Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Well, Reality Check please!
As a small home maintenance business trying to conduct business in an age of more and more stealth taxes I am not a big supporter of grandiose plans to drive me further out of the market place. The current multi million pound propaganda drive to convince us ...
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Well it looks like we're going from the frying pan to the fire with the announcement that CORGI has lost in it's bid to run the gas registration scheme from 2009 to 2014. The HSE has stated that the preferred bidder for the scheme will be CAPITA.
For those of you ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
About two months ago Demon Thus made the business decision to cap my service due to what they said was a misuse of my privilages. See my original BLOG on the subject HERE. They can of course make any policy they want and customers like our business will either have ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR from everyone here at Advantis Home Maintenance. We are dedicated to doing our work to the highest standard without compromising quality or safety. Our BLOG has recently become a place that we can highlight poor workmanship and unsafe situations as well as a place to post the ...
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
At this time of year I wish to thank all of our customers for dealing with us over the last and previous years. We work very hard to make everyone happy all year long and always try and squeeze those last minute repairs in before everyone breaks for Christmas and ...
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
WOW! Was it cold today! You can judge the temperature here by checking to see if I have to put on a vest or not. Today was a vest day.
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Friday, December 7th, 2007
This is an article I never thought I'd have to write but I thought it wise to alert other small businesses to the concept of the ever lower and creeping broadband usage bar being undertaken by not only my provider THUS/Demon but others as well. In a shocking discovery that ...
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
Today was no exception. The day was set aside to catch up on all of the running around, paperwork and phone calls that just can't be done while concentrating on a customers job. And as the customer is paying me to work and not sort out my accountinng or tax ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
An easy day today so hopefully some time later to get caught up on paperwork. But first I have to replace a faulty razor socket for a tenant in Manchester City Centre and then go look at a boiler replacement job. As with any call in the city, parking is ...
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Often times I find that the tone of my whole day is affected by the first person I have to deal with. If they give me a hard time it’s sometimes difficult to be unaffected. On the other hand, when the first call of the day is exceptional then the ...
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