Fifty years of glazing is being marked by EYG Group as it launches a recruitment drive to meet lockdown-accelerated home improvement demand while serving high profile new-build residential development wins.
The Hull-based firm believes longevity in a sector has seen it thrive through recessions, recoveries and now a pandemic.
Nick Ward, managing director, said the company is building again, having seen domestic orders for windows, doors, conservatories and orangeries ‘skyrocket’.
He said: “We’ve been amazed by the demand for home improvements over the past six to nine months, which has clearly been influenced by the lockdowns we have been through. “Having spent so long at home people now want to make improvements and add more space, and many are clearly using money they have saved by not going on holiday to invest in their homes.
“We’re not just seeing this alone either as the whole glazing and home improvement sector is very busy and competitive.”
Building on the domestic arm, EYG Commercial carries out glazing contracts across the 海角视频.
It has long-standing partnerships with architects and contractors throughout the 海角视频, working on developments ranging in value from £30,000 up to £6 million, with a strong track record in new hotels and student accommodation blocks. The past 18 months have seen it increasingly add housebuilders looking for glazing partners.
The latest contract, for which fitting teams are about to start, is with fellow East Yorkshire business Beal Homes, on its new 80-unit Pilgrims Walk site in Hessle.
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EYG has manufactured hundreds of UPVC windows and doors, black composite doors and aluminium bi-folds, ready for installation over the coming months on the two, three and four bedroom houses and bungalows.
Fitters from the Wiltshire Road base are called on to plots as they complete.
The contract follows similar work on bespoke residential developments for Church Gate Homes in Swanland, and for Ward Homes Yorkshire in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor.
Each project has been a substantial six-figure contract for EYG.
“We’re delighted to have been chosen for a number of local housing developments in recent months and what has been particularly pleasing has been the fact that they have each been high-quality projects with many bespoke properties built,” Mr Ward said.
“In these situations the developers have each turned to us because the glazing hasn’t been as straightforward as it can be on many larger housing site developments, where all properties have pretty much the same requirements.
“It has needed a business which is capable of working to varying needs, and able to produce bespoke products, and that is where our experience comes through.
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“Equally, as these developers have each made quality the priority, our products, which offer the very best levels of energy and security performance, again make us a front-runner on projects like these.
“We feel working with these local companies in particular enhances our reputation and we hope they feel the same way too.”
Beal Homes was recently awarded a coveted five star rating by the Home Builders Federation Star Rating Scheme, which recognises excellence in customer satisfaction, based on independent surveys of new home buyers in England and Wales.
Similar to EYG, the firm has been established for more than 50 years and has become a leading business in its sector, completing more than 75 developments across the region.
Established in 1971 by Jim Bingham, Mr Ward’s father-in-law, together with Chris George, EYG has branched out from Hull with representation across Yorkshire and the East Midlands.