[pjulk]

I have lost a few lately and i'm not really picking up a great deal either so im slightly down not much.

But i'm not worried as i will soon be picking up more work again it sort of evens itself out in the end.

[leapstallbuildings]

I've lost very little really.  The work I pick up is slightly more than the work I lose still.  However, I expect big layoffs at a local employer in the coming year or so, so this may have some more impact.

[Londoner]

Its not been as bad as I thought it might be. Mind you its early days yet.

[karygate]

not lost any because gave them the option to leave it this time and am slowly picking up ones here and there.customers starting to have their con roofs done now so that helps balance things.

[LSB]

i am still picking up plenty more domestic customers than i am loosing , some from leaflets / reccommends / etc , some from out of nowhere !
however we have lost a few commercial contracts ( none owing me money ) , although picked up a nice big office that i quoted in dec 08 , now they want it done ASAP .

[windowcleaninginessex.co.uk]

I've lost one due to a job loss and another because he's a mortgage advisor.

But there's no one single 'big employer' round here; so I guess we're lucky.

I'm guessing that if you live in an area with, say for example a car manufacturing plant, that employs thousands of 'locals'; and that firm goes bust or cuts everyone's wages/hours; and you have a lot of customers from that factory, then you could lose a few.  Not to mention the other jobs that are off-shoots; relying on that big company's trade.

However, from the little I understand, the last big reccesion in the 1980s really hit the blue collar workers.  But this one is different because it's hitting the white-collar workers in the South-East due to the subsequent growth from the 1980s into the financial sector.

I could be wrong though, I'm just a window cleaner; and a Geordie one at that.

No problem for me down here in the south east.Hopefully stays that way, all customers seem fine,

[m b shaw]

when i first started many years ago they shut about 10 pits of which i cleaned in about 7 of what we call pit villagers.I thought to myself oh heck or words to that effect,anyway i stuck at it and got through and all i can advise is not to panic, do a good job and it will be o k. P S thats how your luck changes, one of only 4 w f p operators has finished near me and my phone never stops.cheers mick

[martinsadie]

Lost 3 so far because husbands lost his job 

spoke to soon another one today 

[elite mike]

Lost 3 so far because husbands lost his job 

spoke to soon another one today 

more time with the grandchild stan

congrats by the way

[martinsadie]

Lost 3 so far because husbands lost his job 

spoke to soon another one today 

more time with the grandchild stan

congrats by the way

Thanks but no chance im still picking work up,need to get Gordon Brown to put more days in a week, 

[Stephen Dwyer]

I'm finding that I'm loosing quite a lot of customers recently.  Either that or I have to drop them myself due to the fact that they keep not having them done.  Recently I have also found that when I get a new customer I clean them once and then I find out that they only wanted it as a one off despite not making that clear at the start.  I hate it when customers do that. 

[Mr.G]

I've lost some Honda workers, they've all been laid off on half pay