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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dg-cleaning on September 27, 2007, 08:41:31 pm

Title: raising prices
Post by: dg-cleaning on September 27, 2007, 08:41:31 pm

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Title: Re: raising prices
Post by: Cleaning Resource on September 27, 2007, 11:51:17 pm

you could go to 11.50 ph and justify it by suppling toilet brushes  ;D  :o




I would look at it like this, how much more money do you need each month from your existing customers?

  say 150 quid

divide that 150 between your customers and see how much extra it works out per customer.

if like you say you got some who you do more for then give them a bigger share of the 150, and the ones you do less for vice versa. and then increase your price every year with a letter explaining that in order to remain in line with the rate of inflation you have to increase your prices by 3%

Title: Re: raising prices
Post by: Kevin White on September 28, 2007, 01:46:20 pm

I always use first of October and NMW increase as basis for increases. I just pop a covering letter on last invoice at old rate saying sorry but being a labour based market i have to pass it on blah blah.

Never had anyone question one, next invoice just has new price.

Regards
Kevin

Title: Re: raising prices
Post by: stevegunn on September 28, 2007, 09:04:05 pm

Fuel duty going up £2 on Sunday use that one

Title: Re: raising prices
Post by: John Kelly on September 28, 2007, 09:12:47 pm

£2???  :o  Please tell me that's a typo and it should be 2p :'(
Lynn

Title: Re: raising prices
Post by: stevegunn on September 28, 2007, 09:20:07 pm

Quote from: John Kelly on September 28, 2007, 09:12:47 pm

£2???  :o  Please tell me that's a typo and it should be 2p :'(
Lynn

oops yes 2p :-[

Title: Re: raising prices
Post by: Len Gribble on September 28, 2007, 09:32:17 pm

If they won’t wear a price increase cut your cleaning time down under advisement to them.

Steve

Think it’s to cover the cost of the smoking ban.

Len

Title: Re: raising prices
Post by: Bizzie Lizzie on October 02, 2007, 08:48:43 pm

Did you increase your fee?  How did your clients react?

BL

Title: Re: raising prices
Post by: Art on October 04, 2007, 02:55:30 pm

Quote from: dg-cleaning on October 04, 2007, 08:44:55 am

I am waiting until new year and will use national minimum wage as the reason.I will let you know how I get along, drafting a letter over next couple of days!

The holiday entitlement has just went from 4 weeks to 4.8. Now might be a better time .

Arthur