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CAB Reviews the Year Ahead

With construction output expected to decrease by 2.1% in 2024, according the latest report from the Construction Products Association, how will aluminium fenestration fare in the year ahead? It is fair to say that 2024 will be a challenge for some, but for many it will be business as usual and the companies who remain […]

Optimism Despite Slowing Construction

The recent Construction Products Association 2024 Winter forecast anticipates a further fall in construction output of 2.1% during the year ahead with a modest recovery of just 2% in 2025. Despite this forecast 40% of CAB members on net balance anticipate an increase in sales for the year ahead. Unsurprisingly, output slowed across the construction […]

CAB Member Support in 2024

Through CAB’s quarterly State of Trade Survey the Association asks principal contacts at each member company to submit their views on the UK aluminium trade, on a completely confidential basis. The feedback and data are then considered and verified by the Construction Products Association on CAB’s behalf. The Survey remains the only recognised confidence survey for […]

New Technical Manager for CAB

In today’s rapidly changing market place where aluminium fenestration is taking the lead in residential new build and home improvement projects, members of the Association need to be kept informed of pending legislative changes that effect their businesses. CAB are pleased to announce that Patrick Lewis joins the team to work alongside Justin Furness to […]

Reuse or Recycle?

Aluminium has been well known for its ease of recycling ever since its first commercialisation in 1880, but do we always need to recycle by melting and reforming? Some architects are now looking forward and looking at ways that materials can be removed from a building refurbished if necessary and reinstalled into the same building […]