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Asian dawn will soon eclipse UK, EU and the West
Author: Hazlemere Windows | Leave a Comment >>Having read Max Hastings column in the Daily Mail on Saturday 25th June 2011 in conjunction with the other two “related” articles that day strongly hinting at the real danger of a forthcoming economic collapse in the UK and Europe, it did not leave me full of hope as it rang so true about the short term attitudes of both the British and our European partners.
Max Hastings article on the Daily Mail website on Saturday 25th June 2011 was entitled “La-La Land Britain faces permanent economic decline unless we face threat from the East“. In his article Max Hastings draws our attention to the fact that while “the latest Merrill Lynch World Wealth report shows that, while 300,000 new Asia-Pacific investors with at…
Don’t let retailers fob you off with a 12 month guarantee
Author: Hazlemere Windows | Leave a Comment >>I recently read an article in the “Your Money” business section of the BBC website, entitled “Five consumer laws you really ought to know“, which confirmed other articles I had read about the Sale of Goods Act in the UK. Essentially goods have to be “fit for purpose”, so if there is an expectation goods should last six years, consumers more or less have a six year guarantee (there are exceptions!), regardless of whether or not the retailer and/or manufacturer is only offering a 12 month guarantee.
Logically, my thinking is that if retailers or manufacturers offer you an extended warranty on any product (usually an additional 2-4 years), I assume they do expect their products to last at least that long, or surely…
Know any top notch Financial Controller’s in Bucks?
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>Hazlemere Window Company Ltd seek a “hands on” departmental head for their accounts department, who will be entirely responsible for the financial management of the Hazlemere Group, and will oversee the other accounts staff, reporting directly to the Managing Director. The existing Accounts Manager is leaving the company after more than a decade of dedicated service.
This highly responsible and varied accounts role involves a bi-weekly SAGE payroll for two companies, SAGE Line 100 Accounts (sales ledger, purchase ledger, nominal ledger, sales order processing, job costing), preparation of monthly Management Accounts for 3 companies (Trial Balance, Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet reporting), as well as all VAT and PAYE returns.
The role also entails full audit preparation & implementation, payroll year end, P35’s, P11d’s,…
Will 2011 be a happier year than 2010?
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>Happy New Year – I hope! What with the snow in 2010, the continuing War in Iraq/Afghanistan, the General Election, the Global Recession, the massive Government public spending cuts, one can only sincerely hope that 2011 will be a better year for the United Kingdom, even if we are now living in an “age of austerity”.
The terror threat remains Worldwide, with mankind’s hatred of one another seemingly generally on the increase, so I do fear for society, in what seems an increasingly politically correct, yet immoral planet. As my dear old mum used to say “Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.” But hey ho, onwards and upwards into 2011, as I sincerely hope I am proved wrong and it ends up being a…
Which? exposes “National” double glazing companies
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>In 2010 Which? posed as a potential double glazed windows and doors customer, and asked Anglian, Everest, Safestyle, and Weatherseal/Zenith Staybrite to visit at least four addresses each across Britain, and give them a quote for double glazing. The Which? “probe finds false claims from big firms’ reps.”
According to the report on their findings on the Which? website, their undercover investigation found that “some salespeople in the £1.2bn-a-year industry were making dodgy claims – such as saying they were part of a government scrappage system that doesn’t exist – and pressurising people with discounts into signing up.”
Sadly for the double glazing industry the “Which? experts were astounded by the tactics used”, which included:
a) six out of 18 salespeople made misleading…
Hazlemere acquires new premises with bank backing
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>Family-run business Hazlemere Windows has acquired new premises in High Wycombe after landing a finance package worth £1.3 million through banking partner NatWest.
Hazlemere Windows was founded in 1985 by Stuart Braham and his father George, who sadly passed away in 2006 leaving his three sons to run the business. Well known locally as an independent double glazing manufacturer and installer across South Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, the company has demonstrated impressive year on year growth and is bucking the trend by purchasing new premises adjacent to their head office factory and showroom on Cressex Business Park, High Wycombe.
The new 38,000 sq ft premises will be used to extend their manufacturing and production operation as well as improving their quality control. The company employ…
Hazlemere leasing one of it’s several Cressex premises
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>Due to expansion, and the purchase of a new 38,000 square foot premises next door to Hazlemere Window Company’s existing freehold head offices, factory and showroom in Wellington Road on Cressex Business Park, High Wycombe, Bucks, the Hazlemere Group are looking to lease out 12,774 square feet of warehouse, industrial and office space to the rear of their existing 4,000 square foot home improvement showroom.
The property available for immediate lease is located on Cressex Business Park, High Wycombe’s premier business park, less than one mile from junction 4 of the M40 motorway. High Wycombe town centre is approximately one mile to the north, offering a full range of retail and leisure activities and a train service to London Marylebone with a fastest journey time…
Hazlemere Windows support the BRC’s VAT stance
Author: Hazlemere Windows | Leave a Comment >>There are no doubts many businesses across the UK who will hope the Government delays its highly unpopular 2.5% VAT increase on December 31st.
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has made a robust stance in calling for a delay to this Value Added Tax increase. The BRC has reinforced the nationwide plea by many UK retailers not to raise the current 15 per cent to 17.5 per cent VAT at the end of the year, given it is the busiest and lucrative time annually for the high street, and could potentially damage thousands of businesses within the sector.
A report released by the BRC in May announced that the VAT cut to 15 per cent during 2008 cost the retail industry a staggering £90m to…
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.…
Banks set to lend more than ever to UK consumers
Author: Hazlemere Windows | Leave a Comment >>According to the BBC’s Business Editor Robert Peston (who broke the story on Northern Rock), UK banks could end up lending us more than they did during the boom times. On the face of it this seems crazy, but if you read Robert Peston’s blog dated 4th January 2009, he gives good eceonomic reasons why this may become a necessity, as well as a reality, in 2009.
A taxpayers insurance scheme for banks, according to Robert Peston’s article on the BBC News website on 4th Jamuary is under serious consideration. His article asks “Why would this encourage banks to lend more than they are doing at present?” and then goes on to give the two following very good reasons:
“First, the…
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