Three firms have spoken of how their sales have taken off since becoming Atlas roof installers and what it means to be winners in the Atlas Installation of the Month competition. QKS Ltd, Glasshouse Ltd and Ewenny Home Improvements are the latest round of winners in the popular Installation of the M...

REAL Aluminium is set to see in the New Year on a high with the announcement that its year to date sales have grown by nearly 45%. The three-year peak follows an intense period of investment at REAL Aluminium, which included a £250,000 development programme to create an additional 23,000ft2 aluminiu...

SupaLite, the manufacturers behind the highly-acclaimed SupaLite tiled roof system has welcomed customers from across the country to Preston for their annual fabricator conference. Hosted by SupaLite’s new MD, Steve Hacking, the conference recapped on what has been a highly-successful year for both...

At the same time as launching the new handmade Jo Downs Glass Collection, Solidor are also adding a new and exclusive Art Deco glass range that’s been inspired by the architectural influences of the early 20th Century. This new glass range will provide trade partners with a genuine point of differen...

The Residence Collection are experiencing an increase in trade enquiries, thanks in no small part to the integrated nature of the profiles and glazing beads, along with product availability in single lengths. It’s also a system that’s supported by one of the strongest marketing programmes in the sec...

Colin Jackson CBE has opened the newly refurbished showroom for Cardiff-based Heath Windows, which includes an expanded display of Solidor composite doors. But Colin Jackson is no stranger to Heath Windows having had a Solidor in each of his last two houses and has also persuaded his sister to join...

The Residence Collection is not just a series of unique, stylish and high performance windows with true consumer appeal, but there is also a wide range of residential door options now available across the range, thanks to a dedicated door sash. For each of the R2, R7 and R9 systems, there are single...

The new Ultion website from Brisant Secure offers a beautiful engaging experience and has been launched with a unique product presentation page for customers with Ultion On Your Site. Ultion On Your Site can be integrated on to any website from a selection of banner links. All that is required is a...

Flair Windows has laid the foundations for continued success in 2019 with the announcement of their newly extended factory. Flair Windows recently extended their current factory to 50,000 Sq Ft. The reason for this was to fund the growth within their growing UPVC and Aluminium product range! The ext...

Following the announcement of Safeglaze going into administration, Kevin Buckley, Group Chief Executive of the Glass and Glazing Federation, has issued a statement to clarify that Safeglaze was not in any way connected to the GGF and/or its group of commercial companies and to underline the importan...

Virtuoso Doors has laid the foundations for a strong 2019 with the announcement that it is on target to achieve year on year growth of over 50%, making 2018 the best year ever in the firm’s 37-year history. Virtuoso Doors’ record streak has seen production rates accelerate during the last 12 months...

Following upon winning Timber Alternative Company in 2017, the team at Masterframe Windows are delighted to have won two top National Fenestration awards in 2018. The first award was top spot along with Listers in the most prestigious of the NFA awards, Fabricator/Manufacturer 2018. According to the...

More installers than ever discovered the unmatched qualities of the revolutionary Atlas lantern in 2018 and 2019 looks to be just as promising with Atlas making final preparations to launch a new generation glazed roof lantern in the new year. Atlas set the benchmark in glazed roofing when it design...

Fascia Solutions has appointed Purplex as its marketing agency as the company looks to build its brand and grow as a business. The renowned suppliers of high quality, low maintenance fascia products, cladding and rainwater systems are looking to expand and when they were told of Purplex’s experience...

Epwin Window Systems, home of the market-leading Profile 22, Spectus and Swish brands, has just announced it will have a major presence at FIT 2019. Gerald Allen, Marketing Manager at Epwin, said: “We are delighted to announce our presence at FIT 2019. The show is the biggest event in the window ind...

VBH’s Q-secure security guarantee continues to grow strongly with five new fabricators signing up. Tradesmith, Windoworld Leicester, Climatec, Frameline and Nordic Aluminium are among the latest to sign up to VBH’s unique multi-brand guarantee. Free to join, Q-secure is the most comprehensive securi...

Outdoor living pioneers the Milwood Group are celebrating a very successful debut appearance at the British Blind and Shutter Show 2018. The Kent-based specialists wowed visitors at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry with their newly expanded Alfresco range of premium verandas. The show generated an impres...

