We've crunched the figures to provide a complete breakdown of the products which saw the largest growth in 2024. Operating across three divisions, including two focusing on trade – Cornwall Glass Manufacturing and glass merchanting businesses, Mackenzie and Forward Glass – plus Cornwall Glass & Glazing, our installations, trade, and retail supply business, we have [...]
Cornwall Group’s Chairman, Mark Mitchell, explains why ‘profit’ is not a dirty word. Cornwall Group is a family-run business, which means we aren’t driven by accountants aiming to maximize profit over a short period. Instead, we reinvest profits back into our four multi-site businesses – Cornwall Glass Manufacturing, Cornwall Glass & Glazing, Mackenzies, and [...]
We are very excited to announce that we have rejoined the GGF (Glass & Glazing Federation) after a ten-year hiatus. It is a move that demonstrates both the continued focus on professionalism at our leading group of glass companies, and the vital role the trade association plays in the glass and glazing industry. Cornwall [...]
Cornwall Group has made a one-in-a-generation investment in three new state-of-the-art Glaston Tempering Furnaces, representing more than £3m, with each going to different sites within the Group. Chairman, Mark Mitchell (pictured) talks about the important of investing is critical moving forward Our first furnace will be installed at Forward Glass in Birmingham in the spring [...]
In an open letter, Cornwall Group’s chair, Mark Mitchell, gives five tips on how to prepare your business for when the market picks up. Now that the election is out of the way, I expect market activity to pick up again. Not necessarily because a different party is in power, but because the government [...]
Cornwall Glass & Glazing recently completed a high-profile project in Wadebridge, Cornwall, which involved early design input, when the original structural design team left the project. This involved a close collaboration with our end client and our on-site team. Wadebridge-based Malcolm Barnecutt Bakery approached our Truro branch of Cornwall Glass & Glazing to design, [...]
Cornwall Glass & Glazing has promoted three highly experienced members of our trade branch team into senior positions, reflecting both the effectiveness of our company’s in-house training programme and the strength in depth of our home-grown talent: Ryan Thomas, Steven Ellis and Sam Steele. Ryan Thomas is the new Branch Manager of the Truro branch [...]
Cornwall Group has awarded £16K in grants to charities across Cornwall, as part of our regular initiative to support good causes in our community. Each year, our Cornwall Glass Panel meets to allocate money among charities that have applied for grants via the Cornwall Community Foundation. We select charities from six categories: Wellbeing and [...]
Cornwall Group is on target to invest £2 million in Forward Glass by the end of June, including a new toughening plant, which reflects our group’s determination to be ‘match fit’ for when the economy is expected to pick up by the start of 2025. Cornwall Group acquired Birmingham-based Forward Glass in December 2023, [...]
Cornwall Group is on target to invest £5 million in plant, machinery and IT over the next 18 months, which will help us to improve efficiency, train colleagues, and maintain the high levels of quality our company is known for. This figure is in addition to our acquisition of Birmingham-based Forward Glass which we [...]
