Vantage News During 2008
Christmas Shopping Opportunity
November 2008
Why not visit Spalding Lifestyle this year to do your Christmas shopping!
There are four excellent reasons why you should spend some time at SPALDING LIFESTYLE this Christmas.
- Check out the the huge range of exciting gifts, Christmas decorations, fashion jewellery, soft furnishings, home accessories and much more.
- There's ample FREE car parking.
- There's also a superb restaurant offering "home cooked" tasty lunches, snacks and coffees, etc.
- While you are there, at your leisure, visit the VANTAGE WINDOWS & CONSERVATORIES' display area where you can take your time and check out the windows and doors on display.
You will find Spalding Lifestyle at 210 Spalding Road, Pinchbeck, Spalding, Lincolnshire - half a mile out of Spalding travelling out towards PInchbeck.
You are Cordially Invited
November 2008
SPALDING LIFESTYLE & CHARTERHOUSE WINE cordinally invite you and your guests to one of their special Christmas Shopping Evenings on Thursday, 13th & Thursday, 27th November from 6.30pm to 9.00pm.
Come and browse the huge range of exciting gifts, Christmas decorations, fashion jewellery, soft furnishings, home accessories and much more.
Charterhouse Wine will have a selection of wines for you to taste before you buy. Enjoy a glass of wine while you discover something just for you.
SPALDING LIFESTYLE is now the permanent home for the VANTAGE WINDOWS & CONSERVATORIES' stand where you will also be able to take some time, at your leisure, with a glass wine, to browse the windows and doors on display. You will have a chance to speak to Rodney and Christine as they will be manning the Stand on both Thursday evenings and we look forward to meeting you there.
Our Christmas gift to you - discounts available on any orders placed before Christmas for fitting during January and February 2009. Speak to Rodney and he will be delighted to advise you.
Opportunity Knocks
November 2008
From the beginning of October 2008, there has been a relaxation in planning laws which means that smaller installations such as CONSERVATORIES will qualify as “permitted schemes”. This means that homeowners will not have to apply for planning permission for their new conservatory provided the conservatory falls within certain guidelines. The most important of these is that the conservatory does not extend more than 3m from the back of a terraced or semi-detached property and more than 4m from the rear of a detached home.
The addition of a conservatory to your home is now an even more attractive proposition given that the AVERAGE PRICE OF A VANTAGE CONSERVATORY is around only £8,000.
Check out the BENEFITS OF A VANTAGE CONSERVATORY that you will enjoy for 12 months of the year.
New Legislation
October 2008
The 1st October 2008 sees the introduction of legislation to protect all consumers buying products from sales people in their home or at their place of work.
Customers who invite door-to-door salesmen into their homes for pre-arranged visits will, from the 1st October, be able to cancel their contracts. Prior to this date, customers were only able to cancel their contracts with the seven day “cooling off” period if the salesmen had not made an appointment. This, obviously, lead to confusion as if a trader sold a product during an unsolicited call, the customer had at least seven days to change their mind . However, when the sale was made during a pre-arranged meeting, the customer wasn’t entitled to a cooling-off period and was committed to paying for the goods they had ordered.
The new “Cancellation of Contracts Made in a Consumer’s Home or Place at Work, etc. Regulations 2008 (No 1816)” will not only protect the consumer but will also make things far simpler for honest businesses.
Consumer Affairs Minister, Gareth Thomas said: “The winners here are honest businesses as well as customers. The regulations will put an end to underhand tactics used by rogues who take advantage of current loopholes in the law to beat their rivals.”
Customer care is and always will be at the forefront of how we do business and, for this reason, VANTAGE WINDOWS & CONSERVATORIES have from our launch offered clients a seven day “cooling off” period prior to this legislation being introduced.
Source: Solicitors Journal
Keep Trade Local Petition
October 2008
A cause close to my heart has been highlighted today in the LINCOLNSHIRE FREE PRESS this week.
Kevin Mothers, Wash Branch Chairman of THE FEDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES is encouraging people in SOUTH HOLLAND to sign the Keep Trade Local petition. He wants a million signatures nationwide urging the Government to secure the future of small shops.
The petition will be handed to the Government in March 2009. Anyone who wants to sign it can visit petitions.pm.gov.uk/keeptrade local.
Ironic that VANTAGE WINDOWS & CONSERVATORIES has been promoting that "local is best" within our Article section here on our website "LOCAL COMPANY COMPARED TO A NATIONAL COMPANY".
I am delighted to hear that Kevin is lobbying on behalf of small businesses and I can only wish him every success with the petition.
Ditch the "For Sale" Board
September 2008
For many, the reason for moving house is due to lack of space.
Why not ditch the "For Sale" Board and re-think the reasons why you would put you and your family through the stress of moving house.
Weight up not only the cost of moving in monetary terms but also the cost to you and your family by way of the stress involved.
Is it really worth it if, at the end of the day, you are only looking to move for additional living space?
With the inclusion of a beautiful new VANTAGE conservatory, not only will you be adding value to your home but you will have found the solution to your space problem.
It will not cost as much as you think. Check out the prices here on our website.
Don't Move Improve
September 2008
Why not stay put and add value to the home that you have known and loved for all these years?
Just consider for a moment the cost of moving:
- Estate Agents' fees
- Solicitors' fees
- The cost of a Home Information Pack
- Removal Fees
- New carpets and curtains
In many cases, these costs will total up to the cost of a beautiful new VANTAGE conservatory.
