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Win ‘The Whale Vomit Method’ by Kevin Dubrosky with the Window Cleaning Magazine
October 3, 2013
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Kevin Dubrosky’s ‘The Whale Vomit Method’ book competition. Can you write a 500-600 word marketing article for WCM? The only criterion is that it has to be about marketing and that it is your own work, between 500-600 words. You can think inside or outside the box. Send your finished article to lee@windowcleaningmagazine.co.uk The winning entry will receive a paperback copy of Kevin’s book. The winner’s piece will be published in the January 2014 issue of…

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Terry on the telly, tomorrow around 7.30pm
September 17, 2013
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Called my mate Terry today, this is how the conversation went…. Lee:  So, Terry you are on The One Show tomorrow night, wow dude? Terry: Show starts at 7pm, 18 September tomorrow its on BBC1  Lee: Who are you meeting on the show? Terry: Apart from Usain bolt not sure. Lee: Usain Bolt!!! What the hell?! What is it about? Terry: It’s a window cleaning challenge, Lee. Him against me (laughs) (Un –audible noise) Terry: I think…

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The Most Positive Man I Know.
August 29, 2013
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His name is Darron Mothersby and he is, by a long way, the most positive person I have met for some time. On August 31st 2012 he fell from his ladder while window cleaning and is now paralysed from his neck down. Despite this any visitor to his bedside goes away feeling much better than when they arrived. Yes he has issues with his health, he’s desperate to get rid of his respirator for example, but…

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Are window cleaners in the UK exempt from drought orders?
August 6, 2013
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This is a good question. So, we at WCM contacted DEFRA (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) DEFRA has policy responsibility for water resources in England.  This is their response: Under the Water Resources Act 1991 and the Drought Direction 2011, an ordinary drought order may authorise a water undertaker to prohibit or limit the use of water for cleaning a window of a non-domestic building using a hosepipe other than for health or safety…

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Fatal plunge window cleaner was keeping up his Cheetham Hill round for ‘pennies’
August 3, 2013
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Is there an argument here for window cleaners wearing helmets whilst using a ladder? The tragic story of the pensioner window cleaner who died as a direct result due to multiple head injuries after falling from a ladder at first floor height. Years ago people felt silly wearing  protective head gear for cycling, now its the norm. This was after many deaths caused by head injury to cyclists. Should we be wearing head gear for ladder…

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Window Cleaning In A Whisky Factory
August 2, 2013
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WCM reader Matthew Helliwell of Clear Vision found out that I was a great fan of Glenmorangie single malt whisky. He just happened to window clean in a place that makes the stuff! He is sending me an 18 year old bottle of the golden malt and I cant wait! So, I thought I would ask him about the window cleaning he carries out at the distilling plant…. Lee: First of all thanks for passing on…

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WCM speaks to Perry Tait CEO of Reach–iT
June 9, 2013
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  WCM: Hello Perry. What can you tell us about your WFP pole? Perry: The Reach-iT MiNi is our Low-Reach water fed pole solution for cleaning Ground and First Floor. Amazingly, this 25’ Reach pole compacts to just 4’6”(1.45m). Every week we get emails from professional window cleaners (and newbies) cleaning from 2 storey to 7 storeys, telling us how thrilled they are and how they “love their Reach-iT MiNi”. We are proud of that. Whether…

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