A new and detailed Planning and Conservation Guide has been published by The Residence Collection for trade partners, installers, architects, planners and homeowners, covering all aspects of timber casement alternative window design and specification. The new 12-page guide is available as a download...

In an age of noise, homeowners are seeking to create homes that allow us to retreat from this into a calm, quiet and healthy space. Noise has become so common in everyday life that it is almost accepted but exposure to noise does not only have the ability to cause irritation and stress but studies h...

New Staffordshire trade centre, 21st Century Affordable, have just opened up a new showroom that boasts five different Solidor composite doors, in an environment that’s aimed at both the trade and local homeowner. As part of Affordable Windows, 21st Century can also supply Solidor composite doors el...

Following increasing demand for the dataset, the team at Insight Data have strengthened one of their most popular databases. Their nationwide database of architects has now surpassed a remarkable 20,000 email addresses. Providing real-time information on architect firms and solo practitioners across...

The Bifold Network, UK manufacturer of aluminium bifold doors, composite doors and windows, has been strengthened with class-leading software and machinery products from elumatec. “When you’ve spent twenty painstaking years building a reputation for quality and excellence, you become very choosy abo...

When top installer Premier Windows needed a brand-new website to make them stand out as the high-quality choice when it comes to windows, doors and glazed extensions, they knew who to turn to – Purplex. The leading full-service marketing agency in the construction industry have a reputation for buil...

South Yorkshire based company Distinction Doors showed they truly understand the benefits that a healthy workplace brings when they were announced as finalists in Barnsley Council’s Healthy Workplace Awards on 19th September. In this inaugural year for the awards, the category of Best Health and Wel...

Building Our Skills – Making Fenestration a Career of Choice, the campaign behind creating a wider awareness of the Fenestration industry to attract youngsters and newcomers to it, has appointed John Ogilvie as its first ambassador. Well-known for heading up VEKA’s longstanding installer scheme – Ne...

An action-packed period for warm-edge pioneers Edgetech has now been topped off with a prestigious award nomination. The Coventry business has been announced as a G Award finalist in the best component supplier category. Leading warm-edge experts for over three decades, Edgetech have followed up a m...

Somerset based trade window and door supplier, Trade Frames, have announced that they have started fabricating the Advance 70 Window and Door System and become part of the Selecta ‘family’. Managing Director, Keith Matthews, and General Manager, Paul French, explain the reasons behind the move, futu...

Purplex has impressed the judges at the Construction Marketing Awards once again to be nominated for Agency of the Year – and it’s easy to see why. The full-service marketing agency in the construction industry has won a huge number of new clients to add to its portfolio of SME’s and Blue-Chip corpo...

Warm-edge experts Edgetech are gearing up for future innovation with the opening of a new research laboratory. Situated at the company’s Coventry headquarters, it’s been built to enable Edgetech to develop new products, assist customers in meeting accreditation and compliance requirements, and gener...

Sash window specialists Roseview are celebrating the return of a well-known member of senior staff. For a decade, Mike Bygrave served as the respected firm’s Marketing Manager, helping firmly establish its Rose Collection as the UK’s leading range of timber-alternative sash windows. In 2017, Mike de...

Prefix Systems have just published a new 28-page Extended Living consumer brochure, which is designed to communicate all the benefits of different additional living space options and other outdoor living solutions in a single guide, that’s also a perfect point of reference for the trade. New enterin...

Associated Windows have just been awarded Solidor’s Showroom of the Month for their display of eight Solidor and four Residor composite doors, at their recently refurbished showroom in North Bristol. The company have recently made the move to solely focus on Residor and Solidor composite doors, as R...

West Port, one of Britain’s best timber fabricators, has become the latest big-name brand to sign up to Bluesky’s Fire Door certification scheme. Bluesky offer a comprehensive certification service which independently verifies that West-Port windows and doors are manufactured in line with the desire...

A growing number of homeowners are asking for the Atlas lantern by name and now three installers have proved that no other lantern can match it for looks and style. Vision Conservatories, Sherborne Windows and Village Conservatories have completed three extraordinary Atlas installations which not on...

