Safestyle UK -What to do with £23.6m in cash ??

Safestyle have posted another set of impressive results for the period to the end of June 2016, Revenue up 12.8% GP up 11.9%. Volume of frame increased by 5.7% and leads up by 26%. So if you hold some shares the divi is up but interestingly their view is that the underlying market is down by 2.2% in this same period. Now sat on £23.6m of cash at the end of…

At Last True ERP Software Specifically Designed For The Window Industry

A few days ago we visited Franciaflex a MAC Group business based in Rennes in France. MAC are a significant customer of 360 Innovations the Canadian Software supplier that some of you may have seen at Fit Show this year and who we helped bring to the UK. 360 has more than a thousand users in North America and Europe, and is the world leader with its software solutions for a variety of…

Economics – How does that work then?

Forgive us if you’ve heard this before but we find it amusing in the current debate about ‘Helicopter Money’ and ‘Quantitative Easing’ A model to solve the EU crisis – Greece owes it’s landlord €20 and can’t pay. One day Germany walks into the apartment building and says to the landlord “I’d quite like a room but I want to view it first” the landlord says “That’s fine you can go…

Born at Google ..Based on Brain Science

‘Search Inside Yourself’ is the world-famous program, born at Google, that combines Neuroscience, Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence to provide program attendees with practical tools and techniques to make them more successful, resilient, stress-free and happy. Run over an initial 2 days, with a follow up webinar program, SIY has already been attended by almost 50,000 people worldwide – with great feedback from all attendees on the positive changes they experienced…

Independent Report On The Economic Effects Of Brexit

This independent report commissioned by Woodford Investment Management LLP on the effects of Brexit is insightful. Woodford is one of the UK’s most successful investment mangers and has returned significant gains for investors over the years so this view of the economic landscape is worth a read. In summary the conclusion is short term instability but on the whole the macro economic environment in the UK should be neutral or…

Chris Ball talks to The Renegade Conservatory Guy

Our MD Chris Ball speaks with Matthew Glover about the world, the window industry  and about why and how MBA Associates was formed as well as the principles and ethics that guide our business.   The interview a takes a look forward to what we think the fenestration market will look like in the future. No confidences broken but straight talking and honest opinion, its what MBA has been built…

Safestyle sales up 24% in the Q1 of 2016

Safestyle UK  has had a strong start to 2016 with order intake 24% upon the same period last year and ahead of management expectations Chairman Steve Halbert said in his statement to the AGM on the 19th May. Safestyle attribute this to a number of factors including an increased product range, investment in the brand and “market leading promotional finance” We can all see a distinct change in the style…

Linkedin and inaccurate profiles on our company page Caveat Emptor !!

We are having problems with LinkedIn showing profiles for people who are not employees of MBA Associates Ltd on our LinkedIn company page and reported this to them on the 24th of April 2016, despite this there are still today (9th May) multiple profiles on our page for people listed as our employees who are not. Apparently LinkedIn can just add your profile to a company without your knowledge or…