Olympic Spirit
January 2012
I'm going to pick up where I left off last year precisely because business conditions going into the first quarter of 2012 haven't changed and nor should we expect them to change, until the tail end of the year at the very earliest.
[ read more ] A turbulent year in 'A seedy old sector' [?]
December 2011
"2011 is not going to be easy for anyone" I wrote in my first column of the year. "But we aren’t sliding uncontrollably towards oblivion". At its close, I suggest I wasn’t far off - 2011 was a tough year for the UK window industry and the UK plc more broadly but not the complete disaster that many had feared.
[ read more ] A political head of steam?
November 2011
'Am I an optimist?' It's a question that I have been asking myself a lot recently because despite continuing economic uncertainty I still see opportunity for the window industry.
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