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31 Oct

Posted by Mark Austin at 5:39PM

Who are we?

Hazlemere Staff Outside High Wycombe Bucks Showroom On Cressex Business Park

Hazlemere Staff Outside High Wycombe Bucks Showroom On Cressex Business Park

“We” are Hazlemere Window Company Ltd a family firm first founded in High Wycombe in 1985 by Stuart Braham and his father George Braham who sadly passed away in 2006, leaving his three sons as an integral part of the business. Stuart is very much in the centre of things, being the “middle” one, and is quite literally in the middle of things as Hazlemere’s Managing Director. Alan Braham, the youngest of George’s three sons is a specialist windows and doors consultant, whilst his older brother Ian Braham heads up Hazlemere Interiors, who supply and fit domestic and commercial blinds, made to measure garage doors, Fantasia conservatory ceiling fans, remote control and manual commercial and domestic awnings and canopies.

There are four other Directors of Hazlemere Window Company Ltd, who report to Stuart, who collectively run this well established family business based on Cressex Business Park in High Wycombe. Tony Beale, the Sales Director, is literally one of the family, having been with Hazlemere Windows for over 20 years, during which time the company has built up a turnover approaching £10m per annum, employs over 60 staff and has more than 20 commercial vehicles on the road. The company prides itself in high quality materials, craftsmanship, and excellent customer service, all backed by Hazlemere Windows own robust fully comprehensive 10 year guarantee. Hazlemere also offers all its customers the option of further deposit and guarantee insurance provided by the Independent Warranty Association The Hazlemere Group head office, factory and showroom are on massive industrial premises in Wellington Road on Cressex Business Park. The factory, offices and showroom occupy the majority of the 56,000 square feet buildings on the premises.

Hazlemere Commercial, a major Division of the Hazlemere Group, manufactures, supplies and installs a wide range of architectural aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling in Schools, Offices, Business and Commercial Building in the UK. Hazlemere Commercialwere awarded a £2.3m contract in 2008 to supply aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling for the new Bideford College in Devon, the bulk of which was delivered in 2009. This sustainability project involved the use of Sapa re-cycled aluminiumto make the aluminium double glazed windows, aluminium commercial doors and aluminium curtain walling. The Commercial Division, LHC, Chas and Exor accredited, continues to go from strength to strength, and in 2009, Hazlemere Commercial were awarded a £1.7m contract to refurbish River Gardens in Fulham, West London during 2010. The highly successful Commercial Division is run by Commercial Sales Director Simon Keegan and Commercial Contracts Director, Barry Matthews.

Jason Bradshaw is the Operations Director responsible for all Hazlemere’s Aluminium and UPVC Conservatory installations, building works and Hazlemere’s dedicated experienced window and door installation teams. All the five board directors work at Hazlemere’s Head Offices, Factory and Showroom in Wellington Road, Cressex Business Park, High Wycombe, Bucks HP12 3PR.

Hazlemere Window Company Ltd are members of the Energy Saving Trust, British Fenestration Rating Council and are licensed and approved Pilkington energiKare Partners, and were the first company in the UK to design, manufacture and install an “A” rated aluminium dual frame aluminium window system, as endorsed and approved by both the Energy Saving Trust and the British Fenestration Rating Council. Hazlemere’s energy rated, energy efficient, energy saving window range also includes an “A” rated UPVC window. Find out more about Pilkington energiKare.

So 25 years on Hazlemere Window Company Ltd is a FENSA registered company, ISO 9001:2008 accredited and Investors in People approved, employing its own expert consultants, designers, estimators, surveyors, fabricators, installers and service engineers. Consequently, the Hazlemere Group are able to control the entire design, estimating, manufacturing and fitting process, along with having sufficient in-house back up to provide the levels of after sales service required by developers, local authorities and end users alike, as well as being able to offer professional expert preventative window and door maintenance, along with repairs and replacement to schools and commercial properties.