ICO issues £270,000 fines for three cold-calling firms
Three separate Midlands glazing companies have been fined a total of £270,000 after ICO investigators found they had made altogether more than 640,000 unsolicited phone calls to TPS registered homes.
Posh Windows UK Ltd of...
Mental health still a major problem two years on – DGCOS
A new picture of the mental health of the industry is emerging from the latest survey by the Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme, with stress, anxiety and depression still worryingly and only depression...
Supply problems ‘set to get worse through 2021’
There was little comfort for companies already suffering supply problems and long lead times this week after a forecast from industry leaders that things are very likely to get worse before they improve.
Amid reports...
Fensa Scotland launched
Fensa has unveiled the Fensa Scotland certification scheme, tailored specifically to the country’s own building standards, with the first certificates expected to be issued to homeowners next month.
The launch comes after Scots installers emerged...
Rooms & Views buys Evoframes out of administration
Livingston-based Evoframes has been acquired in a pre-pack sale by Welsh fabricator Rooms & Views after being placed into administration last month.
Ken Pattullo, managing partner at Begbies Traynor in Scotland, said: “Unfortunately, like many...
‘As you were’ as Thermoseal sold to Fenzi
Thermoseal Group has been sold to Italian glass processing chemical company Fenzi
The move will see 100% of the shareholding acquired for an undisclosed sum, including facilities in Birmingham and Wigan, with current owner Gwain...
ELECTRIC HGVs ADDED TO LOGISTICS FLEET
Trade retailer Screwfix has announced the addition of it’s first state-of-the-art electric heavy goods vehicles to its logistics operations. This milestone is part of the company’s continued commitment to reducing carbon emissions as it...
76% of products manufactured in-house in 2024
Over three-quarters of all products sold by specialist IG component maker and distributor, Thermoseal Group, were manufactured in-house at its UK sites, in 2024.
Investment in the automation of Thermobar production has seen the Group’s...
Homeowners must prepare for price rises as workloads and material shortages bite – FMB
Enquiries to local building firms increased at the fastest rate for a decade in the last three months with retrofit and repair outstripping other sectors, according to the latest State of the Trade report...
Smart Ready’s Gio pulls from FIT blaming Covid and supply chain fears – organisers...
Giovanni Laporta, MD of the Smart Ready and SAC Hardware brands, has today announced that he is withdrawing both operations from the FIT Show, citing Covid uncertainty as well as global supply issues as...
