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Mila extends Heritage range for traditional styles doors and windows

Mila has extended its stylish new Heritage finish across a much broader range of hardware so that customers can now mix and match to achieve a really authentic looking result on any traditional style window or door.

The Heritage finish comes in a choice of Black or Pewter and fits perfectly with all the most popular cottage style composite doors and chamfered, sculptured and flush fitting window frames.
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Pressure on prices is here to stay

If some commentators in this industry are to be believed, Brexit was just a blip which can be brushed aside as everyone ‘keeps calm and carries on’.  I wish it were that simple. 

In the hardware sector where so many products are manufactured overseas, the real implications of the Brexit vote are only now really starting to be felt, as the impact of the fall in the value of the pound filters through to the prices being charged to fabricators, and in turn to installers and eventually consumers.
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New Year message – GGP Magazine

It will be in 2017 that the real implications of the Brexit vote will finally be felt in the hardware sector, as price rises come into force virtually across the board, as a result of the fall in the value of the pound against both the dollar and the euro.

Mila had the financial resources to be able to hedge against currency fluctuations for much of 2016 but even we have had to reluctantly introduce surcharges.
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Voice of the Industry by Richard Gyde, Glass News

What are your expectations for 2017, for your company and our industry as a whole?

There is no doubt that 2017 will see price rises across the hardware sector as the fall in the value of the pound post Brexit vote and a rise in commodity prices come together to create almost a perfect storm for manufacturers.
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