Blinds & Shutters - Issue 3/2023
Summer seems to have arrived and I imagine it’s peak season for companies that are involved in the awnings and solar shading markets. There seems to a lot of choices out there and it will be interesting to see how the home improvement market copes with the increasing of interest rates over the last few months. Lots of fixed mortgage rates are coming to an end, from historically low levels, so it way create another shock to consumers. So fingers crossed that it’s not as bad as some economists would have us believe and hopefully the rest of the summer will be long and hot!
Summer seems to have arrived and I imagine it’s peak season for companies that are involved in the awnings and solar shading markets.
There seems to a lot of choices out there and it will be interesting to see how the home improvement market copes with the increasing of interest rates over the last few months.
Lots of fixed mortgage rates are coming to an end, from historically low levels, so it way create another shock to consumers. So fingers crossed that it’s not as bad as some economists would have us believe and hopefully the rest of the summer will be long and hot!
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NEWS<br />
NEWSDESK: mail: j.hatcher@turretgroup.com<br />
Continued partnership<br />
Bradford City AFC is pleased to confirm <strong>Blinds</strong>byPost will<br />
continue as an official club partner, ahead of the <strong>2023</strong>/24<br />
campaign. The continuation of the sponsorship has been<br />
marked by <strong>Blinds</strong>byPost’s range of dedicated Bradford City<br />
AFC branded blinds.<br />
Having agreed renewed terms with the<br />
club last summer, the Shipley-based blinds<br />
and shutter specialist’s branding will remain<br />
on the University of Bradford Stadium’s<br />
players’ tunnel, as well as in Valley Parade’s<br />
Morrisons Family Stand and The Bradford<br />
Lifts Stand.<br />
<strong>Blinds</strong>byPost, who will also continue as the<br />
club’s official Facebook and Instagram<br />
business partner, is a family-run business<br />
which offers a wide range of made-tomeasure<br />
blinds for a number of different<br />
indoor spaces. The online retailer hopes that<br />
the sponsorship of the football club will<br />
contribute towards investment and growth in<br />
the Bradford district.<br />
Oliver Hudson, director of <strong>Blinds</strong>byPost,<br />
said: “As a Yorkshire-based business, we’re<br />
proud to not only sponsor our local football<br />
team, but to celebrate our partnership with<br />
our limited edition roller blinds. There are<br />
many passionate fans of the club across the<br />
city and beyond, and we’re proud to offer this<br />
exciting merchandise for the home on our<br />
site.”<br />
City’s commercial manager, Michael<br />
Shackleton, said: “We are delighted to be<br />
entering another season of our partnership<br />
with <strong>Blinds</strong>byPost, taking our affiliation into its<br />
fourth year.<br />
“This partnership is one that has already<br />
delivered significantly for us as a club -<br />
including seeing the introduction of our first<br />
players’ tunnel since Valley Parade’s<br />
redevelopment, ahead of the 2020/21 season<br />
- and is one which continues to develop.<br />
“I would like to take this opportunity to<br />
thank Oliver and his team for their continued<br />
support and hard work to make this<br />
partnership a success, and am looking<br />
forward to seeing how it grows over the next<br />
12 months.”<br />
NEWS IN BRIEF<br />
ULTRAFABRICS has announced a color<br />
refresh for its North Americanproduced<br />
line, Uf Select.<br />
Ultrafabrics says it eads the market in<br />
color choices for its performance fabric<br />
collections, far surpassing its competitors,<br />
and to the celebration of designers who<br />
trust Ultrafabrics to take projects to the<br />
next level. These 38 new colors bring<br />
the total to 89 colors of Uf Select<br />
available for the US market and 64 for<br />
the UK/Europe.<br />
Nicole Meier, director of branding at<br />
Ultrafabrics, says, “Creative directors,<br />
architects, designers and specifiers across<br />
all markets trust our expertise in color<br />
and its importance in their design<br />
process. We take that trust seriously and<br />
continually refine our offering to ensure<br />
they find exactly what they need,<br />
whether it’s the perfect white for a<br />
luxury car interior or dynamic magenta<br />
for a hospitality project, design leaders<br />
know they can find it here.”<br />
She adds, “Our process for creating<br />
color with our experts is lengthy and<br />
time consuming, ensuring that a depth<br />
and richness of each tone is achieved in<br />
every light and environment. We don’t<br />
leave anything to chance.”<br />
6 <strong>Blinds</strong> & <strong>Shutters</strong> • ISSUE THREE <strong>2023</strong><br />
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