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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: STEVE-UK on August 21, 2010, 08:50:03 am

Title: Dragons den on tour
Post by: STEVE-UK on August 21, 2010, 08:50:03 am
uk commercial cleaning we on with there transit vans with an ibc chucked in the back...on the door was an Ionics thermopure logo..i wonder if ionics will send them a letter??
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: LWC on August 21, 2010, 09:49:13 am
http://www.ukcommercialcleaning.co.uk/promo-video.asp

You on about second video down?

Just goes to show with their system, ibc tank, shurflo pump, hose reels and theyre off...like i keep saying
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: JSMC on August 21, 2010, 10:39:57 am
ionics could get massive publicity out of this i reckon. however if they have one ionic system fitted then  they could be goosed maybe.

they could goto press and say how duncan is using logo and not paying for them etc etc.

for that reason i'm out
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: Scrimble on August 21, 2010, 10:57:12 am
that is pretty funny, thermopure sticker on the outside and a ibc strapped down inside lol
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: STEVE-UK on August 21, 2010, 11:08:11 am
On the last video they have the hose out with no warning cones...then the guy on the ladder has it resting on the guttering with no one footing it...Safe contractor may have something to say on that one...not very well thought out for a promotional video ;)
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: darren clarke on August 21, 2010, 12:56:42 pm
some reacon it was a set up anyway,  with all the business duncan owns that need cleaning, adn the fact they live down the road to him
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: dave0123 on August 21, 2010, 03:03:42 pm
one of the video's second before last i think .. one is cleaning with wfp then someone next to him squeequee the water off  :-\


Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: C.C.S. on August 21, 2010, 05:28:21 pm
no matter what system they have they still gained 27 million worth of contracts in the last 6 months
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: trevor perry on August 21, 2010, 05:32:48 pm
no matter what system they have they still gained 27 million worth of contracts in the last 6 months
that is very impressive amount of work to gain in a year i deffinately wouldnt want the amount of headache that would go with such growth though.
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: Window Washers on August 21, 2010, 06:04:44 pm
no matter what system they have they still gained 27 million worth of contracts  in the last 6 months
:o
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy) on August 21, 2010, 08:32:22 pm
no matter what system they have they still gained 27 million worth of contracts in the last 6 months
that is very impressive amount of work to gain in a year i deffinately wouldnt want the amount of headache that would go with such growth though.

yeah you would. ;)

employ a full time headache pill aka a contracts manager 8)
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: trevor perry on August 22, 2010, 02:34:17 pm
no matter what system they have they still gained 27 million worth of contracts in the last 6 months
that is very impressive amount of work to gain in a year i deffinately wouldnt want the amount of headache that would go with such growth though.
 

yeah you would. ;)

employ a full time headache pill aka a contracts manager 8)
believe me i wouldnt, that is a vast amount of work to get running smoothly also duncan only invested £100,000 and i think they will need a lot more than that to service that amount of work even if all customers pay within 30 days they will have about 2 million pound owing every month on top of that there is the wage bill this sort of cashflow problem can very easily cripple the business also training and maintaining  good staff on this level will also be extremely difficult especially if health and safety isnt being followed and an accident occurs, i run a reasonable size company with 23 employees and believe me this gives me enough headaches so to suddenly take on the amount of work we are talking about here without steady growth and without trained staff in place then i think they have a big task ahead of them and if they start to loose this work due to poor standards then the money they invested to run the jobs will soon send them bust. I say good luck to them as i definately wouldnt have the balls to take that sort of task on.
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: Edge Clean on August 22, 2010, 05:28:13 pm
no matter what system they have they still gained 27 million worth of contracts in the last 6 months

They have "pitched" for £27 million worth of contracts, I wonder how much of the £27m they secured? especially when they have several other nationals "pitching" for the same work.
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: WCE on August 22, 2010, 05:31:07 pm
some reacon it was a set up anyway,  with all the business duncan owns that need cleaning, adn the fact they live down the road to him

That wouldn't surprise me apparently Levi Roots was quoted as saying he was invited to appear on Dragons Den rather than applying to be on it  ::)
Title: Re: Dragons den on tour
Post by: LWC on August 22, 2010, 06:24:23 pm
Who cares if it gets you the business! The dragons certainly aint stupid