Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: R W C™ on July 13, 2011, 03:34:01 pm
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Seems like there all doing it...
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we give up with trying to pick up national type shops now and just stick with local companies.
wont be long until they hit the domestic market even more!
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i got asked to quote one yesterday, burtons and dorothy perkins as well
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i got asked to quote one yesterday, burtons and dorothy perkins as well
by who mate?
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I got asked to price up aswell, needs to be cheap tho!!!! so that counted me out
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I got asked to price up aswell, needs to be cheap tho!!!! so that counted me out
who was it saj?
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The external was done daily and internal was weekly, the company who got the contract now want a quote for weekly external and monthly internal.
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is it a secret ;D
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is it a secret ;D
cs then!
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is it a secret ;D
Yes mate, somethings are best kept off the forums, especially when you know about 10 of your competitors are daily users of this forum, but they never post on here.
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u mean some one would phone up and try to undercut you on jobs in your area
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The company begins with a B ;D
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Spill the beans, who's getting them then? I do a top shop and heard nothing yet, though I know the cleaning companies area manager was asking how much they were paying for window cleaning a while back so I guess it could be them.
Dorothy Perkins, Top Shop, Burtons all owned by Arcadia Group I think, as is BHS, so I guess they will be going national as well, just a matter of time til they all are I guess.
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The company begins with a B ;D
Lol, I've never heard of the company who has taken it over.
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I got a call to price the ones I do, the lady on the phone said 3 times the CHEAPEST gets the work, I phoned them with the price and asked a few questions.
They don't have there own window cleaners, all work is subbed out.
I asked her to send me an email so I could send them my details for future reference, they had no facilities to do this.
Alarm bells rang, so I asked where there head office is, she did not know, up north I think was her reply.
Good luck in getting paid if you do them, this seems like a proper micky mouse set up.
It's gonna be interesting to walk past the ones I do as some of them need doing every day.
The only other work I had from a cleaning company was with Jani King, They are total crap with paying and I sent them court letters, got paid straight away then, all my work is my own and thats the way I like it.
I tried to find them on google and could'nt, might just be my spelling of there name but still strange nowdays not to have a website, not unless there in Essex then I found them, but thats not up north
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the problem you have got with all these natonal companies, is they go one of them course and get all the nice qualifications, dont actually know how to clean windows and then just tenders for all the jobs going, then sub it all out
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The website I think is there's states it's a family run business so maybe this is there 1st national contract, depends where you class up north being,
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Is going to get worse :(
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This is not there first national contract, I have done work for them for 3 years now ;) and I have even meet the MD, had a really nice chat with him a few years ago 8)
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This is not there first national contract, I have done work for them for 3 years now ;) and I have even meet the MD, had a really nice chat with him a few years ago 8)
What are they like for paying on time!?
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Ok have to wait the first 60 days then it comes through monthly after that.
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Oh well, not bad, I was expecting a wait of at least 3 months.
My mates done one of the D.Perkins store for 20 years, and this National phoned him whilst he was cleaning it, to re-price it!. Probaly alot cheaper!
He was well gutted to say the least >:(
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anyone want to mail me the company name :)
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Saj I'll email you who has the one where I am
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they rule
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they rule
They won't rule when you've priced them wrong and they don't phone ya back.
But as they say on E-Bay 'good look on the bidding'
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they rule
;D
now I know who it is that is funny
No one else need email me thanks
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We've been doing 2 shops for 3years and not heard anything about this yet ???
Can somebody please email the company that's taken them over
thanks
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hi everybody i lost the top shop and doroty perkins too and the national company taking over window cleaning contract is BRITTAIN GROUP SERVICES and they are fairly big company i think i dont know why some of you keep it secret
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hi everybody i lost the top shop and doroty perkins too and the national company taking over window cleaning contract is BRITTAIN GROUP SERVICES and they are fairly big company i think i dont know why some of you keep it secret
Its not them ;D
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Thanks for all the emails guy, will see what happens with them
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I don't think its BRITTAIN GROUP SERVICES, but it might be GERMAIN GROUP SERVICES.
Jesus. :-\
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Who is it then?
I'm having a hot chocolate and then its bedtime.
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Brittania ;D
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http://britanniagroup.co.uk/
Must be these then
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Yes it is Brittannia. I was asked to quote a couple the other week
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going ti clean house s now very good frend gave me some, if not for him probably called it a day :'( :'(
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Gonna have to be cheap to win these contracts.The usual not bothered about quality just the cheapest ;D
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Is it just for the windows or the cleaning of stores too?
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cleand d p and burtons for 20 year ,cut the price by ,well over half,still dont think i will get them back :-[
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Spoke to them today, got to price up more work now, all the mirrors, stairs glass,wash down signs, wash down front of shop, aswell as doing the shop front in & out
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going ti clean house s now very good frend gave me some, if not for him probably called it a day :'( :'(
Must be a good friend. I suggest Dusty Dave picks himself up and dusts himself down, and moves on. ;D :P
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i recon it would be easy to copy cat what these so called nationals do!
just set up a website like theres and offering all kinds of services then just find people to do it (sub it out)
tell me why this wouldnt work?
you could do it with building/construction anything your the slightest bit fimiliar with!
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i recon it would be easy to copy cat what these so called nationals do!
just set up a website like theres and offering all kinds of services then just find people to do it (sub it out)
tell why this wouldnt work?
you could do it with building/construction anything your the slightest bit fimiliar with!
yes but you need to pay the subbies whilst waiting for payment, then deal with thousand of complaints up and down the country, sod that
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i recon it would be easy to copy cat what these so called nationals do!
just set up a website like theres and offering all kinds of services then just find people to do it (sub it out)
tell why this wouldnt work?
you could do it with building/construction anything your the slightest bit fimiliar with!
yes but you need to pay the subbies whilst waiting for payment, then deal with thousand of complaints up and down the country, sod that
so it just boils down to money then really?
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the secret is out :o
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i recon it would be easy to copy cat what these so called nationals do!
just set up a website like theres and offering all kinds of services then just find people to do it (sub it out)
tell why this wouldnt work?
you could do it with building/construction anything your the slightest bit fimiliar with!
yes but you need to pay the subbies whilst waiting for payment, then deal with thousand of complaints up and down the country, sod that
Arcadia pay on 30 days by BACS if you wait 60 days before paying subbies your ahead in money, when the contract is finished hang on to the money and wait for the subbies to chase it up, I bet some can't be bothered so your quids in.
It's the complaint side of things that would drive me nuts
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Talking to the window cleaner that does our top shop and he has heard nothing about them going national. He asked the manager and had heard nothing either
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They are sending out letters to the store managers shortly to let them know what is happening.
You would of thought they would of contacted them by now so they could let the present window cleaners know whats happening to at least give them a chance to keep hold of their work, as it is by time most of them find out it will be too late for them to put in a price
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Mike did you get anywhere with the info I gave you??
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The guy I spoke to today was having none of when I told him, when he wandered over to do his ladbrookes I didn't have the heart to tell him that was going as well :-\
He has already lost an office contract to me and two shops to me and a dentist to me