It's Tough Out There but Jim Believes Future Is Brighter

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Jim rawson, boss of one of South Devon's biggest employers Europlas, summed up current trading conditions in two words: 'extremely tough'.

But despite the worldwide financial turmoil Mr Rawson believes there is reason for optimism for the next year, after a hard 18 months which has seen some window and PVC-U manufacturers and suppliers go to the wall.

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It's Tough Out There but Jim Believes Future Is Brighter

He expects parent group Epwin Group's turnover to be about the same as last year. That's despite the business coping with soaring costs.

For example the electricity bill for the group was pounds4million this year - roughly double what it was two or three years ago - and it will cost pounds1million more ...

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