Mr and Mrs Palmer were looking to move but couldn't find a replacement house that they liked as much as the home they were already enjoying. The solution to their space problem was to invest in a P-shaped Rosewood on White conservatory. They very kindly gave us permission to take photographs of the build from start to finish. I think you will find this a very interesting story - you will find it in the Before & After Section here on our website.
As you will see, they already did have a very beautiful home but isn't the conservatory just the icing on the cake?
BRAVE OR WHAT?? - TANDEM SKYDIVE - SUNDAY, 15th JUNE 2008
June 2008
It goes without saying that Vantage Windows will be sponsoring the Skydive and all proceeds will be given to the "Make A Wish" Charity - granting magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses.
If anyone would like to make a pledge to the "Make A Wish" Charity, please contact me either by email from this site or on 01775 670111. It is a Charity well worth support - please visit their website - www.make-a-wish.org.uk
Birthday Blow Out - Brother & Sister Walking on Air
June 2008
Lynn Harrison from the Spalding Target has written up a very nice piece in respect of Scott and Cheri's very brave birthday wish. The article appeared on Wednesday, 21st May 2008.
This is what Lynn had to say:
Birthday blow-out
Brother and sister are walking on air ….. at 10,000 feet
IT should have been a big birthday bash – a joint party – with lots of candles to blow out on those iced celebration cakes.
But Spalding brother and sister Scott and Cheri Thompson look at things a little differently.
Their birthday blow-out will see them descending 10,000ft in tandem parachute jumps at a Peterborough airfield.
Scott will be 21 on June 12 and Cheri will be 19 on June 18.
Mum, Karen French, had been dreaming of a joint party to celebrate their big days. But then her very grown-up kids dropped a party-pooping bolt from the blue.
Karen said: “I thought we could have a joint party but, no, they both want to do a sky-dive!”
The intrepid pair will make their tandem jumps – each strapped to experienced instructors – on June 15.
Though surprised at first, Karen is bursting with pride because Scott and Cheri are doing the jump to raise cash for the Wish Upon A Star Foundation, which makes dreams come true for children fighting life-threatening illnesses.
So far they have been promised about £1,400 but would like to give the charity even more cash than that.
Anyone wanting to offer sponsorship can contact Scott’s business – Vantage Windows & Conservatories – on (01775) 670111.
Scott is one of the directors of the window company, based in The Delph, as well as a director of a web design company.
He’s looking forward to the parachute jump, but admits there will be a few nerves just before he leaps from the plane.
“It’s something I have wanted to do for years,” said Scott.
Cheri knows there will be butterflies too just before she jumps but said, “I am looking forward to it.”
She’s had a lot of sponsorship from her friends at Spalding High School – they were so generous they had stumped up £800 within a week.
Lincs Free Press Editorial - Charity Skydive a Birthday Wish
June 2008
The guys at the Lincolnshire Free Press have also written another brilliant piece in respect of Scott and Cheri's charity skydive.
This what they wrote - it appeared on Tuesday, June 3rd
Charity skydive a birthday wish
A SPALDING brother and sister will enjoy a birthday with a difference when they take part in a charity skydive.
Scott Thompson has always wanted to experience the thrill of jumping from a plane and on June 15 at Sibson Airfield, near Peterborough, his wish will come true.
His sister Cheri, who has just left the sixth form at Spalding High School, is also taking the plunge.
Scott’s 21st birthday is on June 12 and Cheri is 18 on June 18.
But the pair decided to forgo a party to support Make-a-Wish Foundation by falling 10,000 feet at 120mph while strapped to a qualified instructor.
Scott said: “I have been wanting to do this for years and the opportunity came up for us to do it and raise some money for charity at the same time.
We needed to raise £400 each to take part but we have already got £1,400. I am not nervous at the moment but nearer the time I probably will be.”
Make A Wish Foundation grants wishes to children and young people aged three to 17 living with life-threatening illnesses.
Scott is a director of Vantage Windows and Conservatories based at The Delph, Spalding and the company is supporting him with a lump sum and a special offer.
For any window bought through June the company will donate £5 to the charity and will also give £10 for doors, £20 for soffits and fascias and £50 for conservatories it sells.
For more details call Vantage, which has show conservatories at Springfields, on 01775 670111
uPVC Windows are the Future
April 2008
A key product that demonstrates the sustainability of plastic materials is the uPVC window. Air miles do not feature as the entire supply chain – from raw material to installation - is based here in the UK.
uPVC windows with their low conductivity and tight seals contribute enormously to insulating a home and thereby achieve valuable energy savings.
Research conducted by the Building Research Establishment (a centre of excellence in the field of sustainable construction) has proven that the live span of a uPVC window is at least 35 years. As a consequence, uPVC windows will see a marked improvement in the rating they will achieve in “The Green Guide to Specification” to be published in mid-2008 by the Building Research Establishment.
A key feature of the product’s sustainability credentials is its rapidly growing recycling record. There are a rapidly growing network of recyclers in place to ensure that the value inherent in your windows lives on.
By 2006, over 22,000 tonnes of post-consumer PVC window profiles were recycled in the UK The UK is a leader in PVC window profile recycling in Europe and it’s feasible that it will be a technical possibility to manufacture new PVC windows made entirely from recycled PVC.
Source: Windows Group
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