Top bodies join for new HI intel source
Three of the industry’s top organisations have joined forces to create a new body aimed at compiling data, trends and other intelligence for the entire home improvement supply chain.
The Home Improvement Partnership has been...
Brisant and BGF agree ‘milestone’ capital investment
Brisant-Secure and growth capital investor BGF have signed a ‘milestone’ investment agreement that it says will secure its long-term growth plans and enable it to develop further innovations and opportunities.
Brisant partners Nick Dutton and...
Eurocell Completes Strategic Acquisition of Alunet Group
Building on its position in the UK home improvement market, Derbyshire based Eurocell has expanded its residential aluminium systems and composite door offering through the major acquisition of Alunet Group and its fast growing...
Two adventurers, one mountain
They came, they climbed, and they conquered! SafeGuard’s Dan Mason and Rob Page have scaled one of the world's most iconic summits, Mount Kilimanjaro, for Kelly’s Heroes, raising £5,550 in vital funds.
Armed with determination,...
Customade trade debt tops £8million – Smart and Veka each owed £1m-plus
Customade Group Trading Ltd had trade debts of over £8million when the group went into administration as part of a pre-pack sale in June, with Smart and Veka each owed more than £1million each...
Govt gives two more years’ grace for CE-UKCA changeover
Businesses have been given a further two-year extension to the make the change from CE to UKCA marking, giving them until December 2024 to relabel products.
Th is means they will be able to use...
ICO enforcers chasing Kairos-linked cold-callers over unpaid £500,000 fine
The Information Commissioners Office has begun formal action to recover a half million pound unpaid fine against the cold-call lead-generator that was later linked to Brian Kennedy’s now defunct Kairos Group.
The ICO confirmed to...
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...
Morley backs Knights on ice again
Morley Glass has signed to extend its ‘pivotal’ sponsorship of the Leeds Knights ice hockey team for at least the next two years.
The company will continue to be “Title Sponsors” of the team, officially...
STOP PRESS: Thursday April 15: David Leng departs Customade
It has been announced that David Leng has left the Customade Group after four years as head of the controversial manufacturer and trade counter group.
Further statements my be expected soon from the company or...
