Renegade Conservatory Guy

A syndicate of banks and investment firms has taken a majority stake in Anglian Home Improvements in exchange for reducing the company’s large debt by £90m.
The rescue plan saw the closure of two depots around the country and a decision to scale back its fitting operation and take about 100 of the company’s 1,000-strong fleet […]

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Today I found an article on the Telegraph website about how to demist double glazed sealed units.
What struck me was this sentence:
Sealed double-glazed units are designed to last for 20 years, and will never save more money or energy than that used in their manufacture and installation.
Your comments please….

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Ian is the owner and editor of the industry’s leading online news service - Fenestration News.
I have got to know Ian over the last couple of years as his understanding and knowledge of the industry is second to none, so I regularly throw ideas at him to get his opinion! As you will see […]

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Alan Stein is the Co-Founder of Tanglewood Conservatories - probably the best conservatories in the world.
They specialise in high quality timber bespoke conservatories for the US market. If you check out their website you’ll be amazed at the type of conservatories they manufacture!
In Alan’s own words:
Find a company that knows what they are doing. […]

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This is the headline statement from Alison Cork, founder of ProblemSolved.co.uk, a website which helps you find local tradespeople.

“You splurge on a swimming pool. You splash out on a swimming pool. You don’t invest in a swimming pool,” she added.
Swimming pools cost up to £20,000 and can make a home less attractive to […]

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I’ve just watched the first part of the much hyped eco-drama Burn Up this evening.

Having listened to some of the promotion on Radio Five Live a couple of days ago, I was keen to watch the programme and wasn’t disappointed. This topical thriller sees oil company executives, environmental activists and politicians collide in the […]

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I’ve been asked by Mike Rigby in the last few days to put my support behind the new initiative by Martin Randall, of Crystal Direct:
Fighting Back With Facts
I’ve had a good look over the website, and feel confident that I should put my name to this campaign. I’m aware that it may have ruffled […]

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In these extremely challenging times for conservatory and double glazing companies it is vitally important that sales enquiries continue to flood in. With less potential clients in the marketplace this means ensuring your competitors don’t get the enquiry - you do!
In otherwords, to ensure your double glazing business succeeds in the coming years then […]

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Nigel Gray the angry builder who didn’t get paid for a conservatory and a porch by a ‘rogue customer’ shows us how to demolish a porch in double quick time:

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It’s clear that recession is continuing to bite in the double glazing industry, and I predict that there will be a lot more casualties before things get better.
The latest news items this week include:
The final closure of Plastmo
The credit crunch has been blamed for the business failure, just months after workers were […]

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