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Lawrence, that was my understanding from what I’d read of Part P, further information leads me to suspect that the legislation may be, at best, entirely ambiguous.
Minefield and, the mines could blow up in our faces! 🙁
K.
Re: Which Leads Me Onto…
Some superb posts guys and I may even quote some of the comments, I hope there’s no issue with that.
Reaching employed engineers was always going to be an uphill struggle but there are actually quite a few on here, but not in the subscriber area sadly.
K.
Re: Revenue Report
okay, 1am and a bit of vodka later…
The “rainy day” provision should only be available where we deem it to be viable, if it’s even possible to do and there’s two levels of unique control set in place by the way I think on such things. “oh shit, I’m short for the VAT man this month” is not what it’s for. I would think more along the lines of requiring help to bring on a trainee or suchlike, each circumstance has its own merits and they should be taken as such. From time to time I’m sure we could all do with a hand.
However, that all depends on the funding availble at the time as well which will be determined by the appropriate route as in, Advisory Council and then (if required) the directors. Between the two a balance should always be struck and, personally, I think that’s the sensible course to take.
Make no mistake, the role of the Advisory Council, as I dubbed it, is paramount in many a circumstance and, if I have my way and things go the way I want it will be a paid position, not just a title and a poisoned chalice. There are ways, but these things take time to mature. 😉
As to the “free” issue, I take the points made, God knows I’ve heard them often enough from many quarters but I will continue to argue that this is your resource and that the information should be freely available, even from manufacturers et all.
There are a lot of things that I/we could chose to make subscriber only if we so wish and the time will come when that will most likely have to happen, but chosing the right time is paramount. Right now, most of the people with a bit of foresight are reading this but we have to show others the way forward and the future and then, and only then, ask that they input in such a way. It will happen I think, but I do not think that ramming it down people’s throats is the way forward. Showing people the way, is.
It is also true that you get nothing for nothing in this life but there are other ways to fund what we want and need to do, I prefer to look to the alternatives and take every advantage I can to further our cause/s. That does not require that we “sell out”, merely that we alter our perspective somewhat on how we view ourselves.
Essentially, right now, we have little marketable value as we are seen as a rabble, disorganised and disjointed. We can change that perception, many of the comments here show that. So IMO we should stop pissing about and get on with what we have to do to ensure our own futures. Okay, it means a bit of input and maybe a bit of work but, hell, we’re doing a lot of it behind the scenes anyway, take advantage of it.
There are some great ideas here, some fantastic people that are inputing a lot to UKW to further its success and, I truly hope, make their lives a bit easier, better and more profitable. Whether or not they pay for that privilege is not the issue, getting to where we want to be is.
K.
Re: Unpaid customer invoices
Jonah wrote:I don’t get many problems, only the occasional shall I say older customer who finds it difficult to understand electronic payments, anything that saves me time and hassle is a bonus for me.
Like Martin! :rotfl:
Sorry Martin, I just couldn’t resist it. 😉
K.
Re: SMEG Repairs
Hi Wayne,
The element should not be a problem at all.
The rotisserie is a simple thing, there’s really only a motor in it and I would doubt if many or anyone had one on the shelf. 🙁
What’s your postcode area and someone may be able to bail you out, but you may not get a reply till the morning.
K.
In all honesty J I don’t think there’s a lot to choose between them, but Don may be able to tell you abit more in the morning.
K.
Re: Electrue/NESN
Hi Rudi, long time no see or hear.
From what I can glean, although I am not admittedly involved in the operation now, all has gone deathly silent on the JT/NESN battle and no results have been published. Which is a shame as it could have maybe assisted in sweeping away the old debris and making way for change. Way I see it is that if the perpetrators are not penilised in some way then what was the point in even saying it was happening? Or was it just yet another sham to try and silence the masses?
Who knows?
Anyway, on with the latest debacle. If this is correct, which several calls and emails tells me it is, then where are these guys going to get their £50K salaries from? Yep, you got it, us poor sods that have to go out and earn it for them by way of a “management fee”!
Really, are we all that stupid? The work has to be done anyway and I’d far rather see the money in my account helping me than that of some middle-man creaming off my and my engineers efforts. If the insurers want the work done then all they have to do is put a little effort into building their own network up rather than using these people. Anyways, given the above’s reputation within the trade I should suspect that they may find that they’ll have a bit of an uphill struggle.
K.
Re: Hygena AHY 8101/2 Leak
Steve, check the little tower piece that the spray arm fits to as well as these hae a tendency to break/wear as well on that range.
Apart from that Dave should be able to tell you more in the morning.
K.
Re: Revenue Report
Penguin45 wrote:Therefore, I would like to see us round up the 20k+ bods we haven’t got yet. Some sort of promotion required, maybe not internet based.
Already in hand and will happen early in the New Year. 😉
K.
Re: Electrue/NESN
I was corrected, the partner is David Brock, ex of Powerhouse and also a Paul someone ex of NESN and they are trying to secure insurance work.
I wonder how many insurers will go for that?
K.
Re: Electrue/NESN
http://websites.uk-plc.net/xpoint_solut … ontact.htm
Jonathan Trubshaw and Paul Brook (IIRC) have formed this company and are, according to the grapevine, out signing up agents now.
It’s as ever your call on who you work for but I for one won’t be working for Xpoint Solutions LTD and the business is registered to a c/o address as well.
Have a nice weekend with that happy thought.
K.
Re: Ford Connect Premature Tyre Wear
Knowing one or two people in the car industry I was given some valuable advise, “don’t buy anything with a blue oval on it, they’re garbage!”
Ka’s that don’t corner and bend badly when stuffed, Mondeo’s and Focus’s that even the salesmen don’t want to drive and on the list goes.
Needless to say I don’t have anything Ford and have not had for many years.
K.
