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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: spencer davies on March 30, 2011, 04:29:29 pm

Title: The reluctance of your local council to use you...
Post by: spencer davies on March 30, 2011, 04:29:29 pm

This really takes the biscuit -  Window Cleaners from Manchester travel  240 miles to clean for one hour
read more here ~

http://www.naturalcarpetcare.co.uk/blog/local-resources/sussex-local/local-resources/sussex-local/local-government-wasting-resources-and-money

S

Title: Re: The reluctance of your local council to use you...
Post by: tacky 1 on March 30, 2011, 05:25:19 pm

most of the time backhanders are involved.

Title: Re: The reluctance of your local council to use you...
Post by: poleman on March 30, 2011, 05:31:13 pm

Keep Local services for the local economy

Title: Re: The reluctance of your local council to use you...
Post by: newbroom on March 30, 2011, 05:33:08 pm

Just picked 4 jobs up from my local council so not all bad

Title: Re: The reluctance of your local council to use you...
Post by: Wc Solutions on March 30, 2011, 06:27:27 pm

our council seems to hate wfp and get the wcs to use cherry pickers ....

seems daft to me, more costs involved

Title: Re: The reluctance of your local council to use you...
Post by: Perfect Windows on March 31, 2011, 08:36:15 am

Quote from: tacky 1 on March 30, 2011, 05:25:19 pm

most of the time backhanders are involved.

I think you'll find that most of the time it's just bureaucratic inflexibility.  Some idiot reads that the rules say "use X" and they won't vary from them.

Vin

Title: Re: The reluctance of your local council to use you...
Post by: steve rix on March 31, 2011, 10:50:11 am

Its the same around here. We clean a block of warden patroled flats, each flat paying their own bill. The commumal areas are cleaned by a company from Weston Super Mare (about 90 miles away) Takes them 30 mins and then they go back. Madness.