As one of the first companies in the UK to take stock of Sweet, Fab Frames have now started to offer this revolutionary range of door furniture on their composite doors to their South West customer base. Fab Frames have manufactured their own composite doors using a Solidor slab and KÖMMERLING PVCu...

Two types of curtain walling by Kawneer feature at Imperial College London. Modular or off-site curtain walling by leading UK manufacturer Kawneer has played a key role in a building which forms the centrepiece of Imperial College London’s new White City campus. The bespoke, twin-skin and triple-gla...

REAL Aluminium has named Premier Roof Systems as the lucky winner of its ‘Take the Leap’ prize draw. The North East based supplier and installer was picked at random from hundreds of entrants to win £3,000 worth of REAL Aluminium products. The win will enable Premier Roof Systems to expand its showr...

Barclays, in partnership with Housing England and the Ministry of Housing, have announced they will be providing £1bn of funding to help stimulate the building of new homes across England. The funding, which will come in the form of ‘competitively-priced’ loans between £5m and £100m, is specifically...

Well-respected Northamptonshire installers T&K Home Improvements have become the latest high-profile installation firm to offer the revolutionary tiled roof systems from Preston-based manufacturers SupaLite. The move comes as T&K looks to strengthen its offering and affirm its position as the region...

Kingfisher Windows have become one of the first installation companies in the UK to offer the revolutionary Sweet door furniture range as standard, thanks to its innovative design, unrivalled longevity and unique consumer warranty. Sweet is redefining the door furniture market having achieved over 8...

Windows by leading UK architectural glazing systems supplier Kawneer have helped meet a host of complex criteria for the UK’s first dedicated healthcare facility for adults with autism. The Mitford unit at Northgate Hospital in Morpeth, Northumberland, where fenestration was led by architectural gla...

Designed to recognise outstanding design and installation skills as well as inspire installers around the country, the Atlas Installation of the Year Awards is always hotly-anticipated. And, according to Gareth Thomas, sales director at Atlas Glazed Roof Solutions, the standard this time round has b...

Teal Products, one of the UK’s foremost suppliers of window controls, openers and actuators, had a sneak peek at some new products for next year after a successful trip to Denmark courtesy of the company’s major supplier WindowMaster. The Gloucestershire-based firm were invited to a Global Partner M...

Residor, the mid-market GRP door from Solidor Group, now benefits from a new and free marketing and showroom support programme, which is designed to help installers generate and close more sales. This mid-market GRP door has seen sales rise significantly over the last 18 months and this new and free...

Improveasy, the glazing industry’s leading finance specialists have strengthened their range of accessible consumer finance solutions for installers with the launch of their new, game-changing ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ finance option. Open to installers of all sizes, ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ enables installers...

The two key organisations behind Building Our Skills – Making Fenestration a Career of Choice, the newly launched awareness campaign to attract youngsters and newcomers to join the Fenestration industry, have appointed Stephanie Tague to head up the project. Industry awarding body, GQA Qualification...

A respected Manchester installer is thriving thanks to West Port’s world-class window and doors. Offering a huge range of quality home improvement products, and operating across the Manchester, Altrincham and Didsbury areas, Bayfield Bespoke is one of the region’s leading window replacement speciali...

A Cornish business is set to treble its projected sales of aluminium since taking the leap to REAL Aluminium. Leading installer and trade supplier Horizon Home Improvements spotted the potential to add aluminium to its portfolio and began working with REAL Aluminium at the beginning of 2018. The fir...

Two of Britain’s leading timber fenestration businesses are joining forces to bring a new high-performance fire door-set to market. A new distribution deal will see East Yorkshire’s Kingston Joinery and Cumbria’s West Port Windows offer a complete turnkey package to some of the UK’s biggest commerci...

Window Widgets have made a double sales appointment with the introduction of Adrian Clare as internal sales executive and Tom Edwards as national sales manager, for the company that’s the largest supplier of bay, coupling and window ancillaries in the UK and Ireland. With a history dating back to 19...

R7, part of The Residence Collection, is proving increasingly popular in Chalk White and in premium foiled finishes as the ultimate 75mm high performance flush inside and out window, for both contemporary and heritage installations. While much of the industry talk is of foiled finishes, something th...

