economy

Letter From Ed Balls

A couple of months ago I sent an email to our local MP, Ed Balls, to express my concern about the lack of fairness when it comes to energy efficient windows and their inclusion in the Green Deal. As many of you know, many home improvement measures included in the Green Deal are subject to [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:30+01:00July 16th, 2012|Categories: double glazing, double glazing industry, economy, Green Deal|

Construction Our Biggest Threat

It has been well publicised over the last year or so how badly the construction sector of our economy has fared. According the Office For National Statistics (ONS): The total volume of construction output in the first quarter of 2012 fell by 4.8 per cent compared with the fourth quarter of 2011 (constant prices, seasonally [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:31+01:00June 21st, 2012|Categories: double glazing industry, economy, Recession|

Greece, The Euro, 0.0%, QE And -2.3%

Not a snappy title to a blog post is it! But those are some of the major things going on right now that have some effect on our economy in one way or another. The latest chapter in the Eurozone crisis is again centred around Greece. With no stable Government and fresh elections in June [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:33+01:00May 23rd, 2012|Categories: economy, positive|

Keeping The Positive Vibe Going!

We have had a bit of bad news over the last week. First the confirmation that Britain is back in recession (though I would like to add that we won't in recession for long), and then we got news that a big window company in Devon, Launa Windows, has gone into administration. Demonstrating that market [...]

By |2012-04-27T15:39:40+01:00April 27th, 2012|Categories: economy, positive, Recession|

Game Goes Into Administration

Gamers will be very sad to hear the news that yet another High Street chain has gone into administration; Game Group. The group owns both the Game and Gamestation stores and has 1300 stores throughout Europe, with 609 in the UK. Administration means potential job losses for 10,000 staff. The administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers said that the [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:34+01:00March 26th, 2012|Categories: administration, economy, high street, Recession|

VAT Reduction Required

In May, the coalition Government will be two years old. And in those two years they have implemented a deficit reduction plan that has stifled the spending power of the people in this country. It's making people poorer, it's frozen wages, it's reduced profit margins. You can blame Labour for spending too much in previous [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:35+01:00March 13th, 2012|Categories: 5% VAT, double glazing industry, economy, energy rated windows, positive, Recession|

Is It Too Much To Expect A Company To Last Forever?

We live in tough times. The Government is slashing left, right and centre. Fuel costs are at an all time high. Public spending is down. People focusing on debt repayment rather than spending on credit. All this means harsher trading conditions for businesses than we are used to. Is it then, too much to expect [...]

By |2012-03-12T14:26:05+00:00March 12th, 2012|Categories: Double glazing companies, double glazing industry, economy, Recession|

>Green Deal Hopefuls Show Poor Last Quarter Trading

>Argos down 8.8%. Thorntons down 4.2%. Halfords down 4.8%. Mothercare down 3%.Just yet another indication of how bad the retail sector has suffered over the last 12-18 weeks. Some have suffered so bad that they have gone into administration, like Blacks and La Senza. The two most striking figures to come out of today's splurge [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:37+01:00January 12th, 2012|Categories: economy, figures, Green Deal, Homebase, Recession, retail, tesco|

>High Street Takes Another Hit

>It was announced today that for the second time, high street shoe retailers Barratt's is to go into administration, putting nearly 4000 jobs at risk.The first time their owners went into administration they had to reduce the number of stores by 220 from 380. In total the brand has 191 stores throughout the UK on [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:39+01:00December 8th, 2011|Categories: administration, barratts, deloitte, economy, high street, jobs, Recession|

>Now Is Not The Time For Striking

>Everyone seems to have an opinion on the strikes that happened last Wednesday. So here's mine, and I'll try and keep this as swift as possible. On a subject like this it's easy to get carried away!For me, striking at a time when the country is struggling to get it's economy back on track is [...]

By |2011-12-02T20:16:00+00:00December 2nd, 2011|Categories: economy, Government, Recession, strikes|
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