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As our industry sees yet more big-name closures, installers need to take positive measures to protect themselves. This is the alert sounded by Mark Warren of Lister Trade Frames, a company which seems to be riding the storm with little sign of discomfort. “There’s no doubt the market’s going through a difficult time,” says Mark,…

2008 has begun with several well known and long established companies closing down, being placed in administration or simply phoenixing in an attempt to leave their bad debts behind. The pundits are saying that this is just the beginning of the long awaited ‘consolidation’ of our industry. Your opinion on whether the rest of this…

Lister Trade Frames have been at the forefront of the Window Energy Ratings initiative since its conception and were recently recognised at the G-Awards for their outstanding achievements in this field. To date they have sold over 35,000 square metres of A, B and C BFRC accredited energy efficient windows creating an energy saving bonus…

Over 23% of heat lost from the home is lost through poorly insulated windows. That’s 23% of a potential customer’s hard earned money thrown away on every heating bill they pay. And while one third of Britain’s housing stock still has only single glazed windows it means that, as a nation, we are throwing away…

Lister Trade Frames, of Stoke on Trent, recently held two trade open days and launched four new doors ranges, offering greater sales opportunities for their customers. Listers have just completed a full year of consecutive record sales months helped by their making ‘C’ Energy Rated windows their standard product. But its not just windows that…

As Listers file record figures for the third year running it’s hard not to speculate what they’re doing to buck the market trend. Mark Warren, Listers’ Managing Director, makes no secret of how they’re achieving their results. “It’s a two-part process.” He explains, “The first part is to understand that it’s the installer who drives…