The Endurance Group has taken steps to ensure a more stable future for its business, its team and its customers.

In line with its commitment to reinvesting profits back into its business, the company – which includes Endurance Doors, Endurance Aluminium and BDC Aluminium – has purchased the 2.2 acre site in Brigg, North Lincolnshire where its main production operations are located.

ScreenLine Wave, the latest addition to the Uni-Blinds integral blinds range from Morley Glass, represents a major innovation in shading and privacy technology because it provides an alternative Venetian or pleated blind styles for the first time.

Developed over a 10-year R&D programme by ScreenLine systems manufacturer Pellini S.p.A., Wave is a motorised shading system equipped with an ultra-thin polyester film encapsulated between...

Jack Aluminium Systems has introduced a new telescopic door option to its ID30 internal glazing system, extending design flexibility for architects and fabricators.

The addition of the telescopic option means ID30 now covers every internal opening style, hinged, pivot, sliding, folding, bi-folding and telescopic, all built from one shared slim aluminium profile set.

In an industry where glossy brochures and showroom displays still feature heavily in the sales and marketing process, Hurst Doors’ pioneering Augmented Reality approach is paying dividends for installers, according to the company.

With fewer homeowners visiting traditional showrooms and more decisions being made online, Hurst  Doors, a UK supplier of PVC-U door panels, composite doors and fire doors, identified a growing need to support retail installers with more advanced and immersive...

Emplas has launched a new £10,000 home security guarantee – which it says is proven to increase average order values by almost 40%.

The unique Emplas Total Home Security Guarantee gives qualifying Emplas customers the facility to offer a £10,000 guarantee to homeowners who sign-up to a full house window and door replacement.

Developed in partnership with Kubu, Avantis, Cotswold,

The latest Insolvency Report from leading UK marketing data firm Insight Data reveals a sharp rise in company closures across construction, glazing and building product sectors in October, reversing the improvement seen the previous month.

Small builders were hit hardest, with 138 firms going out of business – a 60 per cent increase from September’s 86. Main contractors with turnovers above £5 million saw insolvencies double from three to six, while 124 fenestration companies ceased trading,

Ultraframe has launched the NEW Stratus Flat Skylight, a sleek new addition to its market-leading roof systems. Designed to instantly enhance any home extension project by flooding interiors with natural light while offering a rapid, hassle-free installation at a competitive price.

Developed by Ultraframe’s R&D team, the company says its Stratus Flat Skylight delivers the ideal balance of style, performance, practicality and price, making it a go-to choice for installers...

In a world of rising costs and shrinking margins, window and door installers need a supply partner they can rely on. Renowned for its customer-first approach, Universal Trade Frames is putting its money where its mouth is, with a bold new initiative.

From the skills shortage to tightening regulations and increased labour costs, installation companies are arguably under more pressure than ever before. And with consumer expectations on the rise, one false move can severely impact a company’s reputation.

Window and door steel reinforcement specialist, Anglo, is helping fabricators cut their reinforcement costs by up to 30% – guaranteed, says the company.

Anglo has announced a new 12-month price guarantee, pledging to beat fabricators’ current ancillary aluminium and steel reinforcement prices on any like-for-like product.

The guarantee forms part of managing director Paul Sullivan’s...

Eurocell has launched two CPD courses designed to help fenestration and construction professionals stay ahead of evolving building regulations and overcome common compliance conflicts.

The manufacturer, distributor, and recycler of PVC-U building products has released Compliance with Design: Part L vs Part O and Elevating Design: Fenestration Solutions for Regulatory Compliance. The courses offer architects, specifiers, fabricators and builders,

It’s been a busy year of growth and expansion for the industry’s rating provider, the British Federation Ratings Council (BFRC) and things show no sign of slowing as they welcome Daniel Knight as laboratory manager.

Dan joins with extensive experience in testing for the fenestration market as he is about to hit a ten-year anniversary milestone.  He explains: “I started my career as a marine service engineer in the Royal Navy, where I completed an engineering apprenticeship...

The first UK installation of Forterro’s LogiKal MES production tracking system is now live at Chigwell Window Centre.

The trade, retail and commercial fabricator opted to install MES when it was planning its brand new 42000 sq ft production facility in Colchester to maximise efficiency and help achieve a paperless production environment.

Chigwell’s technical manager Joe Perkins said: “We had the...

Fabricator Affordable Windows Group (AWG) is celebrating a successful first year for Decorio, its steel-look aluminium window and door brand.

The range, which was showcased at 2025’s FIT Show, has exceeded revenue expectations since its launch in late 2024. Addressing increasing demand for industrial and art-deco aesthetics, Decorio’s collection spans external windows and doors through to internal screens and partitions.

ISO-Chemie’s thermal insulating and load bearing bracket support system has been specified to provide energy efficiency improvements to an Edwardian property in Oxfordshire.

The move sees Winframer units retrofitted as part of an initiative to bring the poorly insulated solid walled house built in 1909 in Oxford, up to current energy efficiency standards, providing better quality accommodation for the homeowner along with long-term cost savings.

Specialist commercial installer, The Window Company (Contracts), was awarded Ashford Borough Council’s window and door replacement contract for the first time in 2024, and is making such good progress that it has just completed its 250th installation in one of the council’s own independent living schemes.

To mark the milestone, The Window Company (Contracts) presented a special bouquet to Mrs Patricia Charles-Hunt, the resident of the 250th property in Luckley House, Wye, with Denise Libbeter, independent living officer responsible for the scheme, Rueben Brown,

Comp Door and one of its approved installers Norwich Windows & Conservatories, have joined forces to make a meaningful difference in the installer’s local area, further demonstrating the power of supporting communities and giving back within the glazing industry.

Earlier this year, plans commenced across the local community in Norfolk to create ‘Leon Fest’, a fundraising event which was staged at the Sole & Heel pub in Rackheath, Norfolk in May earlier this year.

Cool under pressure and ready to make their mark on the ice, Nix Collective has been announced as an official shirt sponsor for the Sheffield Steelers in the 2025/26 Elite Ice Hockey League season.

For Founder Nikki Dunbar, it’s a full-circle moment filled with pride. “My dad used to point at my Steelers jersey and say, ‘You’ll be on that one day.’ I always laughed it off – but here we are. Dad… we did it!”