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Are Your Leads Costing Too Much?

Are Your Leads Costing Too Much?

Rated People, the lead site, has collapsed. Trades that paid up front for a year will lose their money. So, what are the...

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Window Sales Leads…Going Cheap But Costing More

Window Sales Leads…Going Cheap But Costing More

Installers need better customers rather than more leads according to Andy Royle of Leads 2 Trade, as he also explained...

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G26 Awards Postponement Confirmed

G26 Awards Postponement Confirmed

The G-Awards presentation and gala dinner night has been postponed until Friday 26 February 2027. The organisers...

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Market Intelligence To Beat Tough Times

Market Intelligence To Beat Tough Times

Andrew Scott: “People are telling us how hard it is to keep track of who is actually buying right now and how hard...

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Minimum Wage Must Not Cause Maximum Harm

Minimum Wage Must Not Cause Maximum Harm

The FMB says the government must ensure that a rise in National Minimum Wages do not make it harder for SMEs to recruit,...

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The Waiting Game – Extensions Extended, Repairs Retarded
The Waiting Game – Extensions Extended, Repairs Retarded

Homeowners planning renovations, extensions or repairs should brace for delays and increased costs, according to new...

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Against All Odds – Take A Look At March Now
Against All Odds – Take A Look At March Now

Data gathered in March paints a picture of a window & doors market that is continuing to stabilise and even...

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Dire Straits – Iran War Could Devastate Construction
Dire Straits – Iran War Could Devastate Construction

A leading mergers and acquisitions expert has issued an urgent warning as war in the Middle East and the blockade of the...

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Construction Mired By Market Maelstrom
Construction Mired By Market Maelstrom

The March 2026 edition of Glenigan’s its Construction Index focuses on the three months to the end of February. It...

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Show Time
Show Time

Kömmerling made successful appearances at two key industry exhibitions in March – the National Homebuilding...

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Spring Statement – The Scandal Of Stabilising Mediocrity
Spring Statement – The Scandal Of Stabilising Mediocrity

Rachel Reeves risks ‘stabilising at mediocrity’ without immediate support for scaleups, says Sam North, the...

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The Reeves Review And What The OBR Said
The Reeves Review And What The OBR Said

The Chancellor’s Spring Forecast 2026 has been roundly criticised for its flimsiness and a lack of content to...

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Mind The Gender Low Pay Gap
Mind The Gender Low Pay Gap

The gender low pay gap has narrowed to its lowest level on record, yet over 2.5 million women still earn below the real...

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Making Tax Derisable
Making Tax Derisable

HMRC has chosen to launch Making Tax Digital to the construction trades via a series of print adverts – a move...

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Whitesales Sells – Keylite Capitalises
Whitesales Sells – Keylite Capitalises

Whitesales has sold its flagship flat glass rooflights, Em.glaze and Ray.lux to Keylite Roof Windows. Keylite has...

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Mould Coz It’s Cold – Cutting Heating Causes Catastrophe
Mould Coz It’s Cold – Cutting Heating Causes Catastrophe

Uswitch has released its 2026 Mouldy Nation Report. It shows mould is no longer just a maintenance issue, it's...

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Godley Gets Crème For Garden Village Project
Godley Gets Crème For Garden Village Project

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council has resolved to grant planning consent for the Godley Green Garden Village and...

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Well Done Windows – No Minimum Wage Cheats This Time
Well Done Windows – No Minimum Wage Cheats This Time

The latest round of naming & shaming minimum wage cheats saw hundreds of big and small employers handed penalties...

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Give To Gain Flame – Torch Of IWD initiative Being Carried To FIT
Give To Gain Flame – Torch Of IWD initiative Being Carried To FIT

The theme of the recent International Women's Day 2026 (March 8) was Give to Gain. Women in Fenestration and the FIT...

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Major Move For Mawford
Major Move For Mawford

The Glass & Glazing Federation has appointed Lauren Mawford as its director. She has been at the GGF for almost four...

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Top 100 – Emplas Joins Northamptonshire Elite
Top 100 – Emplas Joins Northamptonshire Elite

Wellingborough based trade fabricator, Emplas, has been listed as one of Northamptonshire’s leading privately...

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The Grand Builders’ Tea-Lay To Tackle Mental Health
The Grand Builders’ Tea-Lay To Tackle Mental Health

Fix Radio has launched the Grand Builders’ Tea-Lay, the UK’s first ever national builder’s brew relay...

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Fensterbau Frontale – Always A Pleasure, Sometimes A Trial
Fensterbau Frontale – Always A Pleasure, Sometimes A Trial

Fensterbau Frontale 2026 runs from 24-27 March at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre. It is massive. It’s a trial to...

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G-Awards – Winners Announced
G-Awards – Winners Announced

Friday 28 November saw yet another dazzling G-Awards ceremony. Organiser, Tony Higgin, paid tribute to all the...

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Has The Pay Rise Snatcher Also Helped Construction?
Has The Pay Rise Snatcher Also Helped Construction?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a lose if you win, lose if you lose budget on 26 November for most hard workers...

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