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Important update to TradePro by Gainsborough range Over the past six-months we have been communicating some exciting changes happening to our TradePro range. We have developed new, on-trend lever designs, introduced black into our portfolio of finishes, and completed the look with a fuller range of hardware; from the front door to the back. With the introduction of the Australian designed levers, Adel and Bela, we are rationalising the range and removing some levers. While we had anticipated this transition to run through until August 2021, due to unprecedented demand we now need to move to the new range for...

Due to the ever changing financial and supply climate we find ourselves in, in 2021, we have received the following correspondence from one of our biggest suppliers.  "Over the past twelve months, we have seen all major commodities involved in the production of our products, including iron, aluminium and zinc, substantially increase in cost, along with inbound freight, labour, occupancy, energy and insurance costs continuing to escalate.While we have absorbed most of these costs to-date through efficiencies, we can no longer do so and will apply a 10% increase to all products effective 1 August 2021." As a flow on effect...

Due to the ever changing financial and supply climate we find ourselves in, in 2021, we have received the following correspondence from one of our biggest suppliers.  "As a business we remain dedicated to delivering highest value, product availability and quality to all our customers. With this in mind, we are committed to driving continuous productivity improvements from both our local and overseas factories and have endeavoured to internally absorb the various cost increases we've experienced. We can however, no longer continue to do so. Significant increases in freight, labour costs (both local and overseas) and raw material movements have...