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PRO INSTALLER JULY 2014
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PEARL WINDOWS
DELIVERS NATIONWIDE
SUCCESS WITH LINIAR
Fabricator Pearl Window Systems is based
in Lancashire – and its
straight-talking, Northern owner, Jeff Walsh,
is committed to achieving huge growth targets
for the benefit of his
family, his team of loyal
workers at the factory
in Bolton and his favourite charities.
‘committed to
achieving huge
growth targets’
What you see is
what you get
Following a background
in windows fabrication, Jeff
started Pearl in 1999. His
philosophy was simple – to
recruit a team based on personality and attitude.
“Skills can be learned, but
it’s difficult to fake personality,” explains Jeff. “With
Pearl, what you see is what
you get – and that’s why
people like doing business
with us.”
From small
ambitions…
Jeff’s ambitions were fairly
small when Pearl switched
on its first machine; with
an initial aim of the regular
production of 50 frames
per week, he focused all his
efforts on creating his fledgling business and getting it
established in a competitive
market.
Fast-forward to 2013, and
Pearl Window Systems
saw its busiest year ever –
manufacturing over 2,500
frames per week to become
the largest fabricator in the
North West.
So how did he do it?
It hasn’t been an easy ride
– the recession saw some
difficult times at Pearl, and
Jeff freely admits there have
been setbacks along the
way. “Having good industry
contacts helped us, as well
as making sure we established a good supply chain,”
he says. “When you’re growing,