If you haven’t sponsored the GM Fundraising team yet, then here’s a reminder of why you should:
“Following the mamouth climb of Mont Ventoux the team has been brought back down to earth with a bang, 180 miles of rain, not great and very tiring.”
The guys have raised over £20,000 so far for Hope House Children’s Hospice, but their target is £55,000 so if you would like to make a donation go to:
I’m not a fan of England flags on cars, but I can’t help thinking that one of our staff somehow looks quite cool in his:
I’m finding these days that people from our industry are increasingly asking me to mention their products on this website, and to be honest it’s getting on my nerves.
My friend Jon Twigge, from RPS, is the latest person to try it on with me. He sent me the following email:
Good morning,
Do you think u could make a renegade story out of this?
We are starting a drawing service for people who want single conservatory drawings done – maybe be they don’t want to commit to buying straight away, scared of computers or perhaps too hard up to shell out for the software.
What do you think?
Thanks,
jon
Well this is what Jon was wanting me to comment on:
Given how tough the commercial climate is at present, we’ve been thinking of ways to help you.
We are frequently asked to produce drawings for customers, which is something we didn’t do (until now!).
So, to help you win more business, we’ve created the RoofWright Drawing Service.
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Don’t worry – if you don’t already use RoofWright, then try this – it’s inexpensive and will give you a taste of the quality of drawings from the World’s Favorite Conservatory Software.
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Well, Jon, I don’t think my readers like being sold to in this way. I appreciate it might be an exciting new development at your company, but it doesn’t mean you can take advantage of our friendship and my good nature.
Got it?!?
PS. Great idea though 
I’ve decided to put the donkey we recently purchased back up for sale.
Name: Bungle
Specification: Brown/Grey/White in Colour. 6 years old. 8″ ears. Likes rolling around in mud and rubbing its bottom on fences. Doesn’t always do what it’s asked to. Makes a loud ‘Ee-Aw’ sound every morning at around 7.00am. Eats most things including grass, trees, shrubs in the garden, children’s toys. In good condition. FSH.
We paid around £500 for the donkey a few weeks ago, and I’m keen to get as close to this figure as possible.
I will consider a part exchange for a mountain bike as I enjoyed a recent trip to Dalby Forest, and am keen to get some exercise in before I take part in Cycle India in January. Ideally, I’m looking for a bike with front and back suspension.
If you have any questions or would like to make me an offer please leave your messages below.
(PS. My wife doesn’t know the donkey is being sold, so please don’t mention this to her if you are likely to see her).
A couple of months ago I included information on the site about the increase in business failures in our industry. The Double Glazing Forum website has now added August and September data from the London Gazette for companies ceasing trading from our industry.
It’s not good news, and if you compare with August and September of last year, it doesn’t bode well for the coming months:
In both August and September there are names on the list that were very familiar to me and that I was unaware had gone bust (although, they may still be trading unfortunately).
If you think back to August and September of last year with all the news in the press you would have imagined that the world was coming to an end, yet according to the Double Glazing Forum only 94 companies ceased trading. In comparison, the market seems far more buoyant now with more positive spin in both the national media and trade media, yet in August and September this year 409 companies have gone bust. That’s more than four times the amount of business failures!
Assuming the information on this website is correct (and I have no reason to doubt that it isn’t), it seems there is some sort of lag between an economic downturn, and business failures. If this trend were to continue then the natural peak for bankruptcies in our industry over the winter period could be at unprecedented levels.
But, if this has got you all depressed, don’t worry. At least we aren’t these people!
