Message from Andrew Walker . . .Davie (and to all others subscribers of AWC mag via Educlean UK)
Normal service with respect to supply of AWC mag will resume just as soon as possible. I sincerely apologise for the disruption.
The cause of disruption seems to have been that the annual block subscription I had with AWC terminated at about the same time that the magazine changed ownership.When Richard was owner, flow of the mag, and annual renewal of the arrangement, was smooth and seamless.
I dont know exactly why our supply of AWC mag to the UK was allowed to lapse under the new owner but that's what happened. Though expected, no notice to renew was received and initially I thought the delay in arrival, of the mag itself, was just one of those things that might happen from time to time.
As in this instance Richard put me in touch with the new owner, Norman Finegold, and i have since negotiated and agreed new terms with Norman. This took some doing as Norman proposed to drasticly increase the price per copy of AWC ... understandable I think as we enjoyed the same price under Richard's ownership for quite a few years! Having said that, the proposed new charge, would have imposed a considerable intial cost on Educlean and was such that I considered terminating the arrangement and reimbursing present subscribers for the outstanding sums owed them. Anyway Norman came back with a revised offer. I have accepted Norman's revised offer. We have also agreed on other measures which will be helpful to UK AWC mag readers in the future.
Norman has other publishing interests and an established UK representative based in London. Unlike Rich, who personified window cleaning, neither party are from a window cleaning background. In addition to negotiating terms for the supply of AWC mag, Educlean has therefore spent time teaching them about our UK industry ... its history, economics, potential and such like.
Be reassured normal AWC mag delivery is on its way. I would be very grateful to moderators of other WC email forums reading this if they could pass this message on PLEASE! Also that if any AWC readers have questions or concerns, please do contact me ... my office land line: 0113 2570337 or email: cleaningwizard@edu-clean.freeserve.co.uk
Best wishes,
Andrew Walker
ENDSIf you don't already subscribe to this publication, I can heartily recommend you to try and get your hands on a copy. It's USA based, as you might tell from the title, and it's handy to find out what will be happening over here a year or so in advance! As you'll see from Andrew's message, AWC is undergoing a change of ownership and at present the website is down, or you could investigate it on there.
If anyone fancies having a glance over a back-copy I'll see if I can bring one or two of my cherished mags down to Windex. As I'm getting bemused and befuddled these days, I'd appreciate someone who's interested giving me a gentle reminder a day or so before to jog my poor old addled brainbox!
