[Computercleaner]

Hello everyone - I am a newbie and I am in a similar field but cannot find anything on any webs that helps me with the business I am starting up.  I am staring a computer cleaning business in the Leicestershire area - I hope to concentrate on large companies with more than 100 computers.  I don't know if there is anyone else who has joined this site who already does this - everyone looks surprised when I say what I am starting up.  I have had some very useful information today from this site.  Particularly about H&S - needed to do a Risk Assessment and could get no real help from anyone - I managed to download one from someone on this site who is a window cleaner and I think it has given me some good ideas how to start.

Anyone got any ideas - I would be very grateful to hear from you.

Hope you don't mind me joining in your chats even though I am only cleaning computers.

Best Regards
Oli

[Tim Downer]

Oli

Sorry, Cant help you with your request, but welcome to the forum anyway, and please feel free to join in with any comments you may have.....there is a wide range of industries here to do with cleaning.....yours including, so jump in whenever you want.

Regards

Tim

[blacksheep]

hi computer cleaner welcome on board ,you may find some business in the uni they have large computer rooms

[Computercleaner]

Thanks to you both of you for your good wishes - it's nice to know you are not alone - I have had some very useful information sent to me through my private e-mail for which I am very grateful and in their debt.  I hope to be of help in the future to anyone I feel I can, and have infact already been asked advise, which I have freely given even though I am a complete novice at this stage. 

I do have a further question which I will post separately and hopefully get some feedback.  I seem to have covered all the preliminaries and like a typical woman spent a whole day sorting out a uniform, but trying to motivate myself to some of the more laborious tasks like H&S has been another matter.  However, the most taxing thing about starting this business I have found is actually getting some customers - I have had some very rude responses so I am getting used to getting the cold shoulder, its aswell I am thick skinned - serves me right when I get cold calls in the evening when I'm watching corrie and don't want to know and am not that generous myself (payback time.
Thanks again to you all.

[smarter world]

Dear ComputerCleaner…

Just a thought, there is a company called TechClean in the south who specialise in cleaning Hi-Tec equipment including computers, it may be worth looking at there web site. www.techclean.co.uk I believe they are a franchised business, it may be of some help!
Another site which may interest is www.biobreez.co.uk a new company looking for agents, not franchises, it’s a dry fogging disinfectant system for killing bacteria and viruses in the work place.
Best of luck with your new venture

[Computercleaner]

Thank you Smarter World - both good sites.  I have seen Techno Clean before - they are also on e-bay I believe.  Biobreeze looks good and I have contacted them for more details.  Apparently it has been on the news lately the they think MRSA is spread by keyboards and this product battles the problem - might be an idea to contact some hospitals for a clean!!

Thanks again
Oli