Renegade Conservatory Guy

Ring the police…
In the news again this week is Weatherseal, again for pushy sales techniques.
Apparently, a couple from Worcester Park, south London, were so desperate to get rid of one of their salesmen that they had to dial 999. Bizarrely, the couple, who have two small children, didn’t want to go for the £31,000 […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]

Great news for the double glazing industry:
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered Brian Kennedy’s Weatherseal Holdings to stop making cold calls to members of the public.
It follows thousands of complaints about the double glazing company to the ICO and the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).
According to the ICO, the company repeatedly made unwanted marketing calls […]

[Read more →]

Conservation Officers at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have recently been scratching their heads about an unusual development among the native woodpecker population in the North of England.
It appears that an increasing number of great spotted woodpeckers are being found with bent or damaged bills.

At first the RSPB investigated the possibility […]

[Read more →]

According to the latest news:
Homeowners sitting out the credit crisis rather than taking their chances with a “For Sale” board are turning to home improvements.
Research from personal loan specialist, GE Money, has revealed that property owners across the UK are improving and extending their dwellings as an alternative to entering a stagnating property market where […]

[Read more →]

This post is a shameless plug about our company, and the sales seminar we recently held in Wakefield.
We’ve never asked all our Conservatory Outlet dealers, their sales guys and our favourite suppliers to one venue before, and ask them to listen to Andrew and I talk publicly about so many topics.

It was an opportunity for […]

[Read more →]

More shame for the double glazing industry, with an article in the Daily Mail by Jane barrie entitled Glazing Mad.
I’ve copied and pasted the full article below, and written my comments in bold:
—————————————————————————
I HAVE come across some pushy salesmen in my time but the ordeal of Tom McLellan is one of the worst I’ve ever […]

[Read more →]