Know your Tradesman

1 March 2011

Keeping your home in healthy condition is not always the easiest thing to achieve in London. With the great inconveniences it can cause by getting the right person in to resolve the problem and working in time and money to fix the issue, small maintenance repairs can turn into instant nightmares. When problems arise you [...]

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Adrem Contracts – London’s all trade property professionals

28 February 2011

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The Big Pause

28 February 2011

At Adrem we made a policy decision early last year to concentrate on our reactive maintenance business (plumbing, heating, electrics, locks etc.). Up till then our business was mainly public sector refurbishment projects. The decision wasn’t based entirely on a policy of wanting to move away from taxpayer funded work. Our data showed that the [...]

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Fatal DIY disaster-learning from our mistakes

24 February 2011

A recent Metro news Father and son crushed to death in DIY accident after roof collapses explained the unfortunate situation of a father and son killed by a collapsing roof when they were undertaking there own DIY demolition of a concrete shed. This maybe an isolated incident but it does however highlight the unforeseen risks [...]

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Tom Galvin recently quoted in Financial Times

21 February 2011

Tom Galvin, managing director of Adrem, a property maintenance company, this is clear. “In terms of extra costs and administration for us, the impact will be considerable,” he says. Please read full article here… Please respect FT.com’s ts&cs and copyright policy which allow you to: share links; copy content for personal use; & redistribute limited [...]

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Adrem property professionals further support the community

21 February 2011

Something else that Adrem decided to get involved with in order to further support the community and, more importantly, the local youngsters was to sponsor the ‘Tornadoes’ Under 14s football team.  With a new club strip and training facilities hopes are high that this will meet with success on the pitch.  Watch this space… Adrem, [...]

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COUNCIL bright sparks banned maintenance workers from using ladders

17 February 2011

Ok. When does an observation become a rant? Who knows where the line is? This is one of the two – you chose which Before I get going this is the second article I’m writing for the March edition. The first was about the struggles we were having when the snow hit in early January. [...]

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New bribery legislation

8 February 2011

As MD of an SME we welcome the new legislation although how effective and enforceable it is will need to be proven. We tender for numerous Public Sector  projects where there is supposed to be rigid tendering procedures however we have found ourselves mysteriously edged out. In some instances when we know we are lowest [...]

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Construction opportunities

27 January 2011

Published on 27 Jan 2011 your career guide In Britain there has always been a severe shortage of individuals willing to make the necessary commitment to the construction industry. The extra hours, manual graft and training scare off many potential workers from learning the skilled trades but with many struggling to find work, employees are [...]

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KPMG to pay school leavers’ university fees

14 January 2011

Published on 14 Jan 2011 KPMG to pay school leavers’ university fees Professional services company KPMG has initiated a school leavers’ programme that will eventually pay the university fees of up to 400 participants annually, broadening the range of entrants to the accountancy profession. Starting this September, the KPMG scheme will sponsor five students attending [...]

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