Look at these visions of beauty in our warehousing yard. Two new trucks courtesy of MAN Truck & Bus recently arrived and were soon put into operation. These two new additions take our daily capability to around 50tons delivered each day, […]
It’s been a busy period at Pronto working across the various bank holidays in April and May. I’m pleased to say daily volumes are increasing as the weather slowly improves. (Reports today suggest we’re in for a bumper 42 days […]
Pronto completed another trading year on Friday. Nearly 15 years since James and myself took over the day to day running in the most difficult of circumstances. The company is probably a little larger now than most people realise, with […]
By way of update, the latest data on the ongoing battle to absorb as much of the continual price increases as possible. Average raw material price is now up 55% since last March, this is separate to the energy and […]
“Have you got it available? I need it now!” Do you remember the old days ? When you learned your craft on how to engage with your target market and write relevant content? When you rehearsed the first conversation […]
Pricing. The subject we try to avoid whenever possible, for fear of upsetting the applecart maybe. The red line on the chart below shows where we pegged oil price when reviewing prices in Sept-Nov 2021. I could do […]
New statistics published in January by our great friends at British Coatings Federation addressed the significant raw material price inflation that has been impacting our industry for much of the last 12 months. BCF reports: 📈 Solvent prices were up […]
We’re, almost unbelievably, nearly at the end of 2021, another tumultuous year in our industry. And it’s time to reflect. But we’re not going to be downbeat. We’ve all faced a multitude of challenges that have been well documented. Instead, […]
We always strive to walk on the positive side of life at Pronto. And we’re pleased that the coatings industry, via the BCF is reporting increasing levels of confidence and a surge in demand in some areas. They’re seeing […]
A bit of a personal post. 22 years ago this week (5th July) I arrived at Pronto for the very first time. As a Shell STEP undergraduate, I was tasked with creating a website for the company. The very first […]
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