Goronwy Jones from WindowMaker sent me an email in response to a previous post about the increasing numbers of companies in our industry failing due to the recession and saturation in the market.
Following your coverage of http://www.double-glazing-forum.com/bankrupt-double-glazing-companies.aspx, I’m now using www.changedetection.com to receive alerts whenever the page changes. It’s depressing to see approx. 2,300 entries for the past 12 months, i.e. approx. one quarter of the 9,000+ companies that Fensa claims as members.
I copied/pasted the companies to Excel and sorted by name. I was surprised to find some names appearing 2x, 3x or even 4x. Maybe the bankruptcies are not quite as bad as the Anglian/Everest/Safestyle/Zenith website indicates?!
The list from A to D is below, so you can see the extent of multiple counting:
[Please note - since I added this post, I have been contacted by a couple of people complaining about their names being on this website, so I have removed all names to avoid any further offence being caused].
There is no doubt that the trend of double glazing companies going bust, and often reforming, has been gradually getting worse. But, clearly not as bad as the Double Glazing Forum statistics may suggest.
(Sorry if I created alarm with the previous post…)
