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by gripper
Mon 20 Mar, 2017 6:09 pm
Forum: Business Matters
Topic: "We Come To You" Framing Selection Service
Replies: 8
Views: 8792

Re: "We Come To You" Framing Selection Service

Thank you guys. It is what I thought. Fortunately I do live in a market town outside Bristol so It could work. I am also conscious of the minimum order mentioned against the value of the time put in and the travel. I think some programming and discipline would need to be implemented to minimise wast...
by gripper
Mon 20 Mar, 2017 12:08 pm
Forum: Business Matters
Topic: "We Come To You" Framing Selection Service
Replies: 8
Views: 8792

"We Come To You" Framing Selection Service

Hi, I wish to inquire of experienced framers views of a marketing idea. I am relatively new to framing and work from home. Although I know I can build a website, use social media, develop SEO etc, that can also be a full time job in itself. Because of my circumstances it has occurred to me whereupon...
by gripper
Mon 20 Mar, 2017 10:50 am
Forum: Business Matters
Topic: Pricing spreadsheet for subcontracted work
Replies: 6
Views: 6994

Re: Pricing spreadsheet for subcontracted work

Hi Jonathan,
Drop me an email and we may be able to do each other a favour....... info@raytaylor-artist.plus.com
Look forward to hearing from you
by gripper
Thu 10 Mar, 2016 9:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Schedule of Industry Standard Trade Labour Times
Replies: 12
Views: 7476

Re: Schedule of Industry Standard Trade Labour Times

Alan I have an estimating system that is probably too comprehensive for the framing industry that presents its data in several different formats. The problem is importing manufacturers data so I have to create the data manually. My problem is assigning labour times to the products which at the momen...
by gripper
Thu 10 Mar, 2016 8:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Schedule of Industry Standard Trade Labour Times
Replies: 12
Views: 7476

Re: Schedule of Industry Standard Trade Labour Times

Thanks both for you feedback. The object of recognised trade times serve two purposes. One is to satisfy the customer that they are not being exploited and that the labour quoted is acceptable and two it serves to cost additional works or extras upon a schedule of rates. The labour time summary is t...
by gripper
Thu 10 Mar, 2016 7:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Schedule of Industry Standard Trade Labour Times
Replies: 12
Views: 7476

Schedule of Industry Standard Trade Labour Times

After a lifetime in the contracting industry where all estimating is based upon recognised industry trade labour times for undertaking specific tasks of a project, I am surprised that I cannot find such a schedule of recognised times for the framing industry. Likewise I have been unable to find a su...