[Andy Foster]

Get out to work yourself, Johnny Coyle! Why is your little green "on line" indicator showing at 9.40a.m.

I am on the telephone talking to local 5* Hotels and have jobs lined up  to clear and salt their carparks and driveways for between £100.00 and £250.00 a time  

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

If your insurance doesn't cover your new ventures then no amount of grit will stop you sliding into prison if someone decides to trip or slip on the grit you have put down

Are you for real?

This industry is full of chancers like you who will do whatever it takes to make a few quid regardless of the consequences.
Your idea is a great one and fair play to you for 'thinking outside the box' but when it is people's property you are working on you need to make sure that
1 - you do the job right
2 - you are insured to do the job you do

don't worry, if the drive clearing work disappears, there is always gas work.

[gewindows]

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=87447.0

This answers your question

Hey hey !!

Excuse me!

I have a copyright on that thread, if you wish to use it you'll have to either send me £35.00 or you'll be hearing from my lawyers.
 

[cozy]

35 quid up front? Now you have a new idea there Matt, better than clearin snow

[Sir Squeaky]

To the original poster...

Can I be the first to say c0ck?

[Jonathan Spencer]

To the original poster...

Can I be the first to say c0ck?

A doodle Do

[Frankybadboy]

god listen to you lot moaning again.

theres always some worst off then what we are.think along those lines.




mb,
as for clearing footpath,and gritting.
ive just cleared 15 old people paths opposite me on a complex.why cause people like doctors, nurse and home help still have to get to these old people.ive also checked to see if they are all ok and have everything they need,

someone want to sue me cause they slip,then lets go to court,

thats why this country is in a state cause we all worry what one going todo (sue).

[John Walker]

Looking for clarification on liabilities on clearing snow, I found the following -

Your local authority is responsible for clearing snow and ice from the public highway and pavement. Under Section 41(1A) of the Highways Act 1980, the council must ensure that safe passage along a highway is not endangered by snow or ice. If the local authority fails to act, you can apply to the magistrates' court under the same legislation for an order to unblock the highway within a reasonable period - although such orders are very rare indeed.

Private landowners are not obliged to clear snow or ice from the highway, even if the road or pavement passes over their land. Indeed, from a legal point of view it may be risky for private individuals to clear these areas. By sweeping snow from one part of the pavement you can create a danger in another area and if someone is injured, you will be liable for negligence or nuisance.

On your own land, it is a different matter. You owe visitors a duty under the Occupiers Liability Act 1984 to take reasonable care to ensure that they are reasonably safe. This means that if you know someone (such as the postman) is likely to walk up your garden path, and you also know that the garden path is slippery, you must take reasonable steps to clear the path of snow and grit it if necessary.
 
However, you should not simply brush the snow from your path on to the public pavement. It is also a public nuisance to block the pavement of the road by sweeping snow from your property on to the highway.

Your neighbours are therefore quite right to clear their own paths, but are taking a legal risk in clearing the public pavement - no matter how public-spirited their actions may seem.

Mark Loveday is a barrister at Tanfield Chambers, 2-5 Warwick Court, London WC1R 5DJ. 020-7421 5300

[james44]

just a thought for you all, i took on a cleaning job that i do from 6am-9am 6days a week, now i took on this job incase i could not get out in the winter months well glad i did do it now £120 a week is better than northing i did not spend any of that money it was kept for the weeks in winter that i cant get out to work, i know this wont suit everybody as some of you start early on your jobs but even if you could get a little p/t job in evenings its something to keep you going,

well i started this job in june 09 and now have £2880 to keep me going its worked out all right for me i start this job 6am-9am have breakfast and do windows 10am-4pm

[John Walker]

just a thought for you all, i took on a cleaning job that i do from 6am-9am 6days a week, now i took on this job incase i could not get out in the winter months well glad i did do it now £120 a week is better than northing i did not spend any of that money it was kept for the weeks in winter that i cant get out to work, i know this wont suit everybody as some of you start early on your jobs but even if you could get a little p/t job in evenings its something to keep you going,

well i started this job in june 09 and now have £2880 to keep me going its worked out all right for me i start this job 6am-9am have breakfast and do windows 10am-4pm

Very sensible and forward thinking.  i would have done similar but at 63 i only have the energy for window cleaning each day.  Perhaps I should look for an admin type job as a second back up income  - trouble is, I took up window cleaning to get away from admin after 48 years of it 

[DanielUK]

Hey hey !!

Excuse me!

I have a copyright on that thread, if you wish to use it you'll have to either send me £35.00 or you'll be hearing from my lawyers.
 

Now THAT'S thinking outside the box!

[Johnny Coyle]

This industry is full of chancers like you

Yeah Im a real chancer
10 staff and
£250,000 + sitting in my personal bank account



You boys are so easy to wind up
Any one that doesnt fit into your little World watching TV and playing on Xbox has iin your opinion got it wrong.
None of the big cleaning companies post on here it is not hard to see why

[DanielUK]

someone found a use for the snow!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/timdobson/sets/72157623024761529/

[stephen s]

Get out to work.
Buy some salt and clear some driveways. This is what running a business is like.
You have to think outside the box, its unbeleavble that many on this forum claim to be sitting at home watching TV or playing Xbox etc. when their is work to be done. Even if its spending the week phoning round getting more work.

We have the easiest climate to work in - the rest of northern europe has colder and deeper snow every year.
I am fed up with cannot cope Britain

I bet you cant stand jazz 

[cozy]

None of the big cleaning companies post on here it is not hard to see why

No mate, but you are. The sign of a great man, is how he treats lesser men. Blowing your own trumet on here will always get a reaction. A few of us open new profiles on here to wind up others for fun. You got a result on this one didn't you?

[gewindows]

None of the big cleaning companies post on here it is not hard to see why

Which is why you post on here.

Anyway, lets have some pics then of you clearing carparks.

[R W C™]

Ive got 10 staff and £250,000 in the bank too thats why im at home plying on my xbox 

[cozy]

Ive got 10 staff and £250,000 in the bank too thats why im at home plying on my xbox 

Bung us a few quid mate if this snow don't melt?

[Gordon Saunders]

250k in your personal account . if your such an astute business man why isnt it invested somewhere instead of in a personal bank account earning  0.5% interest.
 
Personally i would rather be at home with my two kids enjoying the snow , but maybe thats because i got a life outside work

think i will stick to being a part timer , a professional one at that

[stephen s]

250k in your personal account . if your such an astute business man why isnt it invested somewhere instead of in a personal bank account earning  0.5% interest.
 
Personally i would rather be at home with my two kids enjoying the snow , but maybe thats because i got a life outside work

think i will stick to being a part timer , a professional one at that

your a professional something 

[Gordon Saunders]

yep a part time professional amateur