Clearview National March 2016 - Issue 172 | Page 22

INDUSTRYNEWS

Creating
a shading
effect
»»CHESTER BASED, MARKILUX UK
Limited has built up a reputation within the
outside living industry as one of the market's
top suppliers of sun protection for homes, in
the form of outside awnings and canopies.
Manufactured in Germany by its parent
company, the UK division provides a
comprehensive range of patio and balcony,
conservatory, open side panels, blinds and
interior awning and canopy designs.
The manufacturing excellence for the
products means the business has had to
develop a dual set of skills from technical and
creative engineering, to a highly developed
knowledge of textiles and materials.
For its collection of conservatory canopies,
the products include an intelligent way
of controlling the environment around it;
protecting and keeping heat in during the
winter and keeping the living area cool and
controlled in the summer.
The various canopy systems sit above the
conservatory or attended living area, and

can be extended dependent on the need of
sheltering or protection against cold.
The systems can also offer a varying range
of privacy; adding open side panels to make
an outside room area or using the stunning
designs from the Markilux internal blind
range, helping customers to keep out prying
eyes.
Markilux is currently looking to recruit
distributors and retailers in the UK, which
they believe will add further margins when
selling an add-on product whilst fitting a
conservatory or orangery.
Because of the nature of the products,
the effects when installed can be dramatic
and visually give the property a feel of
the ‘Mediterranean’ instantly; giving the
homeowner a reason to utilise the space
practically all year round.

Markilux products are designed with a
contemporary look and feel, and can be easily
installed with minimum effort at both new
and existing sites wanting protection from the
sun.
Call 01244 68 99 33 or visit
www.markilux.co.uk

L&G to launch £55m offsite
housing factory inYorkshire
Legal and General is set to open a major
offsite factory in Yorkshire as part of a plan
to shake-up the house building sector.
»»THE INSTITUTIONAL
investor is also setting up a new
arm to be known as L&G Homes
to manage the development of
new homes, making it a major
player in the sector.
Details of the project are being
kept under close wraps but it
is believed a formal launch is
due in the next few weeks. It is
understood that L&G will invest
£55m in converting and fitting
out a warehouse facility which

will be capable of supplying 3,000
houses a year. It is also believed
to have approval to build further
off-site plants if the first scheme
takes off.
The first planned facility will
take off-site manufacturer to the
final level finishing fit-out within
the factory. The latest plans come
just weeks after L&G teamed
up with Dutch pension fund
manager, PGGM, to develop
build-to-rent homes.

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At the time of the deal LGC
said it planned to disrupt the
status quo of ever increasing
rental rises by investing long-term
institutional funds into building
new homes to rent at scale, and
by developing an institutional
rental market.
The duo initially plan to build
650 flats in Bristol, Salford and
Walthamstow in north-east
London. More than a year ago
L&G boss Nigel Wilson said the

‘the investor
wanted to build
five new towns
across Britain’
investor wanted to build five new
towns across Britain over the next
10 years at a cost of up to £5bn.
Source: Construction Enquirer