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    Safestyle set to slide into loss after ‘challenging’ half-year

    Safestyle UK has warned it is due to report a £6million pre-tax loss in the face of challenging market conditions. Inflation and high interest rates have put even more pressure on disposable incomes and weakened...

    Safestyle ‘slowed further price progression’ as input prices moderated – chairman

    Safestyle UK chairman Alan Lovell said at this week’s AGM: “We have maintained the price increases enacted late last year to mitigate input cost inflation.  Recently, we have slowed the rate of further price progression...

    TWC grows into Oxfordshire with £80,000 second site

    Swindown-based TWC Home Improvements is crossing the border with an £80,000 investment in a satellite showroom in Frilford, Oxfordshire. The move comes less than a year after the Conservatory Outlet retailer launched its £250,000 main...

    ERG celebrates £4.5m record year

    Highlands-based Conservatory Outlet retailer ERG has secured over £4.5m orders in a record-breaking year. The management team credit ERG’s success to targeted inward investment and the support of its manufacturing partner, Conservatory Outlet. “We’ve got an...

    Revenue and order book up at Safestyle

    Safestyle UK is expecting to report revenues up by around 7.7% to c£154.3million for 2022 and an underlying loss before tax in line with market expectations, according to its trading update. The retailer adds that...

    Profits up 10% at CR Smith

    CR Smith Glaziers reports profits up 10% on turnover exceeding £20.2million last year but adds that the figures are even higher when adjusted for Covid shut-downs. The Dunfermline-based domestic sales business explained it had reported...

    CO has Scotland covered with two new retailers on board

    Conservatory Outlet has welcomed two new members to it UK-wide network of retailers, taking the total to29, and signalled that a 30th is to be expected soon. The arrivals of Ayrshire’s RMC and Dundee-based installer...

    Safestyle performance ‘good’ despite PT loss from cyber-attack

    Safestyle was pushed into pre-tax loss in H1 by a cyber-attack at the beginning of the year which forced it to delay a series of planned price increases to keep pace with inflating costs. The...

    TWC unveils £250,000 showroom as ‘south west’s biggest W/D showcase’

    Wiltshire-based Conservatory Outlet network member has officially opened its new £250,000 Swindon showroom with a guest appearance by local soccer legend Don Rogers and a charity prize draw for the local Prospect Hospice. The showroom...

    Speedy’s growing fast with showroom launch

    Father and daughter Greg and Leighanne Cox may be celebrating 35 years of their installation business but it is the last year along that has seen sales double to £2.5million since opening their dedicated...