Sven
There isnt any chains involved with my work, there is the main contractor then me, who covers the entire SouthWest. In most cases the national contractor will not deal with individual window cleaners direct. I would hardly call that subbed may times.
As everyone who deals in high st work will know, this is the only way for window cleaners to get this type of work, so nothing wrong with that.
I have dealt with Franky before, but at that time I only had limited work in Bristol, so wasnt really worth while and his circumstances changed
Now I have too much work for us to keep on top of of even with a few subbys