There’s a new addition to Roseview’s increasingly crowded trophy cabinet. The sash window specialists were named Buckinghamshire’s best uPVC supplier at the BUILD 2018 Construction and Engineering Awards. BUILD is the world’s only globally-focused free-to-subscribe construction magazine. Each year i...

New hub building in Europe’s first science park features Kawneer’s aluminium systems. Architectural aluminium glazing systems by leading UK manufacturer Kawneer have helped a new hub building set a benchmark for the design of future developments in Europe’s first science park. Kawneer’s AA®100 SSG (...

A building seen as a tool in Oxford University’s search for new medical discoveries is achieving the vented air requirements to maintain a healthy environment thanks to openers provided by Teal Products. Teal, one of the UK’s foremost suppliers of window controls, openers and actuators, had their Hi...

Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy last year, fire safety is very much at the forefront of the minds of all organisations involved in the construction industry, with an increasing spotlight on fire-rated products. With smoke inhalation being the most common cause of death from fire-related disaste...

If there are two products that have really taken off with homeowners in recent years, it’s aluminium frames and composite doors. Both have quickly become the UK’s favourite choices and now installers can take even greater advantage of their popularity with one of the leading names in aluminium produ...

The Atlas Flat Rooflight – renowned throughout the industry for its competitive pricing and exceptional sales conversion rates – is now an even better proposition for installers, thanks to recent developments. Available now, the enhanced flat rooflight features new click-on corner sections that do a...

REHAU, one of the UK’s leading and most respected PVC-u systems houses has re-signed with industry data specialists Insight Data, extending their successful partnership for a second year. With the aim of promoting their range of polymer solutions to fabricators, installers and architects nationwide,...

Residence 9 windows, part of The Residence Collection, have been specified on a listed building refurbishment project at Scarborough College in North Yorkshire, having been approved by planners at Scarborough Local Council and these will be installed over the course of several phases. Scarborough Co...

Outdoor Living specialists the Milwood Group had a record sales month in May thanks to their trade partners. Doubling their sales every year for the last three years, Milwood Group is really starting to have an impact on the outdoor living market, and it’s months like May which are driving the compa...

Teal Products, the renowned specialist distributor has announced they will be exhibiting at The FIT Show 2019, aiming to highlight to visitors the benefits of the growing window control market. The Gloucestershire-based firm will be heading to the NEC in Birmingham with their full range of openers,...

Within the window and door profile industry there seems to be a decline in service and support, but not in the case of Selecta, whom have, and continue to invest in these key areas. With 99.8% of deliveries on time and in full, Peter Lawrence, Warehouse and Logistics Manager, explains more on the ke...

The Residence Collection has a fully branded showroom that’s not only there to support their growing network of trade partners, but is in fact a fully operational consumer environment which is used to support local installation companies in the Gloucestershire and the surrounding areas, 7 days a wee...

An enhanced, mobile friendly Web site for Carl F direct offers rapid product search functionality and customer access to detailed account information. The on-line shop, which is part of the Carl F Groupco organisation, features over 1,500 professional on-site tools and accessories for the glazing se...

Manufacturer introduces the AA®190 TB door to its portfolio. An entrance door with class-leading thermal performance that is so robust it is offered with a lifetime guarantee has been launched by Kawneer, the leading UK manufacturer of architectural glazing systems. Kawneer’s AA®190 TB door features...

An incredible support package and a brand new showroom has helped a REAL Aluminium installer to eclipse all targets and achieve an astonishing sales conversion rate of 90% in REAL Aluminium windows, doors and roofing products. Since opening the doors of its new showroom in April, which is exclusivel...

A stunning single storey extension installed by Steve Gill Joinery has recently been completed, showcasing the WARMroof hybrid roof and aluminium glazing elements supplied by Prefix Systems. The initial brief from the home owner was to replace a staircase but, this led into them asking Steve Gill to...

Grabex Windows featured the FUHR 881 fully motorised multipoint door lock, supplied by Carl F Groupco, on its stand at the 2018 Grand Designs Live London event. Considerable interest was shown in the innovative lock that was displayed with Carl F Groupco’s SmartSecure fingerprint and remote key fob...

(Lance Gillett, Customade Group; Alan Stanway, Director; Damon Smith, Director; John Adams, Customer Service Director Customade Group) Customade Group has announced that it has completed the sale of Bifold Shop – an established supplier and installer of specialist aluminium doors to the domestic mar...

