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...
Inwido makes another UK inroad with majority acquisition of Dekko
Global window giant Inwido has taken a further major step into the UK market with the acquisition of a 70% share of the £23million-sales PVC-U and aluminium fabricator Dekko Window Systems.
Manchester-based Dekko will continue...
UKWG closing HQ in restructuring plan
UK Window Group, the former Masco Corporation division, is closing its Caerphilly HQ and fabrication plant as part of a long-term restructure.
Staff at the site have been told some of the 200 employees could...
No comment on CRL as owner CRH announces Oldcastle sale
Dublin-based CRH plc has ended speculation over the future of its Oldcastle Building Envelope operation in the US with the announcement of the sale of its Building Envelope business to KPS Capital Partners for...
Eurocell confirms redundancies and redeployments in face of shrinking market
As The Glazine was being prepared for publication, Eurocell plc confirmed widespread rumours of redundancies and job redeployments, thought to relate to its UK-wide network of 200-plus trade counters, as well as the sale...
ICO to seek winding-up order over cold-caller’s unpaid £500,000 fine
The Information Commissioner’s Office is expecting to issue a winding-up petition against cold-call outfit CRDNN Ltd and has now instructing solicitors to progress recovery of a half a million pound unpaid fine.
The fine was...
Six-figure investment in Europe’s most advanced extrusion line from Deceuninck
Deceuninck has committed to a major investment programme, with the addition of a new exelliq Manufacturing 4.0. DIGI.LINE automated digital extrusion line, to its state-of-the art UK facility.
Installed in March and April this year the leading-edge solution gives Deceuninck’s UK...
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...
SafeGuard signs for Peterborough
SafeGuard Glass and Glazing has signed a two-year sponsorship deal and become an Official Club Partner at Peterborough United FC.
Managing director Nick Welsh said of the deal: “We’re a business based in Peterborough and...
Eight-year business ban for director in ‘worst-ever’ cold call case
One of the directors of a cold-calling business that was fined £500,000 for making nearly 200million unwanted phone calls has been banned from running a business for eight years.
Stephen Foote was a director of...
