Façades four merge to form £100m Clarison Group
Four major players in the UK and Irish façade and architectural glazing sectors, Alucraft, Alucraft Systems Ltd, Williaam Cox and EAG, today announced they have come together to form the £100million Clarison Group.
The Clarison...
Ultrframe ready to unveil Garden Rooms
Ultraframe is set to announce a major product diversification with the imminent release of a range of Garden Rooms in response to ‘an explosion in demand’.
Proposed designs and variations are still under wraps but...
Total Glass had debts over £2.2m – administrators
Total Glass, the £25million-sales Merseyside fabricator that collapsed in October, had debts in excess of £2.2million.
A recently published Statement of Affairs shows trade creditors including Profile22, Sapa, Custom Glass and Carey Glass as well...
Ali people gloomier over future – CAB
Aluminium industry players have shown a far less optimistic view of the industry’s near future compared with other construction sectors, according to the latest State of the Trade report from the Council for Aluminium...
Pressure grows for Green Grant extension to tackle ‘snail’s pace’ growth
The government has come under renewed pressure to extend the Green Homes Grant Scheme after a parliamentary committee this week reported that only 20,000 of the planned 600,000 vouchers have been issued in the...
Workplace Covid test programme extended to 50-minimum ‘vital industry’ SMEs
Fabricators, extruders and other SME manufacturers are being urged to offer workers regular Covid tests in the latest roll-out of the government’s drive to keep vital industries moving.
Until the end of next month, free...
ICO fines solar firm £90,000 for 126,000 nuisance calls
A Teesside solar installation company has been issued a £90,000 monetary penalty notice after the Information Commissioner’s Office heard it made 126,016 unsolicited sales calls to TPS registered numbers over a four-month period.
Among the...
Euramax sold to investment group MGI
Euramax Solutions, the Barnsley-based window fabricator producing 5,000 windows and doors a week for the off-site modular, retrofit and new-build sectors, has been acquired by Modular Group Investments (MGI) from the US-based Omnimax for...
Fensa launches free training offer for govt Green Homes candidates
Fensa has today unveiled an initiative to give free training for a number of businesses to take part in the government’s £2billion Green Homes Grant Scheme to improve energy efficiency in UK homes.
The organisation...
Industry groups welcome reports of double jobs surge
Industry and skills organisations have welcomed two separate reports of a surge in job vacancies in the glazing and wider construction sectors.
GQA Qualifications, with its partner, the Building Our Skills organisation, has highlighted news...
