Further optimism over supply delays amid growing construction activity – Markit
UK construction companies reported a sharp increase in business activity during November, and optimism is continuing to grow that the worst period of supply delays might have passed, according to the latest figures from...
Home plans hit two-year low – is the post-Covid boom over?
Latest planning and contract figures have given a clear signal that the building boom following the lifting of Covid restrictions may be over.
The cost of living crisis as well as global uncertainty are largely...
Third composite door range
Emplas has added the highly popular BRiTDOR Composite Door collection to its door offer – its’ second new composite door launch this year, and the third in its composite range.
Available in a wide range...
Jobs ‘matchmaker’ gathers pace with GGF and Fensa
The GGF and Fensa have been encouraged by the take-up of their online jobs board initiative, with at least 40 applicants looking for career opportunities via the resource.
GGF head of advocacy & stakeholder relations...
CRL owner CRH looking to sell Oldcastle in US?
Speculation is growing over reports that Dublin-based CRH, owner of architectural systems and glazing products supplier C R Laurence (CRL), is planning to sell its $300million sales Oldcastle Building Envelope operation in the US.
Bloomberg...
Scots leaders meet to tackle supply chain issues
The Scottish Construction Leadership Forum is calling on manufacturers to come together to find ways to ease the supply chain crisis.
It is urging business leaders to join in an interactive webinar next week led...
PVC and glass in the firing line as prices continue to soar
The industry is continuing to suffer further pressure from price increases in a week when PVC extruders are facing the prospect of a further 10%-plus hike in the cost of resin immediately after one...
STOP PRESS: UK Window Group assets sold to owner subsidiary
UK Window Group today announced it has sold assets, including the entire Duraflex PVC-U system facility, to a subsidiary of Boxwood Capital, the company that bought the group from the Masco Corporation last year.
The...
Handout for creditors expected after Kairos fabricator Indigo goes to CVL
Indigo Products Ltd, the £18million fabricator for Brian Kennedy’s defunct Kairos brands including Zenith and Weatherseal, has been taken out of administration into a Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation.
The decision was made after administrators unexpectedly discovered...
MGI grows further with Barton acquisition
Modular Group Investments has made a further inroad into fenestration with the purchase of the entire share capital of Barton Windows, a 35-year-old Lincolnshire-based aluminium fabricator.
The move follows its acquisitions earlier this year of...
