Everest Home Improvement
 |
|
| Private | |
| Industry | Home improvement |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Headquarters | Cuffley, Hertfordshire, England |
| Services | double glazing, home improvement |
| Owner | Better Capital LLP |
| Website | www |
Everest Home Improvement (Everest Ltd) is a British double glazing and home improvement company. Peter Mottershead is the company's CEO.
In 1965, Everest was founded and became one of the first companies in the market of double glazing. In what became a very fragmented market, with over 3,000 companies, the company grew to become the second biggest in the UK market by sales and turnover with 2.5% of the market (£165m sales) by 2009, later rising to 3%.
Private Equity firm Better Capital acquired the company in March 2012 for £25 million. In November 2013, the company won the Interactive Media Awards in content, design, functionality, high standards of compliance and usability.
In 2014, Everest windows introduced triple glazing to the volume market.
Everest Windows were awarded Sales Team of the Year runner up and Sales Director of the Year runner up at the British Excellence in Sales & Marketing Awards in March 2015.
The company is headquartered in Cuffley, Hertfordshire and has manufacturing plants in Sittingbourne, Kent and Treherbert, Wales and employs its own product development team, design team, installation team and sales team. The company employed over 1,000 people in 2009, each operating as a franchisee.
Everest Windows is accredited by the British Board of Agrément (BBA), the British Standards Institute (BSI), The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF), The Conservatory Association, The Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme (FENSA) and Interlay. The company also carries the Government Endorsed Standards Trust Mark through the GGF.
Everest's slogan "Fit the best. Everest," written by advertising executive Rod Allen, was made memorable by the company's first television advert in the 1980s. Filmed in 'Britain's highest pub' the Tan Hill Inn in Tan Hill, North Yorkshire, it attempted to showcase the draught-proofing of Everest double glazing by having television personality Ted Moult dropping a feather on one side of the pubs double-glazed windows, while a gale raged outside. A new version of the advert featuring Craig Doyle, was produced in 2008. It created some controversy after local planning officials recognized that Everest had not properly authorized the improvement work done to the filming location, as is required for commercial premises.
...
Wikipedia