Clearview National February 2020 - Issue 219 | Page 30

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DOORS&WINDOWS
RECORD-BREAKING
END TO BUMPER 2019
» EUROPE’S BIGGEST
sash window manufacturer is
celebrating a record-breaking
end to a resoundingly successful
2019.
Victorian Sliders made a
staggering 2,347 windows in
the second week of December,
more than any other in its
fifteen-year history. It comes as
the South Wales firm reaches
the end of a year that saw it
register an 8.98% growth in
sales - something which Group
Managing Director Andy Jones
says will set the tone for 2020.
“We’ve got some incredibly
ambitious plans for the
twelve months ahead,” Andy
comments. “We’ve invested
£10m over the last five years to
lay the foundations for the next
phase in our history - and in
2019, we’ve seen that really start
to bear fruit.
“Now, we’re able to produce
more windows, more quickly,
to higher standards than ever
before. But in 2020, that’s going
to accelerate even further.
“By the middle of the year,
we’ll have launched the next
generation of EcoSlide window,
an ingenious new design we’ve
developed entirely in-house,
and we’re planning to spend
a further £1.8m on other
projects.”
www.victoriansliders.co.uk
Colour matched
finishing trims
» ENDURANCE DOORS HAS
just launched a range of perfectly
matching finishing trims,
alongside one of their solid timber
core composite doors.
Stephen Nadin, Managing
Director of Endurance Doors
commented: “The launch of our
finishing packs makes the job of the
trade far easier, reduces unwanted
travel time to a local plastics stockist
and reduces waste, so there’s an
environmental benefit too.”
The addition of these coloured
matched trims - available in the
16 colours - is a major plus for
installers, as these products have
been cut down to size for a small
van and are colour matched, so
there’s no need to source full sized
packs through their respective
local plastics stockist. The profiles
include 25mm ‘D’, 45mm flat,
65mm flat, 20mm square and
a 17.5mm quadrant with no
minimum order quantity and
these products are also available
on short lead times.
A number of Preferred
Installers are already starting to
take up the packs, which also help
them manage stocks of various
trims and colours, so they have
just enough product for each job
and in doing so helping to cut
down waste.
www.endurancedoors.co.uk
Local award is twice as nice
» FOR ANY BUSINESS, WINNING AN
award and receiving recognition for your efforts
is a humbling experience. When the awarding
institute comprises of those right on your
doorstep, representing fellow local corporates,
the accolade is undoubtedly even more so.
Celebrating a double win of precisely
that nature is Yorkshire based manufacturer
Quickslide; at The Calderdale Excellence in
Business Awards; held at The Arches, Halifax in
November.
Having already secured the ‘Large Business
of the Year’ award earlier in the evening,
Quickslide triumphed for a second time against
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leaders in IT, medical supplies, telemarketing
and recruitment., scooping ‘Overall Business of
the Year 2019’.
Quickslide’s Chairman Adrian Barraclough
explained how much of the company’s
success is indebted to highly proficient and
professional relationships with their installer
customers: “The awards are a magnificent
achievement for the company and huge
endorsement for our philosophy of valuing
our staff, suppliers and customers equally.
We strive for recognition at this level to in
part, enable the businesses of our installers
to thrive, and be the first choice for
homeowners.
www.quickslide.co.uk