Clean It Up

UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: zesty on March 22, 2020, 09:07:24 am

Title: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: zesty on March 22, 2020, 09:07:24 am: I’ve noticed a huge drop in enquires via email and phone.

Usually I’d get 1-2 enquires every day.

I don’t think I’ve had one for about 7 days now.

All to be expected, but unprecedented none the less.

Thank God we don’t rely on continual new business in this job.

I feel sorry for so many self employed, and employed right now. What a financial shock to so, so many.
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: Soupy on March 22, 2020, 09:09:37 am: Im tripping over thousands of flyers that we were supposed to be sending out this week and the coming couple of months.

f***ing gutted.

Still breathing though.
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: SB Cleaning on March 22, 2020, 09:13:49 am: I've had 3 pressure washing jobs and a 6wk reg window cleaning job since Monday come in ,happy with that considering the circumstances.
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: dazmond on March 22, 2020, 10:10:27 am: I picked up 3 new jobs last week and I dont have a website.....I'm not expecting many new ones over the next few months but who knows?....

Just crack on as normal until the government ban us from working
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: G Griffin on March 22, 2020, 10:43:29 am: Quote from: dazmond on March 22, 2020, 10:10:27 am
I picked up 3 new jobs last week and I dont have a website.....I'm not expecting many new ones over the next few months but who knows?....

Just crack on as normal until the government ban us from working
It could be more damaging if the government doesn't ban us but the public do. It's unlikely that'd it be a complete shutdown but we'd then be entitled to nowt.
Andy M touched on it on t'other section.
Self isolating might end up being our friend as well as our enemy.
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: AuRavelling79 on March 22, 2020, 11:35:21 am: I suspect that social pressure, our own sensibilities and by the end of this coming week legislation will stop the average window cleaner from working.
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: G Griffin on March 22, 2020, 11:51:08 am: Quote from: AuRavelling79 on March 22, 2020, 11:35:21 am
I suspect that social pressure, our own sensibilities and by the end of this coming week legislation will stop the average window cleaner from working.
I agree.
It looks like SSP is going to be our best option, so far. Or temporary jobs.
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: Granny on March 22, 2020, 12:03:15 pm: The irony is that entrepreneurs who have created jobs and businesses and have been the backbone of the economy now find themselves in a worse position than their employees!
And those who have been prudent are the worst off of all.
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: Stoots on March 22, 2020, 12:27:10 pm: Picked up 10 new ones last week, lost about 5 though.

I'll keep going until either the losses out weigh what's coming in or the government stops us.
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: James Styles on March 22, 2020, 12:48:37 pm: Tbh I’m not concerned about enquiries at the moment I’m more concerned with keeping the customers I’ve got, I’m hoping when this is all over I haven’t lost a big chunk of my round.
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: zesty on March 22, 2020, 01:22:00 pm: Quote from: James Styles on March 22, 2020, 12:48:37 pm
Tbh I’m not concerned about enquiries at the moment I’m more concerned with keeping the customers I’ve got, I’m hoping when this is all over I haven’t lost a big chunk of my round.

At the very least, you should be able to persuade them to just miss a month, rather than lose them entirely, but who knows - if people start losing their jobs (which is happening) they’ll make cuts.

Hopefully we will keep most of our work...
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: matty72 on March 22, 2020, 01:22:45 pm: This is getting confusing, im not sure where we go from here, tried to avoid the news, just switced it on and the mayor of london says we shouldn't go out or people can die, ok help us make a decision , the other thing is i think it will be good for us to carry on working to keep active and motivated, its a tricky one this.
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: Slacky on March 22, 2020, 01:37:11 pm: I am thinking right now the Mayor of London is speaking to Londoners. Its a crowded, dense city. They have underground trains and crowds of people, all within inches of each other, breathing down each others necks, literally. Its a petri-dish waiting to explode.

If I was in London I wouldn't be going to work.

When I go to work tomorrow morning the nearest person to me will be 100 yards away, I'll be working in isolation. And I'll definitely be working, paying my bills, paying my taxes and avoiding other humans.

Probably in a few days we will need to re-evaluate things.
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: NWH on March 22, 2020, 01:43:05 pm: I’ve got stuff booked in till Thursday see what happens by then,as said you need to forget trying to get new work via leaflets etc the main thing is looking after what you’ve already got.
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: matty72 on March 22, 2020, 02:00:29 pm: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300336u
Title: Re: Enquiries have dried up, for now.
Post by: Shrek on March 22, 2020, 03:52:35 pm: Quote from: matty72 on March 22, 2020, 02:00:29 pm
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300336u

The numbers are going up quite quick! hopefully all on here have signed as it only takes 2 minutes!!