Coping with Cost Pressures
Inflation may have dropped recently, but the rate remains higher than it was for a long time before 2022…
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Reasons to be cheerful
Last month, both the CBI and Lloyds Bank reported a positive outlook for UK businesses. With the British Chambers…
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Unbranded hoses = extra sales!
If you are a hose and accessory reseller that only offers premium branded products to your customers, you are almost…
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The Year of the Independent Reseller
With the seemingly inexorable consolidation of resellers into a few large national and international brands, it can be easy…
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The right hoses for pumps
After several months of flooding all across the UK, we could be forgiven for associating…
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Cautious optimism for 2024
How was 2023 for you? If you’re a Builders’ Merchant or other supplier to the…
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Strong layflat sales growth
2023 has seen a huge growth in layflat hose sales at Winster, especially in…
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What does a Safety Factor mean?
Some of our customers have asked what the safety factor on a hose or assembly…
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Hottest June on record
Irrigation is critical after hottest ever June The Met Office recently confirmed that June 2023 was the hottest June…
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Hose market shows encouraging signs
A joint statement from John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders’ Merchant Federation (BMF) and Peter Caplehorn, CEO of the Construction…
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The Winster Way of Working
Winster leads the Way on working practices The hose industry probably looks like a typical traditional manufacturing and warehousing…
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HIG Retail Market Update
Following a couple of months of economic turbulence and forecasts of inflation, recession and growing unemployment, we have taken a…
