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For the past four years, Four Seasons Sunrooms and Windows has partnered with Production Software Technology (PST), using the specialist’s vsHome software. PST’s vsHome sales and surveying software allows users to design, visualise and price a wide range of products including windows, doors, conservatories and garden rooms. Features such as the software’s 3D editor, drag and drop tools and preset...
Lead 2 Trade has reported a significant increase in consumer enquiries for double glazing, with a 62% surge in 2024 compared to the previous year. Leads 2 Trade has also seen revenue from these enquiries rise by almost 40%. Andy Royle, managing director of Leads 2 Trade, said: “While solar enquiries dropped quite considerably last year due to economic pressures,...
By Nick Bailey, head of sales, BM Group. Business Micros now has more than 4,000 unique company users of our flagship Touch online ordering and quoting software. We have so far installed Touch Portal systems powered by real time production data at more than 35 of the UK’s leading fabricators and, in turn, 4,000 of their trade customers have signed...
European software provider Forterro has continued its expansion into the window, door and façade industry, with the acquisition of BM Group. Founded in 1979 and operating from offices in Scotland and England, BM Group’s products include Evolution, the widely used PVC-U order processing and fabrication solution, and Touch, its web-based management platform, which covers all sectors within the windows and doors market:...
Tommy Trinder’s Annual Colour Trends survey has shown that 2024 was ‘alright for white’. After years of losing the battle to foils like Chartwell green and agate grey, 2024 has seen a resurgence in smooth white as the finish of choice for PVC-U windows; 65% of all PVC-U casements in the year were unfoiled. The Tommy Trinder Annual Colour Trends...
By Neil Cooper-Smith, senior analyst, Business Pilot. Month-on-month figures for December follow an established seasonal pattern. You don’t need us to tell you that sales fell away in November with a 42% drop, to an average of 29 in December compared to 50, the previous month. Leads dropped by the same percentage, from an average of 99 in November to 57...
Direct Window Supplies (DWS), manufacturers and suppliers of windows and doors, is using Podfather logistics software to streamline and automate its delivery service. Serving trade installers across the south-west of Britain, DWS makes around 700 deliveries of PVC-U and aluminium products a month. Using Podfather’s planning, route optimisation and ePOD solution, DWS is reported to be saving hundreds of man...
Business Pilot has partnered with Blink Payment to launch a new payment integration feature. Ryan Schofield, director at Business Pilot, said: “This is an impressive new feature which adds to the extensive list of benefits that Business Pilot brings to installation companies. The API connects Business Pilot and Blink Payment for seamless payment and finance integration. “When an invoice is...
Tommy Trinder has reported a 40% increase, year on year, in quote volumes via its quotation software. "It’s bonkers to think that installers have quoted 135,000 homeowners via our platform over the last year – that’s equivalent to a town the size of York!” said CEO Chris Brunsdon. The number of firms using Tommy Trinder for quoting has also continued...
Full-service marketing agency, Purplex Marketing, is reported to have helped fire door specialist Fire Doors Complete achieve significant growth through a comprehensive digital marketing strategy. The campaign, which focused on establishing Fire Doors Complete as the sector's go-to authority, is said to have delivered ‘outstanding results’, including a 64% year-on-year increase in organic traffic and a 71% increase in online form...
Carlisle-based installer, Sawyers Windows & Construction, has reported that its turnover has increased by more than 30%, thanks to a new sales closing tool Leads 2 Trade. The scheme, which is exclusive to Trusted Local Supplier (TLS) Discounts within the home improvements market in the UK, is designed to allow installers to offer substantial discounts of up to 20% to...
Sawkins Double Glazing, an installer based in Kent, is said to have discovered Production Software Technology (PST) through a recommendation from one of its suppliers who also uses PST’s services. The team at Sawkins Double Glazing decided to explore what PST had to offer and has now been using the vsHome software for around two years. According to PST, vsHome...
November marked the last of five open training day events run by CRM and business management software specialist Business Pilot, and the final event in Manchester saw five installation companies join the team for a deep dive into the Business Pilot system. The Manchester event followed sessions in Birmingham, London, Bristol and Newcastle where Business Pilot training duo Rebecca Taylor...
The Consultancy, part of BM Group, has helped Future Products transform its online presence with a new website and new online ordering functionality. After a management buyout in 2023, the Mansfield based manufacturer and supplier of composite and PVC-U doors says that it wanted to update its online presence to launch its new brand and reflect new business objectives and...
Purplex managing director, Andrew Scott, has said that last week’s Budget will have a significant impact on businesses already struggling with rising costs. He added that although the first Labour government financial statement in 14 years represents the biggest tax hike in recent memory, the time is also ripe for companies to respond by focusing on growth. “There is no...
By Greg Beachim, sales manager, First Degree Systems, Cyncly. The first Budget presented by the Labour government in years brings a complex set of challenges and opportunities for the UK’s windows, doors, and glazing industry. With significant hikes in the National Living Wage and employer National Insurance contributions (NI), fabricators, installers, and suppliers alike will be feeling the heat. Meanwhile, an...
By Neil Cooper-Smith, senior analyst, Business Pilot: There’s a real sense that the window market has finally shifted up a gear this month with all the major metrics moving confidently in the right direction: Average sales were 56.3 – up 15.1% on the previous month Average leads were 116.3 – up 8.7% on the previous month The average order value...
Production Software Technology (PST), a provider of home improvement software solutions, has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Best Business Initiative of the Year at the 2024 G-Awards. Neil Travers, PST’s managing director, said: “We are honoured to be recognised as a finalist for this award, which is a testament to our team’s dedication to driving innovation. We are...
Leads 2 Trade is set to provide installers with a new sales discount scheme that – it claims – will double their turnover and send their sales conversion rates through the roof. The discount programme is exclusive to Trusted Local Supplier (TLS) Discounts within the home improvements market in the UK. According to Leads 2 Trade, it allows installers to...
Safedoors has partnered with BM Group on its new website, which has included a complete contemporary redesign from The Consultancy, as well the full integration of the BM Touch online ordering and quoting system. According to Kay McGrady, Safedoors’ trade marketing manager, it saved huge amounts of time because she was able to deal with a single contact at The...
