Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ryan1 on September 09, 2009, 12:54:48 pm
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Hi Guys
Does any one knew who cleans tesco windows as it seems to be the same company doing the shop cleaning and just wonder if they did the windows aswell ??? ??? ??? ???
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Hi north and south is icm and midlands is mitie - last time i checked . may have changed since then i dont know .
Cheers
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I do!!!!!
I work for a company that cleans all Tesco stores in the three counties hereabouts. They do all the cleaning in-house - including the windows and pressure washing.
Please believe me, you don't want to be involved with them at all. I won't be before too long. They are dispensing with my services!
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I don't know what company does it around here but I've seen the European's up step ladders at 3am with no proper equipment and when I walked past a couple of days later it looks like they used greasy cloths to do them ::)
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i do the windows for a bloke who works for tesco and his job is too clean the windows in st austell, but he is contracted as a a cleaner with the rest of the cleaning staff,
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I quoted for some around my way a couple of years back. I didn't get the job.
Marcus norton on here used to clean several of them. He is based in norfolk.
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Hi north and south is icm and midlands is mitie - last time i checked . may have changed since then i dont know .
Cheers
Mitie got their marching orders for all the scottish tesco's.
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Just wonder as there are new stores popping up every where and just wonder if they sub their windows out cos some are really dirty. :o :o
Are they not a nice company to sub off then ???
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I Cleaned 5 on a weakly and 4 on a quarterly clean.
It was good money and didnt interfere with my domestics as i was done by 8 am
the company who i subbed it from at the time had about 30 stores covering norfolk , suffolk ,cambs and essex.
they got rid of me as quick as a flash after i sent them notification that i was putting my prices up after three years.
It cost me over £15k overall to lose that in 1 month notice nearly crippled me as a business.
i would seriously think long and hard if i was to take on any more
Marcus...
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Avoid Tesco at all costs. Even if you do get a contract, after a few months they will demand that you cut your prices. And then every few months later they will demand that you cut your prices again.
You will be tied into a contract that is seemingly binding on you to provide the service but that they can do anything they want - and the only rule is that you can't win.
Your work will be subjected to a RAG quality audit Red, Amber, Green. As long as everything is Green, you're OK. If anything happens to go Amber or (heaven forbid) Red, your life will be an absolute misery.
Avoid Tesco like the plague.
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[/color=Red]It was good money and didnt interfere with my domestics as i was done by 8 am [/color]
the company who i subbed it from at the time had about 30 stores covering norfolk , suffolk ,cambs and essex.
they got rid of me as quick as a flash after i sent them notification that i was putting my prices up after three years.
Just my two pence worth - if the money was good.... and they were regular ... and they had more work you could obtained ..... why put the prices up ?
you dont need to think long and hard about taking contracts on - you need to think about telling customers your increasing prices off your own back .
We have quite a few regional contracts for different companies - most prices are set others we quote for - instead of putting prices up mention extra tasks that need doing - signage ,graffiti , gutter cleans and get some extra that way
shows your proactive and keeps you in your clients good books - even if they loose a contract and let you go - when a new contract starts there's a much higher chance of them calling you .
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I was asked to quote a whole string of Tescos stores once by a cleaning firm from Wales I believe. At the time I was very green and didn't have a clue so didn't pursue the job.
My wife works for Tescos and has first hand knowledge of how the cleaners operate. Not a pretty sight. Windows were cleaned with a jetwash at our local store.
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ive been asked to clean the cladding of 4 tescos stores,undecided.
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If you need the work that`s different but i would never put my on work off due to a large outfit like Tesco,they`ll drop you like a stone at any time.
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If you need the work that`s different but i would never put my on work off due to a large outfit like Tesco,they`ll drop you like a stone at any time.
As ever spot on mr nwh
what does that stand for anyway...
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Tesco..................................................every little bit helps :D
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no its not like i need the work,basicley its been subbed out to this company,they phoned me and turns out theres 4 stores that need the cladding doing,how do you go about cleaning it etc.thanks
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i used to clean local tesco many years ago, it was my first really big job so i sort of guessed the price i wanted for it and to my amazment i got it. now i m not daft so i thought this won t last long at this price so i did nt consider it part of my earnings,but it lasted about 3 years before some bright spark said let the internal cleaners do the windows as well as the floors etc.when this happened it did nt really effect me at all except my holiday fund did nt fill up as fast as it used to. so what i m really saying is by all means have a go at getting thier work ,but don t rely on it. by the way i used to get 250 00 for 8 hours work nearly 20 years ago,my tans only just wearing off. cheers mick
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If you need the work that`s different but i would never put my on work off due to a large outfit like Tesco,they`ll drop you like a stone at any time.