Prefix Systems have just published a new 52-page brochure dedicated to aluminium glazing. The brochure includes various types of windows, patio and bi-folding doors, along with roofs for full kit aluminium extensions such as the URBANroom and of course the beautiful OPUS hybrid range of glazing. Des...

Julie Warner, Carl F Groupco's Product Manager for the PN by Roto range. Carl F Groupco has been selected as a hardware supplier for Liniar’s new range of reversible windows, available exclusively to fabricators from summer 2018. The established PN by Roto Uni Hinge and Roto TSL Espagnolette fitting...

(Carlia Corras, Carl F Groupco’s Sales Office Manager confirms sales growth for SmartSecure, the company’s electronic and access control brand) Hardware distributor Carl F Groupco endorses the findings of the ‘Door and Window Fittings Market Report - UK 2018-2022’ produced by AMA Research Ltd. The e...

Jason Scrivens, KÖMMERLING’s new area manager for the South, will be running this year’s London Marathon on 22nd April for the British Heart Foundation and in memory of Stefan Seidel, managing director of profine UK who very sadly passed away on Monday 26th March, 2018. No stranger to a 26.2 mile ev...

The incredible looks and crafted precision of Virtuoso Doors’ range of composite doors has lured an established installer away from his original composite door supplier. Cambridgeshire-based N&C Glass made the move to Virtuoso Doors after seeing the firm’s collection of premium quality, high perform...

Brian Devlin and Pete Garner, warehouse operatives at Carl F Groupco, have celebrated 20 years working for the hardware distributor. Both men play key roles in the supply side of the organisation supporting the company’s high On Time In Full (OTIF) delivery principles. The main enhancements experien...

Demand for REAL Aluminium has increased at a remarkable rate with the number of new installers taking the leap to REAL growing by nearly 80%. Now one installer is urging fellow installation firms not to be daunted by aluminium after seeing his own business grow at record pace since leaping to REAL A...

Demand for the Atlas roof lantern continues to soar with sales of the industry’s finest looking glazed roof lantern rising month on month. And now Atlas is helping even more installers to clinch an Atlas lantern sale with a special offer on its stock lantern range. Gareth Thomas, sales director at A...

Housing and Planning Minister, Dominic Raab has announced a £45 million cash injection into key community projects across the country, helping to facilitate the building of thousands of new homes. The funding – allocated by the central government to help boost Britain’s housebuilding industry, will...

With an impressive array of brochures, flyers, samples and point of sale materials, Prefix Systems have now put together a 20-page brochure to highlight the expansive range of marketing materials available for their nationwide network of trade partners. Now serving the entire UK through four regiona...

Atlas promises to make 2018 the best year yet for its elite network of installers as it reports that a staggering 90% of quotes received for the Atlas Flat Rooflight convert to sales. Production of the Atlas Flat Rooflight has reached an all-time high as installers are discovering the powerful selli...

Roseview’s world-class Ultimate Rose has helped celebrated installer Truro Windows give a stylish Cornish property an outstandingly authentic facelift. A customer approached Truro with a tricky proposition. An ageing and draughty timber sash window in a quirky Kenwyn cul-de-sac that needed replacing...

A shrewd installer has more than doubled the rate of aluminium installations it completes after leaping ahead with REAL Aluminium. The Conservatory and Window Company has taken advantage of REAL Aluminium’s comprehensive aluminium package and upped turnover by at least 20% in less than two years. Al...

Bluemanor Windows are celebrating their 10th anniversary in business with key partner, Prefix Systems and over this period have become one of the most successful and highly regarded installation companies in Essex. The company was originally founded in 2008 by Steve Clark, who brought with him over...

A sensational sash window job by long-serving Window-Rite has been named Roseview’s #sashshots Installation of the Year. All throughout 2017, Roseview customers have been submitting snaps of their gorgeous Rose Collection installations as part of the firm’s #sashshots Twitter competition. Each month...

Virtuoso Doors is set to take door manufacturing to a new level in 2018 and awaken the homeowner to the unique beauty of an individually designed and crafted Virtuoso door. Following a recent investment in additional cutting edge machinery and a radical re-launch to underline the crafted precision t...

