KNOW YOUR COSTS

In August’s issue of Glass Times magazine, Brian Gold from Jokita Software made some very valid comments about the need for glass businesses to really understand their costs in order to get their pricing and margins right and identify key areas for cost efficiencies.

We’ve always had an open book policy with customers to show them the strength of our financial position, but it’s good to get an independent endorsement of that via the highly credible Plimsoll Analysis.

In the May issue of Windows Active magazine, editor John Cowie acknowledged what most of us in this industry already know – that small and medium sized installation firms are increasingly winning the battle for hearts and minds in the retail sector.

We’re continuing to strengthen our position in the SHDF sector, with several ongoing contracts around London and the Southeast for housing associations including Riverside and One Housing

We’re already rated ‘Strong’ in Plimsoll’s analysis of 1800+ UK window and door companies, and we’ve just received confirmation that we also rate ‘Strong’ amongst the 1000+ UK Green Deal registered installers too.

We’re very pleased to be welcoming back senior fitters Terry and Rob Jones. The pair had a break from the world of commercial window and door fitting for a while to work in domestic installation but are now back here as part of our team.

We take the wellbeing of our team very seriously, which is why we’ve just invested in what we are calling our ‘wellbeing pod’ – a comfortable new facility where staff have an area to relax or talk privately away from our main open-plan office.

We never appoint a new supplier before we’ve visited them. For us, it’s important to see the manufacturing set up, the quality control processes and meet the team before we decide if that we want to do business with them.

We’re delighted to have been invited to join the new Glazpartners programme – a marketing initiative from Glazpart, our preferred supplier of trickle vents.

It was really great to see a full house at this week’s Glazing Summit held at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. This was the fourth of these events since 2018, and I would say probably the best yet.