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 Glass Manufacturing returned 1,437 tonnes of glass to Saint-Gobain Glass as part of its ‘Glass Forever’ scheme in 2023, which reflects the size and efficiency of its operations. The recycled cullet dramatically reduced the raw materials used in the production of float glass, significantly reducing carbon emissions in the process. “In a [...]
Don’t wait for someone else to train the next generation, says Cornwall Group chair Mark Mitchell. The skills crisis in the construction industry is very real, and is having a negative impact on the recovery we expect in 2025. The government often talks about ‘productivity’ as a key indicator of the health of [...]
Cornwall Group chair Mark Mitchell argues that poor consumer confidence shouldn’t result in poor business activity. The news that consumer confidence dipped in September will take the wind out of some people’s sails. Analysts believe the government’s pessimistic view of the nation’s finances in the lead up to the Budget in October has [...]
Cornwall Glass Manufacturing’s golf day, held at the stunning Ashbury Hotel Golf Resort near Okehampton in Devon, has been hailed a success, with customers choosing to extend their break with families into the weekend. Fifty-six golfers enjoyed wall-to-wall sunshine as they navigated one of four beautiful courses – Pines, Beeches, Oakwood and Kigbeare – [...]
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, [...]
