Retailers Break Records Galore
The Conservatory Outlet Network has recorded 24% year-on-year growth through 2024 and well over £100m in sales so far this year. This has led to multiple retailers delivering record-breaking monthly sales, with 13 Network...
Freefoam features technical Geoff in second anniversary vid
Freefoam technical operations manager Geoff Barnett spotlights the expansion of the company’s production facility in the second in a series of videos marking its 30th anniversary.
This new short film tells of how Geoff came to...
Warning issued about External Panic and Emergency Exit Doorsets
Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) and GAI (the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers) have recently been informed by the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) that they are aware of cases where external panic...
Stigma and lack of training prevent ex-criminals finding work – report
Negative stigma and a lack of proper training opportunities are blocking many people with criminal records from getting work in the construction industry, a report by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has revealed.
Perceived...
BOS launches appeal to get students on the road to careers fairs
Building Our Skills has issued an urgent appeal for cash to help students from less well-equipped schools to attend its bespoke careers fairs next month.
The organisation has set up a GoFundMe page to pay...
GGF acquisition hails return of Palmer Reports
Palmer Market Research with its influential Palmer Reports is to make a return after five years’ absence following the acquisition of the brand and other assets by the Glass & Glazing Federation.
The reports ceased...
Sunak appoints Lee Rowley (formerly 13th Housing Minister since 2010) to become 16th Housing...
Rishi Sunak’s latest reshuffle has seen the return of Lee Rowley as Housing Minister, a role he first took – albeit only for 48 days – early in 2022, and one that has seen...
Freight shortages add to cost and supply woes – Markit
Transport and freight shortages are beginning to bite, putting further pressure on already stretched materials supply problems, according to the latest IHS Markit report.
This resulted in input cost inflation accelerating to the second fastest...
DGCOS calls on all industry to back new Fenestration Working Group
The Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme is calling on everyone in glass & glazing to get behind a new, independent Fenestration Working Group to help to promote best practice as well as being...
Alucraft in administration
Alucraft Systems, the £18.6milion sales architectural glazing fabricator and installer, has been placed into administration.
Documents relating to the company say it: “had been unable to trade profitably for several years, in spite of “considerable...
