CNC machine for Aluminium Windows

Sam Williams of Archant wrote the following within the Norwich Evening News 19th April 2008

There is good news at Broadland Windows & Conservatories in the Hellesdon Park Industrial Estate, where bosses are preparing for a bumper year despite economic uncertainty - and they say a feared slump in the housing market could even work in their favour.

Despite concerns following the collapse of Bowater Home Improvements, which traded as Zenith Staybright, on the Sweetbriar Industrial Estate in January with the loss of 200 jobs, and 165 jobs axed in Lancashire by city firm Anglian Group the following month, Broadland chiefs are planning to take on two additional staff.

The company is also investing in a new cutting machine to quicken production in its factory after turnover hit a high of £2.4m last year.

Commercial manager Stephen Crane said: "We are doing very well and our March figures have just come in above target. We are settling in for a good year and have budgeted for growth.

And a slowdown in the housing market feared by many industries could even help secure business for the firm, Mr Crane says.
"No one has any confidence in the housing market, it's a buyers' market, so people aren't putting homes up for sale. So people will stay where they are and improve their homes rather than take the risk of moving. We don't have proof of that because there's so much uncertainty in the market, but that's how we see it."
Installation manager Matthew Bye added: "That's why we are still successful, because we haven't put all our eggs in one basket.
If we just had retail we would have felt the pinch just like everyone else. But because we also have the commercial side it has ensured a stable sales turnover"