North East based home improvement firm creates new jobs via six-figure investment

A North East home improvement firm is laying the foundations for future expansion with the help of a six-figure investment from the North East Growth Capital Fund Supported by the European Regional Development Fund.

NE&C Windows & Doors designs, manufactures and installs a range of windows, doors, conservatories and balustrades for commercial and domestic clients across the North East, Cumbria and Scotland.

Operating from a 16,500 sq ft unit on the Glover Industrial Estate in Washington, NE&C Windows & Doors already works with many of the North East’s best-known housebuilders. The business was recently the subject of a management buy-out, with its senior team acquiring it 20 years after founders Ed and Heather Ramshaw set it up.

After working with regional fund management firm NEL Fund Managers to bring in the £150k investment, the new management team is now aiming to increase the range of products it supplies and target new markets across the UK.

It is increasing the marketing activity behind its growing range of fire protection-related products for commercial premises such as assisted living facilities, care homes and offices, while it is also looking to take advantage of opportunities to grow its customer base for its range of high-quality composite doors.

Four new jobs have already been created as a result of the investment, with more expected to follow as the growth plan is rolled out and the business works towards an initial ten per cent year-on-year increase in its turnover.

The NE&C Windows & Doors management team was introduced to NEL by David Wilson and Jenny Waters at Clive Owen LLP in Darlington and was advised by Craig Malarkey, Jessica Stevens and Niamh Wilson at Durham law firm Swinburne Maddison during the investment process.

Steven Allen, managing director at NE&C Windows & Doors, commented: “The quality of the products we design and make, the unequalled customer service standards to which we work and the expertise of our highly-skilled team has been the basis of NE&C Windows & Doors’ success for the last two decades and remains so under the new leadership team.

“The firm’s focus has predominantly been in and around our home region up to now, but we think there are opportunities in other parts of the UK that we’ll be looking to go after in the future.

“Introducing new products like our fire-protection range and building our presence in the composite door market will help us achieve these growth ambitions and create new North East jobs. We’re already ahead of where we expected to be this year and we’ve now got everything we need in place to achieve our growth ambitions.”

By Matthew Neville – Senior Correspondent, Bdaily

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