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Premier Architectural Joinery Ltd manufacturing bespoke hardwood joinery including windows, doors, conservatories, roof lanterns, gates, furniture and Screens for Listed Period and Contemporary Buildings. Traditional Joinery with a Modern Approach!

Premier Architectural Joinery - Company History

Premier Architectural Joinery
Company History

Premier Architectural Joinery Ltd (PAJ) was founded in 2012 when The Premier Group acquired Ladymead Joinery (LJ) and re-branded it to be more in line with the group profile.

Ladymead Joinery was founded in 2001 by one of the present directors of PAJ, Anthony Clark. Anthony trained at Aylesbury College as a carpenter and joiner and then gained his experience working for a variety of corporate and private companies.

In 2008 Ladymead was growing significantly and the decision was made to invest over £1m in state of the art CNC manufacturing equipment increasing the capacity significantly to meet demand.

Unfortunately, as we are all aware, 2008 saw the start of one of the worst recessions ever recorded and while Ladymead managed to largely weather the storm it was very difficult to grow in the climate.

In 2012 Premier Group Director Patrick Green, was looking to expand the groups companies and was wanting to find a local manufacturing business to add to the group.

Patrick and Anthony had known each other for many years after meeting in the local village pub, and after a chance conversation one evening it was agreed that Premier Group would buy a majority stake in Ladymead and bring it into the Premier Group of Companies.

The move has brought additional investment into the business both financial and managerial, setting PAJ up to be one of the best joinery companies in the UK. The focus has been moved to concentrate on the bespoke end of the listed, period and contemporary market sector.

Anthony is the Operations Director and oversees the day to day running of the business, while Patrick brings his marketing & company management skills to the table.

2013 has seen significant quality improvements resulting in CE Accreditation for the window and door sets, approval to Quality Standard ISO9001:2008 and has had its windows rated ‘A' under the BFRC Window Energy Rating Scheme. Add into this their membership of FENSA & BM TRADA competent persons schemes and Trustmark status, the quality is truly outstanding.

The business is going from strength to strength and has just commissioned a new purpose built 6000 sq foot production facility to cope with the expansion. The move to the new facility is due in the Autumn 2013.

The business focuses on all aspects of quality hardwood joinery including – windows, doors, conservatories, roof lanterns, staircases, screens, gates, furniture, bookcases etc. etc.

The client base is approximately 60% Trade and 40% retail.


Quotes

“Ladymead was an obvious addition to the Premier Group being a local manufacturing company, and we were delighted that we were able to acquire it" says Patrick “We wanted to expand and wanted a business that we could grow, Ladymead was stifled by debt taken on at the start of a recession and we were able to relieve that, invest in more equipment and give it the chance to breathe and grow" he continues.


“Moving Ladymead into The Premier Group was one of the best decisions I have ever made" says Anthony “It has given the business a chance to breath and with that it is growing healthily"

“Quality has been the focus of the products that PAJ produces, and our reputation is based on the quality of what we manufacture, now we have the quality accreditations to back this up and give the client the confidence in our abilities" says Patrick

“CE Accreditation has been seen by most traditional joinery companies as something they would rather ignore and hope it goes away, well it isn't going to, so we took the opportunity to embrace it and make it work for us as a total quality management system" says Patrick “It can be hard to change people but I was delighted at how every member of staff embraced the changes and we can see real time improvements in quality" he continues.


For more information or verification please contact –

Patrick Green
Managing Director
Premier Architectural Joinery Ltd
T – 01296 655555 opt 6
E – paddy.green@pguk.net
W – premieraj.co.uk