Palmer Market Research has been researching the glazing markets in Great Britain for over 25 years. Their previous report on the commercial glazing market was published in 2005 and since then the market has grown at a faster rate than predicted, but appears to be somewhat uneven.

According to official government figures construction new orders for education buildings, which is the biggest sector for commercial glazing, barely grew at all in 2006 while the second biggest, commercial offices, shot up by 25%. New orders for PFI projects in health and education rocketed by two thirds but those that were publicly funded fell by more than 10%.

There is now a growing demand for a research report specifically on the aluminium commercial glazing market. Research will focus on the 2007 market, but also forecast five years ahead to 2012.