Does anyone else find this annoying

[area tiling]

Now I only live in a small town with about 40000 persons , kind of place where everyone knows everyone and news travels fast , so my rant is this I support shops in my local area regularly and give them a fair pound or two , this year alone I've noticed to chip shops which I support fully retiled , but today icing on the cake local chemist , getting retiled large floor over 100 m2 . And all being done by strangers who don't even live within 50 miles of the area! It would be nice to been given a chance on said jobs , to make up a quote .
I blame local
Councils for not promoting local tradesmen!
Any views ? Am finding it hard to support these people now !

 

[ian158]

is it a sole trader chemist or a franchise chain ? as they often dictate and use certain contractors..like Mcdonalds do, and when you say support the locals..you doing it for nothing or cheaper ?..with 40k population im guessing theres more than one tiler around ?

 

[Time's Ran Out]

The days of who you know are now in the hands of the bureaucrats! So it'd now who they know
Greggs the bakers - I did work for them in their own home, yet I wasn't offered any of their latest refits and that was after buying their pasties for the last 40 years.

 

[Gazzer]

The days of who you know are now in the hands of the bureaucrats! So it'd now who they know
Greggs the bakers - I did work for them in their own home, yet I wasn't offered any of their latest refits and that was after buying their pasties for the last 40 years.

Oooops sorry ...I did a few.

 

[widler]

Ive always found it daft.
I sometimes word in Manchester and see vans in burnley from manchester, daft really but the way of the word !

 

[Andy Allen]

I should be tiling every mc donalds in the south west then...:lol:

 

[DHTiling]

30,000 + population in my town and no way do i know everyone :lol:



Don't beat yourself up over it ... as mentioned it will be a chain decision..

 

[Ian]

I hardly ever work in my own town, not really sure how that happened but, that's how it is. I think it's quite common that people have to travel for work nowadays.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

450 in my village, Advertisement in our local parish magazine does wonders :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Del W]

450 in my village, Advertisement in our local parish magazine does wonders :smilewinkgrin:

I done an ad in the local parish magazine...6 months...nothing.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

 

[area tiling]

These are all family run business , and I know that these people just prob leave it up to the contractors to sort out all trades because the can't be bothered with the hassle, but come on if your in speaking terms with shop retailers surely a mention that their getting work done , give me a qoute ! Ah we'll that's how things r these days, just have to get on with it!

 

[ian158]

I done an ad in the local parish magazine...6 months...nothing.

ditto !

 

[Perry]

its much easy for them to get a tiler thats worked for them before and pay digs if they get a new guy and he is no good a lot of time and money is lost

 

[charlie1]

Building and maintaining relationships with other local business owners is a must for any local business, I can be hard and tiring at times but it pays off.