As ever spot on mr nwh
what does that stand for anyway...
Like the new van Marcus,Nigel.
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Nigel William Hornblower.
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If you need the work that`s different but i would never put my on work off due to a large outfit like Tesco,they`ll drop you like a stone at any time.
As ever spot on mr nwh
what does that stand for anyway...
I know ;D
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Tesco local to me is cleaned by their staff. Terrible smears and corners missed but every little helps.
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If you need the work that`s different but i would never put my on work off due to a large outfit like Tesco,they`ll drop you like a stone at any time.
As ever spot on mr nwh
what does that stand for anyway...
Good question, i've always wondered that. :)
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T C Cleaning got the cleaning contract for Tesco in the south and southeast and they do have reach and wash vans but still sub some work out to the smaller window cleaners
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If you need the work that`s different but i would never put my on work off due to a large outfit like Tesco,they`ll drop you like a stone at any time.
As ever spot on mr nwh
what does that stand for anyway...
I know ;D
So do I - but I'm not telling ;D
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Used to do some stores up north for best part of last year for a company called NIC.Good job windows fortnightly and signs monthly.
Then they lost the contract and a company called carlisle cleaning took over and I lost the job because they said their instore cleaners would clean them, but they don't and the windows are a mess now, it has been about 10 to 12 weeks and some stores are complaining about it but their hands are tied as it is a head office decision as to who gets the contract.
And Yes I did contact the company who took over as I used to 'look after' these jobs as they were all newish and easy to keep right, but they were not interested even when I mentioned about the town centre store with 12 foot high windows that their cleaners were supposedly to clean. Their answer " we have a team that does the high ones, thank you for your enquiry"
Well I have seen the manager of said store a lot lately and commented on his windows, only to be told that they have been cleaned once in 10 to 12 weeks and he is not happy, but there is nothing he can do about it.
Once again its all down to price not quality.
Ask me the world is going backwards, I would sooner pay a tenner and have clean windows than pay a fiver and have dirty windows,
Im going to shut up now.
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smart business if you ask me.
Charge good money for something that doesn't get done and yet get paid well for it..
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Cleaners at our local Tescos in wilts are supplied bt TC cleaning. Window cleaner turned up yesterday and started blading the insides from a firm called Amber Cleaning Services. Looks like they may come from London?
Sounds about right for these big companies - bring someone in from 100miles away for a job that any local cleaner could do. ::)
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Cleaners at our local Tescos in wilts are supplied bt TC cleaning. Window cleaner turned up yesterday and started blading the insides from a firm called Amber Cleaning Services. Looks like they may come from London?
Sounds about right for these big companies - bring someone in from 100miles away for a job that any local cleaner could do. ::)
i do a job that the "contract cleaner " comes all the way from norwich
a 5 hour trip
its done weekly :o :o
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Doesn't make any sense does it?
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Cleaners at our local Tescos in wilts are supplied bt TC cleaning. Window cleaner turned up yesterday and started blading the insides from a firm called Amber Cleaning Services. Looks like they may come from London?
Sounds about right for these big companies - bring someone in from 100miles away for a job that any local cleaner could do. ::)
i do a job that the "contract cleaner " comes all the way from norwich
a 5 hour trip
its done weekly :o :o
thats ridiculous
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Our local Tescos brings the cleaners over from Wales about 100miles away to clean the store - well the contractors do.
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i do a job that the "contract cleaner " comes all the way from norwich
Not "Enterprize Clean" is it ?
Marcus...
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i do a job that the "contract cleaner " comes all the way from norwich
Not "Enterprize Clean" is it ?
Marcus...
i am not sure
i just spoke to the guy and he said it took him 5 hours from norwich, he had a sign written sweatshirt on, i didnt really take much notice of the name
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Amber cleaning comes from Leeds for Tesco contracts but T C cleaning keeps them very busy and the sub contractors are very well paid
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i was asked a few years ago to quote for my local store,i was then informed it must be under £30 so i just walked away