Mark Mitchell Chairman of the Cornwall Group reflects on its first two-years, including lockdowns, product shortages and multi-million-pound investment plans. Cornwall Group was created in July 2019 from the restructure of Cornwall Glass, creating three distinct divisions, each with its own focus on a key area of glass supply. The strategic aim, announced at [...]
Glass supply in the UK is changing. We find out what is happening and why? We know about the pressure on glass supply, the shortages of laminates, the impact of cold repairs, but the COVID-era has led to another phenomenon - the rise of regional IGU and glass suppliers. “I don’t know if it’s [...]
Cornwall Glass has said it expects to be able to guarantee IGU supply to its established customer base in face of global shortages in the supply of laminates. With one of the UK’s three float glass manufactures already limiting supply of laminated products, Mark Norcliffe, Joint-Managing Director, Cornwall Glass Manufacturing, said that the IGU sector [...]
Climate change and government pledges to reduce carbon emissions is driving a step change in window and door specification but have planners got it right? Estimates suggest that there are 2,000 heat-related deaths in England and Wales each year - something expected to rise to 7,000 by the mid part of this century because [...]
Cornwall Group will create 10 new apprenticeships before the end of this year as part of its continuing commitment to support the up skilling of workers in the glass industry. Our St Austell Apprentice, Kieran We operates across three divisions, Cornwall Glass Manufacturing, Cornwall Glass and Glazing, and its glass merchanting business Mackenzie [...]
Cornwall Glass Manufacturing has unveiled £6m investment plans for our Highbridge site, something which Mark Mitchell, Chairman of the Cornwall Group, argues extends our reach along the M4 corridor. Cornwall Glass, more accurately Cornwall Group since July 2019, has come literally, and metaphorically, a long way since being founded in Truro in 1978. Now operating across [...]
Cornwall Glass Fund – Grant Awards 2020 With more uncertainty around the corner and a winter of discontent, seemingly on the cards The Cornwall Glass Fund panel were privileged to award grant funding, in excess of £20,000, to a variety of groups and organisations across Cornwall. The work of many of these organisations has become [...]
Following the announcement by the Prime Minister on Monday night, we have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily suspend from Wednesday 25th at 5 pm normal business activities until further notice at all of our locations throughout the Southwest. We are working closely and swiftly with all our colleagues, customers and suppliers to carefully cease [...]
Cornwall Glass announces a major restructure, allowing our own businesses to buy from competitors and even dropping ‘glass’ from the name of our newly formed Group. Cornwall Glass, or perhaps more accurately, the newly formed Cornwall Group, announced a major restructure of its businesses at the beginning of this month. With effect from 1st July [...]
In 2018 Cornwall Glass celebrated 40 years in business with 40 grants of £400 to community groups within Cornwall and Isles of Scilly. Supporting this offer we hosted four drop in sessions for advice on how to apply and were delighted to award a total of £19,000 to 46 community projects. We caught up with [...]
