Comments for Marquee Hire advice

Comment on Got your number. by diymarquees

diymarquees — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:29:17 +0000

….i…phone. You know you're getting old when technology starts passing you by, soon my daughters will be setting the video recorder for me I feel like I'm upsetting a whole world of marketing people by just wanting my phone to, well, be a phone. If I want to level a shelf I'll get my spirit level, is that wrong?
Saying all that yes, iphones and similar can be very useful if you're out on site enabling you to return all emails and things like that. Well worth looking in to.

Comment on Got your number. by jamesmo

jamesmo — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:37:35 +0000

it is possible to buy some geographic numbers off the internet and have these redirected and using an iphone/skype phone thus avoiding the lion share of the costs involved in redirecting (and time lag in redirecting). As Spencer already mentioned – quite a few people also swear by answering services (i know of q a few big companies do this and it works very well for them).

Comment on PAT testing in marquees by diymarquees

diymarquees — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:18:13 +0000

There's a few people who owe me favours being repayed by pints, it could prove an interesting show!

Comment on PAT testing in marquees by essentiallouise

essentiallouise — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:10:22 +0000

Thanks Spencer, will make sure you get a pint at Showman's!

Comment on PAT testing in marquees by hawkerbrown

hawkerbrown — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:25:55 +0000

I have had use of a number of Extreme Marquees

the workmanship is poor eg look at the rocks market Sydney
Southbank Brisbane the fittings are fragile, the canapoy is also of poor quality

Comment on Marquee hire & employees by diymarquees

diymarquees — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:46:19 +0000

As long as they're happy to be self-employed it does make your life easier. As I say the only concern is they can turn round and say they're not working without any notice which is where the end of season loyalty bonus comes in.

Comment on Marquee hire & employees by jamesmo

jamesmo — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:33:49 +0000

completely agree, having staff as self employed is a lot easier, you can still have them submit timesheets etc, the difference at the end of the day, they invoice you for work rendered. If your staff are concerned/confused at all direct them to a company like '1stContact' who can sort all the tax etc out for them.

Comment on Starting a marquee hire business: research by jamesmo

jamesmo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:23:21 +0000

A few more things to have a think about when starting up…

http://www.smarta.com/advice/starting-up/starti...

don't forget point 21!

Comment on Marquee electrics need PAT testing annually by cooklie

cooklie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:33:16 +0000

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Comment on Marquees up in bad weather by malparker

malparker — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:16:18 +0000

Just collected our 6×12. x4 Rolls of 5' x20' completely ruined. Never seen so much surface water and mud. The under side of the matting was also covered in worms. Took 3 burly blokes to lift each one into the van. Tomorrow I will Jet Wash the mud off, then I Roll it and stand up to drip over night. Then it will be put into the shed with our direct blower set at 40C to blast dry. Fingers crossed.