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...
‘Glimmer of light ahead’ for aluminium – survey
Hints of cautious optimism for the aluminium sector are seen in the latest CAB State of Trade Survey, with a net increase in sales for the first three quarters of 2022 in the face...
£3m+ investment in toughening furnaces
Cornwall Group has made a one-in-a-generation investment in three new state-of-the-art Glaston Tempering Furnaces, representing more than £3m, with each going to different sites within the Group.
The first furnace will be installed at Forward...
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...
Starmer backs growth plan on visit to Window Supply Company
Sir Keir Starmer paid tribute to Window Supply Company and its work with renewables and home insulation when he paid a visit to the trade fabricator’s 105,000sqft West Lothian HQ last week.
The Labour leader...
Smart Ready defends brand name in EU trademark dispute
Giovanni Laporta, inventor of Smart Ready technology, has successfully contested an application by Assa Abloy to the European Union Intellectual Property Office for registration of ‘Smart Living Ready’ as a trademark.
Announcing the result, he...
Energy-Efficient Window Design
The development of a new frame innovation is set to transform the thermal performance of sash windows and make waves in the self-build market claim its makers.
The ThermoVFlex system, developed in partnership by REHAU...
Charities join forces for industry wellbeing in face of growing suicide fears
Three major groups have come together to lead a new project to improve wellbeing and welfare in the industry in the face of a grim new static showing its suicide rates are approaching four...
Hope for in-home selling with new govt clarification
Trade bodies have this week received further clarification from the government confirming that in-home selling is permitted in England within limits.
The GGF has issued revised guidance for Home Improvement companies and sub-contractors operating in England during the...
Rayner set to spell out Planning Policy changes
Deputy PM Angela Rayner was today due to reveal details of some of the sweeping changes to planning regulations, including the threat to increase housebuilding targets by as much as 100,000 home a year...
