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Campaign to cut VAT to 5% on energy saving products
Author: Hazlemere Windows | Leave a Comment >>According to the Mirror website, one in ten homes are so cold they are officially classified as a health risk. A new report shows 2.2 million properties are so poorly insulated people are at an increased risk of suffering heart attacks and respiratory problems.
Campaigners want VAT cut to five per cent on all energy efficiency products, such as double glazing. National Housing Foundation chief David Orr said: “Cold homes can cause major health problems, particularly with the young and elderly. The Government needs to provide greater incentives for people to invest in energy efficiency.” If we really are to save energy as a nation, those less well off will need the assistance of govern lead initiatives government, such as a reduction to 5% VAT on…
HMRC “now allow double glazing as a deduction”
Author: Hazlemere Windows | Leave a Comment >>According to an article on www.aboutproperty.co.uk landlord, and independent property expert David Lawrenson has called on the government to extend the energy saving allowance for landlords to cover the replacement of old boilers.
Apparently, according to Mr Lawrenson the present rules are unclear because “HMRC will not allow a deduction for the replacement of fixtures that constitute an improvement.” It appears however that things may be changing as Helen Demuth, a tax expert at Smith & Williamson states: “HMRC did not used to allow a deduction for double glazed windows since they were an improvement on single glazed windows. They now allow double glazing as a deduction.”
This is certainly a welcome…
Guy’s house saves him from deadly Australian bush fire
Author: Hazlemere Windows | Leave a Comment >>Australian Guy Williams is alive today largely down to how he constructed his house in Steel Creek, Victoria, Australia. Guy, a 49 year old electrical engineer found some autoclaved aerated concrete bricks at a home ideas show in Australia. He built the house himself using no timber, just these concrete bricks stuck together with glue, steel double glazed windows and steel framed doors.
Guy explained to www.gatoday.com that the fire that bore down on his house was about 1200 degrees, hot enough to soften the metal but not melt it. Glass doors and windows in his house are all double-glazed. Some of the outside panes cracked in the heat. Next time he’ll add shutters!
“Through the double-glazed doors of his bedroom, Guy Williams watched flames roar…
BMW create Mini crisis with sacking of 850 staff
Author: Hazlemere Windows | Leave a Comment >>BMW today laid off 850 “temporary workers” at it’s Mini factory in Cowley, Oxford today with only one hours notice. Some of the staff had been working their over 5 years. Current employment legislation entitles employers to sack temporary workers without notice or any redundancy pay, which is what BMW did to 850 of there staff today, not ideal PR for the company or indeed the Mini or BMW brands.
Apparently, sales of the Mini in the UK were down 35% in January, so BMW decided to act without any consultation with the Unions or their workforce. Whilst these job loses at a major employer just down the road might be financially justified, the manner of the annoucement and treatment of the 850 ”temporary workers” is not.…
A question on avoiding black mould in your conservatory
Author: Hazlemere Windows | Leave a Comment >>“We’ve been leaving the heater on frost setting in our conservatory to reduce energy use. However, condensation is marking the blinds with black mould. How can I fix this without raising the temperature?”
This was the question asked of Aggie MacKenzie, the once co-presenter of Channel 4 television’s “How Clean is Your House”. Aggie responds with good sound advice in her article on Times Online, “Ask Aggie: black mould in the conservatory“ published on Valentines Day, Saturday 14th February 2009. In this helpful and practical snippet, she advises how to prevent black mould and condensation. Apart from “
Buckinghamshire’s Hazlemere Windows, Doors & Conservatories chosen as regional installer of the year
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Hazlemere Conservatories have been named as the Quantal Regional Installer of the Year for 2008. Hazlemere were awarded a framed certificate signed by Richard Hulbert, General Manager of Quantal Conservatory Roofing Systems. The company were presented with this award for the quality of their aluminium conservatory fabrication and installations throughout 2008.
The framed certificate was presented to Hazlemere Conservatories Sales Director Tony Beale (pictured centre) outside the Hazlemere Group’s Head Office, Factory and Showroom in High Wycombe, Bucks, by Quantal Roofing Systems National Sales Manager Ian Cocken (pictured left) and Quantal’s General Manager Richard Hulbert (pictured right).
Find out more about Hazlemere’s award winning aluminium conservatories.
Hazlemere Windows Bucks win commercial installation of the year award for 2008 (Education sector category)
Author: Hazlemere Windows | Leave a Comment >>I am delighted to say that Hazlemere Commercial, a Division of the Hazlemere Group were awarded this prestigious Quantal Award for their Lane End Primary School Installation in 2008 in Edmonds Road, Lane End, High Wycombe, Bucks. They won the Commercial Installation of the Year Award in the education sector category for this Bucks school project which involved the construction of a new entrance lobby with an aluminium Quantal glazed roof to increase security and management of staff, pupils and visitors coming to and from the school. View the award winning Lane End Primary School case study
The project was delivered on time and on budget during the school summer holidays in 2008, despite Hazlemere Commercial discovering difficult ground conditions,…
Sky Sports Soccer Saturday Paul Merson at Adams Park
Author: Hazlemere Windows | Leave a Comment >>Last week, I was a guest of Hazlemere Window Company at the Paul Merson sportsmans dinner hosted by Wycombe Wanderers Football Club in the Vere Suite at Adams Park. To be honest I had expected his after dinner speech to be poor quality and boring – a totally wrong perception as it turned out.
I was pleasantly surprised by the former Arsenal Football Club and England International footballers attitude, honesty and entertaining delivery. It was not what one would call polished, but it was refreshingly real and straight talking. I can now see what Sky Sports News see in Paul Merson, and why they have him as a football summarizer on Sky Sports Soccer Saturday.
The former midfield star, who also played for Middlesborough, Aston Villa, Walsall and Tamworth (once!)…
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