Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: weetot on August 12, 2010, 04:15:03 pm
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Anyone lost theirs?
Apparently a national companys got em'
Allegedly.
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its getting like dejavu in here every week some chain of shops is going national
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think someone else was saying about this the other week.
its daft isnt it! bet they only save a few quid aswell but the standards will slip alot!
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depends whos got them, they might be on here in a few weeks asking for subcontracts
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depends whos got them, they might be on here in a few weeks asking for subcontracts
yeah it will be sub out a few times down the line and the poor guy doing it prob gets a fiver!
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this is murder. recently i have lost quite a few
greggs
argos
wetherspoons
plus few others
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the whole industry is changing for the worse, commercial jobs are getting cheaper and cheaper as some one will always undercut you
does anyone know who got the new contracts
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i think its hard to work out whos getting the jobs but what im finding in over 20 jobs we have is that the commercial jobs main office in and around london and it always seems one company from that area would get the jobs.
its all about saving a penny or two and being wined n dinned....
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inthe last year we v lost 8 aldis
1 argos
2 iceland
3 halifax
2 home bargins
not a lot some say but for a small business .its a loss every week
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the new contract on these n birthdays starts
1st sept iv gained a few as well as nationwide b/societies
;) ;) ;)
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so who got them gav
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surely i aint the only one who knows
lol its not stfc or dave st ives lol
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I few months back I said these was a concerted afford by the bigger companies to get hold of nation company windows contracts and then subbing them out often to the same guys that used to clean them. Most times at far less. I was told by all and sundry its normal business. It might be in some books but not mine. It just a greedy plan to intercept your income. My advice don’t help them by subbing out for this work. Most time they cannot do the work as its not practical. This will bring this nonsense to a holt. The Big eat up the small.
This is nothing more that arm chair and a phone call to get more income.
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surely i aint the only one who knows
lol its not stfc or dave st ives lol
no comment! :-\
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I few months back I said these was a concerted afford by the bigger companies to get hold of nation company windows contracts and then subbing them out often to the same guys that used to clean them. Most times at far less. I was told by all and sundry its normal business. It might be in some books but not mine. It just a greedy plan to intercept your income. My advice don’t help them by subbing out for this work. Most time they cannot do the work as its not practical. This will bring this nonsense to a holt. The Big eat up the small.
This is nothing more that arm chair and a phone call to get more income.
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Well its a good job I never mentioned losing Thomson Travel Agent and First Choice Travel Agents 2 weeks ago. These have gone to....... oh hang I better start a new topic, and see what the response is...........
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i fogot to mention i lost them as well
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i lost mine too
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oh dear all these so called BIG chains
want another SO called BIG chain
agreed these BIG companys do sub work out
but the vast majority will n are going down this
route as for standards slipping , i say it depends
WHO CLEANS EM !!!!!! ;) i take pride in my work
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Gav,
When a Morrisons store I cleaned, went about a month ago to a national, I dropped the price by £15 to hopefully keep it.
I must'nt have been close to their price.
I did it 2 weekly for 27 years and this firm are now doing it weekly for peanuts.
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Gav,
When a Morrisons store I cleaned, went about a month ago to a national, I dropped the price by £15 to hopefully keep it.
I must'nt have been close to their price.
I did it 2 weekly for 27 years and this firm are now doing it weekly for peanuts.
where was it
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Blyth, Northumberland. >:( ;)
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clintons have been taken over by AQUA CLEAN /
FULL CIRCLE of cardiff if this helps m8
i know they ask for risk assessments n method statements
n pli of 2million
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Thanks Gav, its not me thats lost the Clintons job, its me mate, he asked me to post, to see what feedback came back. I shall let him know!
Cheers
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The main reason that the chains our going national is they need to move away from the shops paying contractors out of the till as money was going missing, manager says the window cleaning is £20 a week when the shiner only charges £10 a week. It's head office of the chains playing big brother, also they get budget costs across the company much better for budgets.
Just try and ask the store who has won the contract, contact them and ask to sub the work as there is not a national retail window cleaning company in the UK yet!!!!!!!