Buckinghamshire-based sash window specialists Roseview have strengthened their customer-facing team with new appointments and promotions. Emma Gibbins joins the team as a Sales Administrator – a vital frontline role that streamlines the relationship between the fabricator and its clients. “It’s my j...

Customade Group (Customade) is delighted to announce the appointment of David Leng as Group Chief Executive. David’s appointment is effective as of 1 February, succeeding John Lightowlers who continues with the firm in a non-executive capacity. David is highly experienced within the windows and door...

In little more than 18 months, REAL Aluminium has become not only one of the industry’s fastest-growing brands but also one of the UK’s biggest manufacturers of Smart Systems’ aluminium products - in fact, sales of its windows, doors and lantern roofs have grown by more than 300%. Now, this phenomen...

The three latest Atlas Installation of the Month competition winners showed off enviable design talent in a contest where the standard of entries keeps getting better and better. The winners – QKS Home Improvements, Thames Valley Windows and John Knight Glass – are now in with a chance of being name...

Prefix Systems have just made a significant investment in a new state of the art colouring facility, which includes a mix on demand paint system, at their head office in Blackburn and it will form part of their sales strategy for 2018 and beyond. While much of the window and door industry have been...

The industry’s leading provider of market intelligence, Insight Data is celebrating record downloads of its latest industry report. Since its release in October, the firm has seen thousands flock to their website to get their hands on the 2017 Insight Report, which provides a complete overview of th...

One of the UK’s foremost manufacturers of slimline heritage sealed units, Slenderline Glass has seen a fantastic performance from their email marketing strategy – designed and implemented by Insight Data. Slenderline Glass; which is part of the Kent-based E.J. Cocker Group, specialises in advanced s...

After a successful 2017, the high-profile accolades continue for universal window and door restrictor specialists Jackloc®. The Leicestershire-firm well-known for safeguarding lives across the world has been named a finalist in the coveted Tomorrow’s Health & Safety Awards 2018. Jackloc’s pioneering...

John King returns to Carl F Groupco as National Sales Manager. With over thirty years’ experience gained across a wide range of door and window industry management, technical, sales and hands-on roles, John returns to the hardware distribution company to head up its nationwide team of Regional Sales...

CORGI Fenestration is excited to announce that Northern Express Glass Ltd (NEG) has become registered following a detailed audit process. It is the first IGU maker to have done so. NEG has won recognition for its commitment to trust, reliability, expertise and quality by attaining CORGI Fenestration...

CORGI Services undertook a consumer awareness survey* in 2016 that revealed that the CORGI name was recognised by 74% of consumers in England, Scotland and Wales. The next three bodies behind CORGI recognised by consumers in the same survey were: BSI (British Standards Institution) – 64%; FTA (Fair...

The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) was cautiously optimistic in response to housebuilding announcements made at the 2017 Budget. Despite the Government’s focus on housebuilding, the GGF believes more action is needed to ensure the UK meets the target of building 300,000 homes per year. The GGF w...

The GGF Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Billy Quinn as Managing Director of its commercial subsidiary companies – FENSA, GGFi, BFRC, RISA and Borough IT. Billy Quinn is a highly accomplished Business Leader, Commercial Director and Non-Executive Director who brings a wealth of experi...

Roof Maker, one of the UK’s leading rooflight manufacturer, is celebrating ten years of partnership with world-renowned warm edge experts Edgetech. Roof Maker’s extensive product offering boasts exceptional thermal performance, robustness, user-friendliness and style, consisting of bespoke roof ligh...

Following the recent purchase of the DecraLed range of stock and assets, leading UK insulated glass (IG) component manufacturer and supplier to the window industry, Thermoseal Group, has re-launched the www.decraled.co.uk website with a simple interim site to showcase its core decorative product ran...

Kind hearted staff at Carl F Groupco have chosen Homes 4 Dogs as its new nominated charity. Over the course of the year, money is being raised for the organisation which for over 30 years has rehomed thousands of dogs and puppies. The company previously supported Little Miracles, a charity that assi...

Atlas Glazed Roof Solutions is helping to tackle the industry’s shortage of skilled labour and inspire young talent into a career in fenestration. Under its commitment to support industry progression, the company has donated two full-sized glazed roof lanterns, which will be used to provide apprenti...