Yes ladies and gents I am telling you to sell sexy! What I don't mean is to start turning up at people's houses in bikinis and board shorts, especially not in this weather! No, I am telling you to give your products a great big sexual overhaul in terms of hardware and presentation. I went [...]
Ask most people in the industry and they will tell you that if there was a lull in the industry, it is usually in February. No single reason why, as it's a mixture. February is quite obviously the shortest month, which makes targets a little harder to achieve. The energy from the start of the [...]
It's great that the industry is getting back into the full swing of things. It has been nice to see some much genuine good news being spread about the place. But whilst we start to count the massing pennies, we also need to bear in mind how the extra revenue is going impact our businesses, [...]
Is it me, or is this string of good news about the economy sounding a little too good to be true? For years we have had pessimism and hype about economic blood bath. But these past few months have seen confidence rise and consumer spending rise with it. It quite refreshing I must say. Tuesday [...]
The following article can be found on the Fenestration News website: http://www.fenestration-news.com/news/newsItem.aspx?id=12110 Leading building products distributor Magden is welcoming a new managing director to the helm as it sets course for a new period of growth. The north of England company has grown from a one-branch Manchester operation to having four distribution centres supplying customers [...]
I think our industry has made great strides over the last few years to improve our image in front of the public. No longer are we the scum bags of the earth that need putting down. MP's and bankers have made that task a bit easier for us! But I'm not one for letting the [...]
Check it out guys, we're not doing too bad after all! The latest FENSA figures are out and our industry has recorded a second consecutive quarter of growth. If we were a whole economy we would have technically come out of a recession. So, to the figures: July: +9.9% August: +5.5% September: +13.2% Altogether, this [...]
I said I would keep you updated on the situation of purchasing my first home, and this is what this post is all about. A few of you may have seen on Twitter that I have been making some very good progress in the last few weeks. Just to get you all up to speed, [...]
It seems hard to believe but we are already at the end of another month. Today is Halloween so forgive me for slipping in a few scarily thought out puns throughout this post! It's frightening to think how quickly time seems to have gone so far this year. It only seems like last month we [...]
Did any of you see Grand Designs on Wednesday this week? If you were, you might have noticed the princely sum paid by the home owners for some triple glazed units. That's right, £60,000. This £60k bought them less than half a dozen triple glazed units. Yes they were quite big, in fact for a [...]
Roughly five years ago, before the world of business truly embraced the social media revolution, you really didn't see all that often the luxury window installations we do now. Today however, not a day goes buy on Twitter without the very best in our industry showing off some of the funkiest doors or the grandest [...]
With the economy turning a corner in the right direction now, there does actually seem to be a half decent momentum growing. After years of the world's economic bodies continuously revising down the UK's economic forecasts, the world's economic bodies are now actually revising UP the UK's economic predictions, even more so that the Government's [...]
Sorry to upset all you scrooges out there, but there really is just 106 days until Christmas! This year really has flown by and it's crazy to think that the schools have already gone back and the heating is going back on in people's homes. But here we are in September and window companies are [...]
We're at the start of September and it's as if someone has put the plug back into Britain again! Schools have gone back, Parliament is back in session (properly this times), newspapers seem to be getting less daft, construction is up again and GDP was revised up to 0.7% growth for last quarter. I think [...]
We have great news ladies and gents! If you haven't already seen a few of my discussions and tweets on Twitter, we recently had an offer accepted on a house we want. Last week this happened. It took a few backwards and forwards offers, but at the fourth offer, they finally accepted and we are [...]
We have had some pretty good news over the last few days out of the housing market, with many bodies saying that the housing market is showing signs of life again. Prices are on the up, mortgage approvals are up, which means money is starting to flow back into the system. This is great news [...]
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