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windiewasher

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uk commercial
« on: February 09, 2011, 05:13:12 pm »
Have they gone bust?
Takings off all first cleans till march 7th 2014
October  total=  cleaned  extra per month
November = cleaned extra per month
Total £  so far.

mci services

Re: uk commercial
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2011, 05:20:15 pm »
What makes you ask that?

windiewasher

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Re: uk commercial
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2011, 05:37:07 pm »
Heard a rumour they had gone into liquidation with massive losses.
What makes you ask that?
Takings off all first cleans till march 7th 2014
October  total=  cleaned  extra per month
November = cleaned extra per month
Total £  so far.

mci services

Re: uk commercial
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2011, 05:43:58 pm »
did a check on company house and not according to them. their  website is also up and running.

windiewasher

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Re: uk commercial
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2011, 06:22:16 pm »
ok m8 perhaps i heard wrong!
did a check on company house and not according to them. their  website is also up and running.
Takings off all first cleans till march 7th 2014
October  total=  cleaned  extra per month
November = cleaned extra per month
Total £  so far.

mileslake

Re: uk commercial
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2011, 08:07:27 pm »

Prior to any high access window cleaning work, we will need to carry out a full site specific Health and Safety review, and document individual method statement and risk assessments. Our trained operatives work in major cities across the UK including Blyth, Gateshead, Hexham and Newcastle.


Above is from their website. Don't think they are doing that well. Since when have Blyth and Hexham been major cities. I have never heard of them and Gateshead is not massive either as I have been there.

windiewasher

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Re: uk commercial
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2011, 08:13:08 pm »
Window cleaning warehouse on Twitter says they.are in,liquidation
Takings off all first cleans till march 7th 2014
October  total=  cleaned  extra per month
November = cleaned extra per month
Total £  so far.

vivaro 013

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Re: uk commercial
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2011, 08:15:53 pm »
went passed the gym bannatyne has in darlington it was,t a uk cleaning doing the window clean

dave park

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Re: uk commercial
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2011, 08:16:50 pm »
hi guys, not too sure if they've gone out of bus but i know that a certain nationwide bookies has paid to get out of a 3 year contract with them-and i got my work back after 13 months of them sending muppets to do the jobs :P If you saw them on dragons den you'll know which bookies it was.

♠Winp®oClean♠

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Re: uk commercial
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2011, 08:24:34 pm »
Personally, I hope they go bust. ;)

mci services

Re: uk commercial
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2011, 08:28:47 pm »
Personally, I hope they go bust. ;)
why they employ folk who have families? another national will step in and take their work anyway if they are bust. Sad if it is true.

dave park

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Re: uk commercial
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2011, 08:35:00 pm »
Not so sad, they appear on dragons den and say they have a national contract with a company that i was still doing work for 3 months later!!!! Ok they got it eventualy but 13 months later i got the work back-with a good price increase cos i wasn't assd about doing it :-*

♠Winp®oClean♠

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Re: uk commercial
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2011, 08:38:38 pm »
Personally, I hope they go bust. ;)
why they employ folk who have families? another national will step in and take their work anyway if they are bust. Sad if it is true.

Can't stand Bannatyne or that Tony guy, both jumped up twerps.

Apart from that, they might employ, they make lots of money while their muppets work their balls off. I don't support Nationals at all, they can all go bust for me. Let the smaller Co's & sole traders locally do a proper job & the money is more fairly spread out that way! ;)

mci services

Re: uk commercial
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2011, 08:40:32 pm »
Not so sad, they appear on dragons den and say they have a national contract with a company that i was still doing work for 3 months later!!!! Ok they got it eventualy but 13 months later i got the work back-with a good price increase cos i wasn't assd about doing it :-*

good on you dave ;), but it still isn't nice for companies to be going under, that's all

♠Winp®oClean♠

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Re: uk commercial
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2011, 08:43:38 pm »
Not so sad, they appear on dragons den and say they have a national contract with a company that i was still doing work for 3 months later!!!! Ok they got it eventualy but 13 months later i got the work back-with a good price increase cos i wasn't assd about doing it :-*

good on you dave ;), but it still isn't nice for companies to be going under, that's all

What goes around comes around Stu.

Bet they wern't concerned one jot as they went round the country trying to get contracts here there & everywhere?

Were they bothered about the guys who's work they were taking?


mci services

Re: uk commercial
« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2011, 08:48:12 pm »
Not so sad, they appear on dragons den and say they have a national contract with a company that i was still doing work for 3 months later!!!! Ok they got it eventualy but 13 months later i got the work back-with a good price increase cos i wasn't assd about doing it :-*

good on you dave ;), but it still isn't nice for companies to be going under, that's all

What goes around comes around Stu.

Bet they wern't concerned one jot as they went round the country trying to get contracts here there & everywhere?

Were they bothered about the guys who's work they were taking?



No why would they worry? I don't, if I win a contract I couldn't give two hoots who used to do it. I am not bothered if they are going bust but I am not celebrating the fact, well not unless I can get the bupa home they do in my town;D

dave park

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Re: uk commercial
« Reply #16 on: February 09, 2011, 09:15:02 pm »
They've also been in negotiations with one of my largest clients and pursuaded them that they only need there windows cleaned once a fortnight-so they came to me and cut back from 2 cleans a week to one a fortnight, cost me the equivelant of 30 hours work per week covering 14 of there branches!!!!! So in my view if they go under tough cr4p!!! They weren't bothered about me when they were after that contract :'( w4nk3rs

mci services

Re: uk commercial
« Reply #17 on: February 09, 2011, 09:23:36 pm »
They've also been in negotiations with one of my largest clients and pursuaded them that they only need there windows cleaned once a fortnight-so they came to me and cut back from 2 cleans a week to one a fortnight, cost me the equivelant of 30 hours work per week covering 14 of there branches!!!!! So in my view if they go under tough cr4p!!! They weren't bothered about me when they were after that contract :'( w4nk3rs

Ok mate I take the point fair enough, they are obviously affecting your income so it is in your interest to see them go under, I can understand that ;)

dave park

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Re: uk commercial
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2011, 09:32:10 pm »
They lost me a pile of dosh Stu, had to send new car back and lived on my wife's wages for a while. Sorted now though-gone back to residentials after 5 years of commercial only. If there's 1 thing i learnt its not to put all your eggs in one basket :(

dave0123

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Re: uk commercial
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2011, 10:04:59 am »
at the prices they where charging am not suprised they have gone bust!! silly little amounts for such large properties god knows how they made money.

On window cleaning warehouse still says they are trading undeer franchise part of the business so i imagine they going to try n flogg them off for silly amount of money.
Dave.