An established window manufacturing firm in Bristol has entered administration amid inflated costs and delays to key projects. Audit, tax, and advisory firm Mazars said it had been appointed joint administrator for The Window Glass Company (Bristol) Ltd, trading as Window Glass, as of Tuesday.
Founded in 1970, Window Glass designs, makes and installs aluminium window systems and curtain walling for public and private sector buildings, including schools, supermarkets and hospitals. The family-run firm has carried out work on facilities for Thatchers Cider, supermarkets Sainsburys and Waitrose and the National Composite Centre in Bristol.
Mazars said Window Glass, which employees 31 people and operates out of a 55,000 sq ft factory in Brislington, had been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit over the past two years, resulting in losses. The administrator added that after Window Glass had stabilised its trading position by generating sales of around £3.4m, rising energy and raw material prices - combined with delays to key projects - resulted in the firm incurring further losses.
