Solaglas in demand for riots clean-up

The firm, which is part of the Saint Gobain group, said it had taken more than the equivalent of two weeks worth of new instructions in a 48-hour period.

Service director Darren Dickinson said: “Being a 24/7 operation 365 days a year, we have the systems in place to cope with the surge in demand for events of this nature ensuring we support our customers in a very professional manner”.

The Rotherham-based company said that having “robust” IT systems played a major part in its ability to respond to its customers and deploy staff via personal digital assistants to the worst affected areas as a priority.

It delivered glass to major retailers including WH Smith and communications giant Everything Everywhere – the merger between Orange and T-Mobile.