Employee-Owned Trust with 100% of the shares held by them.
The...
Sales boost – but will it last, CAB members fear
Over 70% of aluminium businesses saw sales increase in the last quarter but fewer than a third see this continuing into the coming three months, according to the latest State of the Trade survey...
PVC and glass in the firing line as prices continue to soar
The industry is continuing to suffer further pressure from price increases in a week when PVC extruders are facing the prospect of a further 10%-plus hike in the cost of resin immediately after one...
Nearly 90% of businesses forced to delay or cancel jobs through materials and skills...
Nearly 90% of local builders have had to delay a job – or even cancel one altogether – through lack of materials or skilled workers, according to the latest State of Trade Survey from...
MGI grows further with Barton acquisition
Modular Group Investments has made a further inroad into fenestration with the purchase of the entire share capital of Barton Windows, a 35-year-old Lincolnshire-based aluminium fabricator.
The move follows its acquisitions earlier this year of...
