Use UKW To Promote Yourself You can get more for free that you might think but, you need to do some of it Given the popularity of UK Whitegoods it is not at all uncommon to be asked by small repair companies how they can promote their business using the site and, there’s a numbe…
Category: Trade Articles
Articles in this section are specifically aimed and geared towards the trade rather than for more general consumption by the public however they may offer some insights into the domestic appliance industry and how it thinks in some respect, especially so in respect to the independent repair companies and their take on the appliance industry.
Appliance Repair Franchises
Repair Franchises In the industry we’ve seen franchises being offered from the likes of 0800 Repair as well as Indesit and a few others. Our take, avoid repair franchises like the plague! Franchise operations have been tried in the appliance industry time and time again beginnin…
The Reality Of Becoming An Independent Repairer
Career As A Service Technician Over the years many of the “old hands” in this industry have seen people setting themselves up as independent appliance engineers and, with very little deviation from this norm, they rarely really, really think about what they are actually em…
Graded, Raw And Reconditioned Appliances
Raw Appliances We often get asked about supplies of reworked, reconditioned and graded appliances, especially washing machines, cookers and fridge freezers and the short answer is, supplying raw or graded appliances is something that we do not do. In fact, there appear to be almost no…
UK Whitegoods & The WTA
Whitegoods Trade Association On occasion we get asked about the relationship between the Whitegoods Trade Association (WTA) and ourselves, UK Whitegoods Limited (UKW) and we thought it may be a good thing to explain that relationship in more depth. The Beginning Of A Trade…
UK Whitegoods Members Code Of Practice
Code Of Practice Part 1 General behaviour expected from any member of UK Whitegoods To be courteous and professional at all times. To be presentable to the public and be clean and tidy both in appearance and in any work carried out. To be contactable by phone, fax and emai…
Engineer Search Trade Information
Engineer Search Facility We are often asked and pick up that the trade are confused over the Engineer Search as in, just what it is and what it costs, this article should explain all. If you want to get work directly from UK Whitegoods and you’ve seen Engineer Search there that …
What does UK Whitegoods offer me?
Trade Membership Signing up for a membership has its advantages of course, like the newsletter which you can receive or not as you so wish, of all the latest news that we manage to dig up for you, news, new products, gossip and press releases relating to the industry as well as news a…